Joined RVA757 Connects: 2021

Stuart Henderson has served as the director of Jefferson Lab, a world-leader in nuclear physics research, since April 3, 2017.

As laboratory director, Henderson provides the vision for the lab’s operations and future. He sets laboratory policy and program direction; procures sufficient funding for optimal operation; oversees the successful delivery of its research programs; and ensures that Jefferson Lab complies with all regulations and laws and fulfills its contractual obligations.

Jefferson Lab features the first large-scale superconducting accelerator that enables the research of more than 1,800 nuclear physicists worldwide. He also serves as a Governor's Distinguished CEBAF Professor at Old Dominion University.