Malika Meddahi

Deputy Director for Accelerators and Technology Sector at CERN

Dr. Malika MEDDAHI’s scientific career started at CERN as a student and in 1991 she obtained her PhD in Physics, in the domain of particle accelerators.
She then worked for two years in the US, as a staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in the Center for Beam Physics, working on the commissioning of their new accelerator (the Advanced Light Source).
In 1994 she came back to CERN and as a particle accelerator physicist. She also supervised post-doctoral fellows, taught at the CERN Accelerator School on Accelerator Beam Transfer physics, and co-taught at the US Particle accelerator schools on transverse beam dynamics.
More recently, she moved into Project Leader roles, with her latest responsibility covering a large 10 yearlong project, the LHC Injectors Upgrade Project (LIU), renovating the CERN accelerators chain in preparation for future particle beams of very high brightness.
Alongside her scientific work, she has held leadership roles, including President of the CERN Joint Advisory Disciplinary Board and mediator in conflict situations.