Awards, Honours and Prizes for Teachers
MAY 2025
Honorary Research Fellow of the Università di Oxford - Università di Oxford, UK
Olivia Levrini
Honorary Fellowships are awarded to those who have achieved distinction in academia or public life. Almost all have a prior association with the College as former students or Fellows.
NOV 2024
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei member
Andrea Cimatti
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Europe. It was founded in Rome in 1603 by Federico Cesi, Francesco Stelluti, Anastasio De Filiis and Johannes van Heeck, with the aim of establishing a meeting place for the development of science. Its name refers to the sharpness of vision required of those who devote themselves to science, a physiological trait that is said to characterise the lynx.
SEPT 2024
Award for Teaching or History of Physics 2024 - Società Italiana di Fisica
Olivia Levrini
Reason for the award: ‘For her important commitment to coordinating the FEDORA project, which has opened up new lines of research in Italy and Europe on the theme of “Future Thinking” with the aim of aligning physics teaching in secondary schools with the needs of a society undergoing profound change.’
MAR 2024
2023 Haagen-Smit Prize - Elsevier - Atmospheric Environment
Silvana Di Sabatino
The chair of the selection committee and the editor of Atmospheric Environment are pleased to announce the winning paper of the 2023 'Haagen-Smit Award,' designed to recognize outstanding articles published in Atmospheric Environment from 2015 to 2022 with substantial impact. The award is named in honor of Professor Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, a pioneer in the field of air pollution and one of the first editors of the International Journal of Air Pollution, the predecessor of Atmospheric Environment. The winning paper for 2023 is: K.V. Abhijith, P. Kumar*, J. Gallagher, A. McNabola, R. Baldauf, F. Pilla, B. Broderick, S. Di Sabatino, & B. Pulvirenti. (2017).
NOV 2023
2023 Best Female Scientists Ranking
Research.com
Marcella Brusa
Research.com organization ranked Marcella Brusa among the top 1000 female scientists worldwide. This ranking is based on the analysis of publications and the impact of more than 166,000 female scientists worldwide. Of the 26 female Italian scientists who made it to the Top 1000, two are from Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. Prof. Brusa is the tenth highest-ranked scientist in Italy among the 26.
AUG 2023
Outstanding Scientist Award
Italian Synchrotron Radiation Society
Federico Boscherini
During the yearly conference of the Italian Synchrotron Radiation Society, held at Sapienza Univeristà di Roma (August 30th – September 1st, 2023), Prof. Federico Boscherini received the “Outstanding scientist award”, in recognition of his long career of excellence in various international laboratories and his current role as Chair of the Council of European X-ray Free Electron Laser.
JUN 2018
"Luigi Tartufari" International Award for Astronomy
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Francesco Rosario Ferraro
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei awarded a prize in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic with the following motivation: "for the innovative concepts proposed in the field of stellar populations which have demonstrated how environmental conditions can significantly alter the evolution of stars."
JUN 2015
"Di Braccio" Award
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Michele Cicoli
Prize awarded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic with the following motivation: "For the extensive production in the field of modern theories of elementary particles with international resonance".