Occhialini Prize

The Occhialini Medal and Prize was instituted in 2007 by the Italian Physical Society together with the Institute of Physics. to honour the memory of the physicist Giuseppe Occhialini. The award is made alternately by the Councils of one of the two societies to a physicist selected from a list of nominees submitted by the other. The prize consists in a silver medal and a monetary prize (3000 Euros), and is given to the winner physicists for distinguished work carried out in the 10 years leading up to the award.[1]

Medallists

List of the Occhialini Medal recipients, since 2008.[2] [3]

Year Winner Institution Field of study
2016 Carla Andreani University of Rome Tor Vergata Neutron spectroscopy
2015 James Binney University of Oxford Galaxy dynamics
2014 Alessandro Tredicucci University of Pisa heterostructure devices
2013 Silvia Pascoli Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology,
Department of Physics, Durham University 		Neutrino phenomenology.
2012 Eugenio Coccia University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN Gravitational waves and astroparticle physics.
2011 Gian-Luca Oppo University of Strathclyde Lasers, nonlinear and quantum optical systems, small-scale computing.
2010 Ignazio Ciufolini University of Salento General Relativity.
2009 Gaetana Laricchia University College London Positron physics.
2008 Francesco Vissani Gran Sasso Laboratory of INFN Neutrino physics (neutrino mass and mixing).

References

  1. ↑ "The Occhialini medal and prize". IOP. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Giuseppe Occhialini Prize". Italian Physical Society. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Occhialini medal recipients". IOP. Retrieved 3 March 2014.


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