Wim Leemans

Wim Leemans is the director of the accelerator division at the DESY research center in Germany and a professor at the University of Hamburg. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Belgium and has spent over three decades in the U.S. Leemans has emphasized the essential role the U.S. plays in global scientific research and has warned about the challenges that could arise from a decline in American leadership in science.