Fabiola Gianotti is an Italian particle physicist known for her significant contributions to the field of high-energy physics. She is the first woman to serve as the Director-General of the CERN laboratory, a position she has held since 2016. Gianotti played a key role in the discovery of the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that helps explain how other particles acquire mass. Born on April 29, 1960, in Rome, Italy, Gianotti earned her Ph.D. in experimental particle physics from the University of Milan. Throughout her career, she has been involved in various international collaborations and has published numerous scientific papers, making her a prominent figure in the scientific community.