Berkeley Lab has selected James (Jim) Strait, a Fermilab physicist with a long history of managing large international scientific projects, to serve as the Project Director of the next-generation experiment Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) effective on July 11. The announcement follows an international search. Strait, a Fermilab physicist with a long history of managing large international scientific projects, will take on the project leadership role in CMB-S4, which is the largest collaborative undertaking yet to explore the relic light emitted by the infant universe. The experiment comprises 121 institutions from 16 countries.

James Strait Named Project Director of Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Project
June 2, 2022 / Media Relations