Authors

Alba L’Astorina

[Alba L’Astorina](http://www.irea.cnr.it/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userprofile&user=107&Itemid=100&lang=it) works at the [National …

Alberto Mantovani

Alberto Mantovani was born in 1948 in Milan, where he graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1973. After specialising in oncology, he worked in the …

Aldo Tagliabue

Immunologist; at the Mario Negri Institute in Milan from 1974, and at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda from 1976. In 1981 he became Head of …

Alessandro Blasimme

Alessandro Blasimme teaches bioethics and science policy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). He graduated in …

Antonio DeSimone

Full Professor of Structural Mechanics (ICAR08) since 2002. His scientific interests include the mathematical modelling of the mechanical properties …

Antonio Ereditato

Born in Naples, he earned his degree and PhD in elementary particle physics at the Federico II University. After working in Strasbourg, at CERN, in …

Antonio Pilello

Antonio Pilello (1982) graduated in Astronomy from the University of Padua. He has collaborated with the German space agency in Berlin and with the …

Aurora D'Aprile

Barbara Bottalico

In 2006 she earned her law degree from the University of Pavia and in 2013 her PhD in European and Comparative Legal Studies at the University of …

Camilo José Cela-Conde

Born in Madrid on 17 January 1946. He obtained his degree in Humanities at the University of Barcelona, Spain, in 1975, and his PhD in Philosophy at …

Carlo Alberto Redi

Full Professor of Zoology and an alumnus of Collegio Ghislieri. He is a corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and an honorary …

Chiara D'Errico

Chiara Sabelli

After studying particle physics at Sapienza University of Rome and earning her PhD in 2012, she worked in finance (banks and insurance) for about …

Chiara Soletti

Chiara studied at the University of Padua in Italy, graduating in 2012 with a Master's in Human Rights and Peace Policies and Institutions. Her …

Claudio Elidoro

Claudio Elidoro (1956), graduated in Astronomy from the University of Bologna, science writer. He has written numerous articles on the minor bodies …

Cristina Da Rold

Freelance data journalist and science communicator. She specialises in science journalism and communication, mainly through data-driven online …

Daniela Patrucco

Daniela Patrucco holds a degree in environmental and territorial sociology. Through master's programmes, case studies, research and civic activism …

Davide Mancino

Davide Mancino holds a Master's in Science Communication and works in data/visual journalism and information design. His work has appeared in Quartz, …

Elena Baldi

Elena Baldi was born in Bologna on 18 April 1990. In July 2012 she graduated in Communication Studies at the University of Bologna. She attended the …

Elena Cattaneo

She graduated (with honours) in Pharmacy in 1986 at the University of Milan and subsequently obtained her PhD in Biotechnologies Applied to …

Elisa Vicenzi

Elisa Vicenzi earned her degree in Pharmacy in 1980 at the University of Ferrara. In 1981 she moved to the Mario Negri Institute in Milan and in 1985 …

Emanuela Clavarino

Graduate in Biology, PhD in Biochemistry, web editor and video producer. For *Scienza in Rete* she works on video, apps and new media.

Emilie Sartorelli

Italian by origin, now a Berliner by citizenship. Since 2020 she has collaborated with Zadig on national and European training and outreach projects. …

Enric Trillas

Enric Trillas, born in Barcelona in 1940, earned a PhD in Sciences from the University of Barcelona and became a professor at the Technical …

Ernesto Carafoli

Born in Italy in 1932, he earned his medical degree from the University of Modena in 1957. An internationally renowned biochemist and researcher, he …

Fabio Pagan

A graduate in Biology from the University of Trieste, he is a professional journalist. For 25 years he was an editor at the Trieste daily newspaper …

Fabio Sciarrino

Assistant professor at the Physics Department of Sapienza University and Junior Fellow at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Avanzati Sapienza. Fabio …

Fabio Terragni

Fabio Terragni is a member of the Management Committee of Human Technopole. A graduate in Molecular Biology, he has devoted many years to the social …

Fernando Ferroni

Born in Rome in 1952, he has been full professor at Sapienza University of Rome since 2000. A graduate in Physics from Sapienza in 1975, he has …

Filippo Bonaventura

After graduating in Astrophysics at the University of Trieste (2008) and completing the Master in Science Communication at SISSA (2012), he has …

Francesco Aiello

Science journalist. I love basketball and Peter Sellers. Oh, and I cover science.

