The
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion research center in the
Arheilgen suburb of
Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1969 as the Society for Heavy Ion Research , abbreviated GSI, to conduct research on and with heavy-ion accelerators. It is the only major research center in the
State of Hesse. The current director of GSI is who succeeded
Horst Stöcker in 2015.