Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Rolf-Dieter Heuer is former Director-General of CERN. After successfully leading the CERN through controversies, economic crises, technical and budget issues, Heuer was responsible to take the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to the next phase, beyond the Standard Model, beyond the visible and "ordinary" matter, on a quest to explore the dark universe. From 2016 to 2018 Heuer was also President of the German Physical Society.