Nigel Lockyer OBE | |
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 Lockyer in 2016 | |
| Born | Nigel Stuart Lockyer November 5, 1952 |
| Nationality | American, British |
| Alma mater | York University, Ohio State University |
| Awards | Panofsky Prize (2006), American Physical Society Fellowship, and Bryden Award (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics (high-energy particle physics) |
| Institutions | Fermilab |
Nigel Stuart Lockyer OBE (born 5 November 1952) is a British-American experimental particle physicist. He is the current director of the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education (CLASSE) as of May 1, 2023. He was the Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), in Batavia, Illinois, the leading particle physics laboratory in the United States, from September 2013 to April 2022.
Prior to becoming Fermilab's Director, Lockyer served as Director of TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, from May 2007 to September 2013, and was a Professor of Physics at the University of British Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and attended graduate school in the United States.