Erio Tosatti

theoretical physicist, professor emeritus SISSA

After graduating with honours in physics from the University of Modena and obtaining a postgraduate diploma in physics, also with honours, from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa in 1970, he worked as a researcher for the CNR at La Sapienza University in Rome, spending several years in Cambridge, Stuttgart and Stanford. From California, he was invited to Trieste in 1976 by Nobel laureate Abdus Salam and Paolo Budinich to set up the theoretical physics of matter research group at the ICTP, of which he was director between 2002 and 2003, and with which he continues to collaborate. Since 1980, he has been a professor at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), where he founded a research group on condensed matter theory.

Past talks

Fri. 25 September

at 21:00 - 22:15

21:00 - 22:15

Friday 25 September

Area Talk 1
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS

TRIESTE

UNITING MINDS: STORIES OF GLOBAL SCIENCE

A century after Abdus Salam’s birth, his vision of science as a shared human endeavour remains crucial. Together with Paolo Budinich, Salam imagined a place where scientists from across the world could meet, learn and collaborate. Since its founding in 1964, ICTP has changed the lives of thousands of researchers in the Global South. Through the testimonies of ICTP scientists and stories from the documentary “Budinich, il pirata della scienza”, the panel will explore the enduring value of global scientific cooperation and the role of ICTP in ensuring that science remains a uniting force.

Intervengono

Jawaher Al-Tuweity

researcher São Paulo State University Brazil, ICTP-Arab Fund Associate

Atish Dabholkar

theoretical physicist and ICTP director

Aditya Hebbar

ICTP researcher

Komal Rubab

PhD student SISSA and ICTP diploma graduate

Sara Švagelj

writer, producer, director of photography, co-founder of ReBel Film

Erio Tosatti