Teresa Rodrigo Anoro

Teresa Rodrigo Anoro (195621 April 2020) was a Spanish scientist who worked in particle physics. She worked at CERN, Fermilab and the and was professor at the University of Cantabria. Whilst at CERN, Rodrigo worked on the Compact Muon Solenoid and research for the Higgs boson.

Career In 1994, Rodrigo became a professor of atomic physics at the University of Cantabria. Rodrigo also worked at the (IFCA) and Fermilab in the US.

Rodrigo worked on Higgs boson research, and collaborated with CERN. She was the first Spanish female scientist to work at CERN, and from 1994, she worked on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN. She managed a team of 30 IFCA employees on the CMS project, In 2010, she became president of CERN's International Collaboration Council, Rodrigo also collaborated on the European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Awards In 2014, Rodrigo was named one of the 100 most influential women in Spain by website Mujeresycia.com. In 2016, Rodrigo received the Julio Peláez Prize for Pioneers of Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences for her work on the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Personal life Rodrigo was born in Lleida, Spain. She studied at the University of Zaragoza, and earned a PhD from La Junta de Energía Nuclear (now CIEMAT).

Rodrigo died on 21 April 2020 in Santander, Spain.