Daresbury Laboratory

Daresbury Laboratory
Aerial view of Daresbury Laboratory
Established1962 (1962)
Laboratory type
National scientific research laboratory
Field of research
DirectorPaul Vernon
Staff300[1]
LocationDaresbury, England
53°20′35″N 2°38′26″W / 53.34306°N 2.64056°W / 53.34306; -2.64056
Operating agency
Science and Technology
Facilities Council
Websitewww.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/facilities/daresbury-laboratory/
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Daresbury Laboratory is located in Cheshire
Daresbury Laboratory
Location in Cheshire

Daresbury Laboratory is a scientific research laboratory based at Sci-Tech Daresbury campus near Daresbury in Halton, Cheshire, England. The laboratory began operations in 1962 and was officially opened on 16 June 1967 as the Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory (DNPL) by the then Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Harold Wilson. It was the second national laboratory established by the British National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, following the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory (now Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).[2] It is operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, part of UK Research and Innovation. As of 2018, it employs around 300 staff,[1] with Paul Vernon appointed as director in November 2020,[3] taking over from Professor Susan Smith who had been director from 2012.

  1. ^ a b "Daresbury Laboratory - Science and Technology Facilities Council". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ British electron synchrotron, Physics Today 17, 9, 65 (1964); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3051849
  3. ^ "New Head of Daresbury Laboratory appointed". www.ukri.org. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.