Giovanni F. Bignami#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2311 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2005 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.giovannibignami.it |
Giovanni F. Bignami passed away May 24, 2017.
Positions Held
- since 2011 President INAF
- since 1997 Full Professor of Astronomy, University of Pavia, since 2005 at IUSS, Pavia
- since 2010 President, COSPAR (world-wide Committee on Space Research)
- 2009 - 2011 President, Scientific Council, “Groupment d’Interet Scientifique P2I”, Paris
- 2008 - 2009 President, Italian Space Agency, Rome
- 2003 - 2006 Director of the Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS, Toulouse, France
- 1997 - 2002 Director of Science, Italian Space Agency, Rome
- 1990 - 1996 Full Professor of General Physics, University of Cassino
- 1989 Visiting Professor at the Université de Paris VII
Fields of Scholarship
- Astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- 1993 Bruno Rossi prize of the HEAD, American Astronomical Society (with J. Halpern)
- 2000 Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite de la République Française
- 2002 Royal Society/COSPAR Massey Award (with J. Paul)
- 2004 Astronomy Prize, Italian Culture Ministry (prize given every four years)
- 2006 Premio “Lacchini” (for the furthering of Astronomical Culture in Italy)
- 2006 Officier de la Légion d’Honneur de la République Française
- 2007 “San Valentino d’Oro” for excellence in Science, Regione Umbria, Italy
- 2010 “Blaise Pascal Medal” for Astrophysics, European Academy of Sciences
- 2010 “Von Karman Award” International Academy of Astronautics
- 2012 Premio APE (Milan, Italy), for excellence in Science
- 2013 Professor “Honoris Causa”, State University, Moscow
- 2013 Premio “Vittorio de Sica per le Scienze”, Roma
