The National Institute of Astrophysics (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, INAF) in cooperation with the Italian Astronomy Society (Società Astronomica Italiana, SAiT) assigned the award to Professor Giancarlo Setti in the first edition of INAF-SAiT prizes for various Astronomy and Astrophysics research areas. The motivation published by INAF reads: “… for a long career guided by a…
DetailsPhysicist Luciano Maiani, professor emeritus at Sapienza University of Rome, received the prestigious ‘Bruno Pontecorvo’ 2013 International Award for his scientific achievements. Luciano Maiani has served as President of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, INFN, as Director General of CERN, and as President of the National Research Council, CNR. The Bruno Pontecorvo award is…
DetailsOn the occasion of naming the Aula Magna S. Maria in Gradi of Tuscia University after Professor Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza, Academy member Enrico Porceddu remembered the illustrious Academy President, former Rector of the University from 1980 to 1998. The commemoration took place on February 12, 2014, in the framework of the ceremony to celebrate…
DetailsThe President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano conferred the prestigious Nature Award for Mentoring in Science, attributed to Italy for 2013, ex-aequo to Academy members Vincenzo Balzani and Giorgio Parisi as a recognition for their outstanding lifetime mentorship. The ceremony took place at the Quirinal Palace on November 25th, 2013. Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science – Italy 2013 In…
DetailsOn November 5th, 2013 the ‘Enrico Fermi Chair’ lectures by Luciano Maiani will start. The first of the series is ‘Present and future of particle physics’. The lectures will take place every week in November on Thursday at 3 – 5 pm at the M. Conversi Lecture Hall, Physics Department G. Marconi, Sapienza University…
DetailsProfessor Carlo Rubbia, Nobel Prize Laureate and Academy member since 1984, was appointed Senator for Life by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano on August 30th, 2013.
Marc Van Montagu, foreign Academy member since 1998, shared the prestigious World Food Prize 2013 with Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley for his achievements in the development and applications of modern biotechnology to agriculture. Marc Van Montagu is known internationally for his seminal work on the development of original molecular biology methods for the…
DetailsPierdomenico Perata, professor of Plant Physiology, is known internationally for his research on the molecular mechanisms of hypoxia in plants; these studies led to the recent discovery of the oxygen sensor.
Prof. Ugo Amaldi was awarded the International Prize Vivisalute 2013 for scientific research. The ceremony will be held on April 18th, 2013 at 6.00 p.m. in Milan at Bocconi University. The event can be followed on Canale Italia
The University of the Republic of Uruguay conferred the Doctorate Honoris Causa to Academy member Giorgio Bernardi in November 2012, in Montevideo. The Minister of Research of Uruguay and the Italian Ambassador participated in the ceremony. The research activity of prof. Bernardi is centered on genome organization and evolution with special attention to the genome…
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