Francesco Ruggiero

Francesco Ruggiero (August 1957 in Italy – January 2007 in Switzerland) participated in the commissioning of LEP, contributed to the LHC design, became the leader of the accelerator group in CERN and finally coordinated the CARE-HHH framework devoted to the LHC upgrade studies (or Super Large Hadron Collider). For a large period he also was associate editor of the prestigious Physical Review ST-AB journal.

A memorial Symposium dedicated to Francesco took place at CERN on 3 October 2007.