Sandro Scandolo

theoretical physicist, ICTP senior research coordinator

He obtained his PhD in physics from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and was Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at SISSA until 2002, as well as a visiting researcher at Princeton University between 2000 and 2002. In 2002, he joined the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section at ICTP. His research focuses primarily on the numerical modelling of materials under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature, and he is one of the co-founders of the Quantum-Espresso project for modelling materials from first principles. He is Deputy Secretary-General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and Vice-President of the Trieste International Foundation. In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

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