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<span style="color:#1F497D"></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
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Group Leader</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Colleague,</span><span
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For several years, Jefferson Lab efforts in developing
the physics case for an Electron Ion Collider and the
detector concepts have been led by Rolf Ent. With the
recent endorsement of an Electron-Ion Collider by the
NSAC's Long-Range Planning efforts, the EIC effort will
enter a new phase as we move towards its realization.
With a view to this phase we have sought a physicist who
could be dedicated to this leadership. After an
extensive search we are pleased to announce that Rik
Yoshida will join us. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Rik is currently
Deputy Division </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Leader
of the High Energy Physics Division at Argonne National
Lab. He has extensive collider physics experience. In
particular, for many years Rik was a member and
eventually spokesman of the Zeus Experiment at HERA.
More recently he has helped to lead ANL efforts on the
ATLAS experiment at the LHC. He has also served on
several committees guiding these endeavors. Rik Yoshida
is excellently suited to lead the Jefferson Lab EIC
physics and detector efforts<span style="color:#1F497D">;
</span>we are delighted that he will start on March 1,
2016. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please join us in
welcoming Rik.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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