Born September 7 1942, Florence, Italy. Italian nationality. Married (1966), two children (1970, 1976)
Education and professional career
- 1960-1965 : Studies in physics, University of Florence
- 1965 : Degree in physics, University of Florence
- 1966-1967 : PhD studies in physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- 1967 : PhD in physics, Weizmann Institute
- 1968-1969 : Research Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 1969-1970 : Visiting Assistant Professor, MIT
- 1970-1972 : Visiting Associate Professor, MIT
- 1971-1975 : Full Professor, Weizmann Institute, Israel
- 1975-1977 : Amos-de Shalit Professor of Physics, Weizmann Institute, Israel
- 1977-1978 : Junior Staff Member, CERN, Geneva
- Since 1978 : Senior Staff Member, CERN, Geneva
- 1994-1997 : Head of Theoretical Physics Division, CERN, Geneva
- 2004-2013 : Professor at the Collège de France, Elementary particles, gravitation and cosmology
Awards and distinctions
- 1999 : Ya. Pomeranchuk Prize, ITEP, Moscow
- 2000 : Gold Medal of the Italian Republic, Rome
- 2004 : Dannie Heineman prize of American Physical Society
- 2005 : Enrico Fermi prize of the Italian Physical Society
- 2006 : Einstein Medal of the Albert-Einstein Gesellschaft, Bern
- 2007 : Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, Rome
- 2007 : Oskar Klein Memorial Medal, Stockholm
- 2008 : James Joyce award, Literary and Historical Society, Dublin, Ireland
- 2014 : Winner of the Dirac Medal (ICTP)