Francesco Saverio Pavone

Francesco Saverio Pavone is directing a research group working in the field of biophotonics on single molecule biophysics, microscopy …

Francesco Sylos Labini

Physicist. His research activity includes statistical physics, cosmology and gravitational dynamics. He has published about 70 papers in …

Gabriele Veneziano

Gabriele Veneziano (Florence, 7 September 1942) is an Italian physicist, known for introducing into particle physics the concept of amplitude that …

Gabriella De Lucia

Graduated in Naples in 2000. PhD in Munich (Germany) in 2004. She returned to Italy in 2009 with an ERC Starting Grant, and in December 2012 she …

Gaetano Di Chiara

Born in Cagliari on 22 November 1945, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Cagliari. After graduation, he spent about three …

George Coyne

Father Coyne was born in 1933 in Baltimore and since 1978 has been director of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo. A priest of the Society of …

Giacomo Destro

Postgrad in International Relations, I'm attending the Master in Science Communication at SISSA, Trieste. I am a freelance journalist dealing with …

Giacomo Rizzolatti

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, he earned his medical degree and specialized in neurology at the University of Padua. He held positions at the Neurological …

Giorgio Parisi

Winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. Born in Rome on August 4, 1948, he earned his degree in physics in 1970 under the supervision of Nicola …

Giovanni Bignami

Giovanni F. Bignami graduated in physics in 1968 at the University of Milan, in the group of Prof. Giuseppe Occhialini. Since then he has worked in …

Giovanni Boniolo

Giovanni Boniolo (degrees in Physics and in Philosophy) holds the chair in Philosophy of Science and Medical Humanities (Department of Neuroscience …

Giovanni Destro Bisol

He teaches Anthropology and Human Biodiversity at the Faculty of Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests concern the effect …

Giulia Annovi

Biologist and trained flautist, I attended the Master in Digital Science Journalism at SISSA in Trieste. I work as a freelance journalist and science …

Giuseppe Remuzzi

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in Pavia in 1974 and specialised in Clinical and Laboratory Haematology and in Medical Nephrology. He has served …

Gottfried Schatz

Gottfried Schatz (1936, Austria — 2015, Switzerland) was a biochemist. He played a leading role in clarifying the biogenesis of mitochondria and was …

Guido Emilio Tonelli

Born in Casola in Lunigiana (MS) on 8 November 1950, he first lived in La Spezia, where he obtained his classical secondary-school diploma at the "L. …

Guido Martinelli

Guido Martinelli Born in Naples on 20 August 1952 Full Professor of Elementary Particle Physics Graduated in Physics with Nicola Cabibbo and …

Ilaria Arosio

Ilaria Arosio, a physicist (astrophysics track), works full-time on science outreach and science education. Since 2006 she has been part of the …

Ilaria Capua

Born in Rome in 1966, Ilaria Capua graduated in Veterinary Medicine with honours from the University of Perugia in 1989, after which she obtained her …

Ingo Potrykus

Until 1999 he was full professor of Plant Sciences, in particular plant biotechnology, at the Institute of Plant Sciences of the Swiss Federal …

Jacopo Mengarelli

Originally from Sirolo, in the province of Ancona, he holds degrees in both Piano and Physics from the Conservatorio di Trento and the University of …

Jean Marie Lehn

Jean Marie Lehn, 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was born in Rosheim, France, in 1939. He graduated in Organic Chemistry at the University of …

Laura Scillitani

She has been working on the conservation and management of large mammals for more than fifteen years. She graduated in Biological Sciences from the …

Leonardo Chiariglione

Over the last 25 years Leonardo Chiariglione has originated and chaired a series of initiatives aimed at promoting the adoption of digital techniques …

Lori Berti

Graduated in Communication, Media and Journalism at the C. Alfieri Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Florence. She currently works …

Luca Carra

Journalist and partner at the benefit corporation Zadig, he is the director of Scienza in rete and secretary of the Gruppo 2003 per la ricerca …

Luca Morandi

A physician with a lifelong passion for reading, he has recently discovered the right direction for his life: that of scientific copywriter. After …

Luciano Maiani

Luciano Maiani, past president of the Italian CNR, is one of the leading physicists at international level. He graduated in Rome in 1964 and began …

Manuel Cristobal Vila Laguarta

I graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi (Barcelona, Spain) in 1990, specializing in Graphic and Industrial Design. Since then, my …

Marc Solioz

Marc Solioz is full professor of biochemistry at the University of Bern. Born in Zurich, Solioz studied chemistry and engineering in Zurich. He moved …

Marco Milano

Marco Milano graduated in Materials Science at the University of Bari. He holds two postgraduate master's degrees: "Materials and diagnostic …

Marco Taddia

Formerly Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Bologna, he carried out research at the "Giacomo Ciamician" Department of Chemistry. …

Margherita Fronte

A biology graduate, she carried out research in neuroscience and later specialised in science journalism at the Master in Science Communication at …

