After more than 10 years at the helm of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS), Boleslaw 'Bolek' Wyslouch will step down to continue research in nuclear physics as director of the Bates Research and Engineering Center, a subgroup of LNS. 'LNS scientists, including Bolek himself, are world leaders in particle and nuclear physics,' says Nergis Mavalvala, dean of the MIT School of Science and the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics. 'Bolek has ensured that LNS has flourished during his time as director, supporting our teams' critical large-scale, international, collaborative research.' The largest university-based program of its kind in the country, LNS was established in 1946 to provide support for basic research in the fields of nuclear and high-energy physics. Wyslouch has served as LNS director since 2015. Since Bolek's appointment as LNS director in 2015, he has helped significantly increase the Laboratory's research volume. This growth reflects expansion across...
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