The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for the business functions of Jefferson Lab.
These functions include procurement, facilities management resources and services including civil construction, security, property management, legal counsel, and Human Resources.
The CJ (CTEQ-Jefferson Lab) Collaboration studies the quark and gluon structure of the nucleon by performing global QCD fits of parton distribution functions (PDFs). These parametrize a vast array of data including deep-inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering, proton-proton collisions (lepton pair creation, W-boson and jet production), and other reactions, with particular focus on the large-x region.