Maria Rosa Valetto

Freelance journalist. She holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery and specialisations in Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and in Nuclear Medicine. She …

Marina Castellano

Marina Castellano was born in Milan on 8 August 1966. She graduated in Biological Sciences, with 110/110 cum laude, at the University of Milan. She …

Massimo Piattelli Palmarini

Born in Rome in 1942, he is professor of cognitive science at the University of Arizona. He was the founder of the Department of Cognitive Sciences …

Massimo Tavoni

Massimo Tavoni is a senior researcher at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and a research associate at Princeton University. His research interests …

Maurizio Bonati

Physician, formerly head of the Department of Public Health and of the Laboratory for Maternal and Child Health at the Mario Negri Institute for …

Maurizio Lancia

Eng. Maurizio Lancia, technology executive at CNR since 1995, has developed broad and diversified experience in Information & Communication …

Michela Perrone

Graduated in Communication Sciences at the University of Turin. A professional journalist since 2010, she attended the Master in Science …

Michele Bellone

Science journalist and non-fiction editor at Codice Edizioni. He writes for major Italian publications, teaches science communication at the SISSA …

Michele Ciavarella

Born in 1970, he studied mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Bari and at the University of Oxford. He is currently Full Professor at the …

Mohamed Hassan

Mohamed Hassan is Executive Director of IAP, Executive Director of TWAS, President of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and holder of the …

Natalia Milazzo

Natalia Milazzo, journalist, specialises in technical-scientific communication. She has worked for many years in the field of independent, …

Nicola Nosengo

Nicola Nosengo was born in Genoa in 1973 and lives in Rome. A freelance journalist, he writes regularly for *Wired Italia*, *Nature*, *The …

Paolo Vineis

Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial College London and head of the Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Unit at the Italian Institute …

Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pervez Amir Ali Hoodbhoy is professor of nuclear and high energy physics, as well as chairman, at the department of physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, …

Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Emeritus professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Milan. He directed the Internal Medicine Clinic and the Coagulation Disorders Centre at …

Pietro Greco

Pietro Greco (1955-2020), science journalist and writer, chemistry graduate, was a founding partner of the IDIS-Città della Scienza Foundation in …

Riccardo Scalco

Riccardo Scalco (Theoretical Physics, Trento and Parma; PhD in Computational Biochemistry, University of Zurich) has refined mathematical methods …

Rino Rappuoli

Head of research at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics and one of the world's leading authorities on vaccines. A member of the US National Academy of …

Rita Giuffredi

Rita Giuffredi, a physics graduate (nuclear and subnuclear track), works on website design and development and on science education in schools. She …

Rita Occhipinti

Degree in Theoretical Physics with a thesis in musical acoustics. She works at the Immaginario Scientifico Science Centre and studies Science …

Roberta Villa

A medical graduate and science journalist with thirty years of experience covering health issues, she contributes to La Repubblica, Domani, Le …

Roberto Defez

Roberto Defez is senior researcher at the CNR Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources in Naples, where he heads the Microbial Biotechnology …

Roberto Satolli

Born in Milan in 1948, he is a physician and journalist. After a decade of clinical practice as a cardiologist, he shifted his focus to health and …

Sergio Ferrari

Formerly Deputy Director General of ENEA, after directing in that Agency the Department for Intersectoral Technological Research and then the Central …

Silvio Garattini

Born in Bergamo on November 12, 1928, he is a chemist and physician. In 1963, he founded the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, where …

Simone Lepore

Simone Lepore was born in 1981 in Naples and currently lives in Delft (Netherlands). Here, at the Technological University of Delft, he has won a …

Simone Petralia

A philosophy graduate from the University of Catania, he attended an Advanced Training Course in Archaeobiology at the Palynology Laboratory in San …

Stefania Salmaso

She holds degrees in Biological Sciences and Medical Statistics. She worked at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità from 1979 to 2015, focusing on …

Stefano Nespor

He is a lawyer in Milan, founding partner of *Greenlex* and director of the *Rivista Giuridica dell'Ambiente* (RGA). He is a member of ELNI - …

Thomas Vaccari

Thomas Vaccari graduated in Biology at the University of Milan. He then specialised at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany, …

Tommaso Maccacaro

Tommaso Maccacaro (Pavia, 1951) graduated in Physics with honours in 1975 in Milan, in the group of Giuseppe Occhialini. His research activity began …

Valentina Daelli

Valentina Daelli, a biology graduate, after a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at SISSA and a post-doc in Turkey, is currently attending the Master in …

Vittorio Sgaramella

Born in Milano on 19.03.37, he holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of Pavia ’61. In 1987 he has been appointed full professor of …