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# Jesse Thaler named director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://news.mit.edu/2026/jesse-thaler-named-director-laboratory-nuclear-science-0707  

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## Overview

The professor of physics and inaugural director of the NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions will lead LNS and continue his research in particle physics.

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