Elena Cattaneo

Elena Cattaneo
Elena Cattaneo in 2013
Senator for Life
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 August 2013
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-22) 22 October 1962 Milan, Italy
Alma mater	University of Milan
Profession	academic

Elena Cattaneo (born 22 October 1962) is an Italian academic.

Biography

Cattaneo was born in Milan. After graduating in pharmacy, she moved to Boston in the United States for a few years, where she specialized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1] Back in Italy she started her academic career in the University of Milan.

Honors

• She was appointed to the Senate of Italy as a Senator for life, the youngest in Italian history, by President Giorgio Napolitano on 30 August 2013, along with Claudio Abbado, Renzo Piano and Carlo Rubbia.^[2]
• Medaglia teresiana, University of Pavia, (2013)

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