SNOLAB has hired Dr. Jody Cooley as the new executive director for the underground research laboratory. Cooley will be taking over for Dr. Clarence Virtue, who served as interim executive director.
A professor of physics at Southern Methodist University and deputy operations manager for the SuperCDMS Collaboration, Cooley will lead a team of more than 140 staff providing business, engineering,construction, installation, technical, and operations support to its award-winning research program.
“SNOLAB plays a unique and vital role in both the international astroparticle physics community, and in Canada’s research ecosystem,” said Cooley in a release from the laboratory. “I look forward to continuing this legacy of excellence.”