Carlo Rubbia#
| Membership Number: | 1258 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999 - 2005 President at Nat'l Agency for New Tech, Energy, Environment
- 1989 - 1993 Director- General at European Organization for Nuclear Research
- 1989 Professor at University of Pavia, Italy
- 1970 - 1989 Professor of Physics at Harvard University, USA
- 1961 Researcher at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- 1960 Professor at University of Rome
- 1958 - 1959 Fellow at Columbia University, USA
- 1957 PhD at University of Pisa, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Elementary particle physics
- Concept of an energy amplifier
- Development of new technologies for renewable energy sources
- Intermediate vector bosons (the W and Z bosons)
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Officier de la Légion d’Honneur
- 1984 Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Knight of the Grand Cross) from the President of the Italian Republic, Sandro Pertini
- 1984 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
- 1984 Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
- 1984 Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded jointly with Simon van der Meer "for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction"
- 1993 Polish Order of Merit at the conclusion of his mandate as Director General of CERN
- 2013 Appointed to the Senate of Italy as a Senator for Life by President Giorgio Napolitano
- Member of Accademia dei Lincei
- Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of Academia Europea
- Member of European Academy of Sciences
- Member of National Academy of Sciences
- Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Asteroid 8398 Rubbia is named in his honor
