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HEPD elects new chair and secretary

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The EPS High Energy Physics Division [HEPD] Board has elected Paris Sphicas, of the University of Athens, Greece, and CERN, Switzerland as the board’s next chair. Thomas Lohse, of Humbolt University, Berlin, is also being welcomed as the incoming secretary.

Paris Sphicas; Thomas Lohse
Paris Sphicas, left; and Thomas Lohse, right; the new chair and secretary of the EPS High Energy Physics Division.

The HEPD would like to express its warmest thanks to the outgoing chair, Fabio Zwirner, for his hard work and dedication.




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