Alberto Pignotti

Background

Pignotti, Alberto was born on November 3, 1936 in Buenos Aires. Son of Gino and Josefina (Crosti) Pignotti.

Education

Licensed in physics, U. Buenos Aires, 1959; D in Physics, U. Buenos Aires, 1964.

Career

Lecturer physics, U. Buenos Aires, 1964-1966; professor, U. Buenos Aires, 1971-1974; postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1968; postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968-1969; assistant professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1969-1971; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1971-1972; section and department head, TECHINT, Buenos Aires, 1975-1988; department head, SIDERCA, Campana-Buenos Aires, 1988-1989; senior research scientist, head physics department, Fundación Para el Desarrollo Tecnológico, Buenos Aires, since 1989. Reviewer Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Nuovo Cimento, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal Heat Transfer, also others, since 1967.

Achievements

• Alberto Pignotti has been listed as a noteworthy Theoretical physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Argentine Physics Association (board directors since 1995), Argentine Society for Information and Operations Research (board directors 1977). Member American Society for Nondestructive Testing, National Academy Exact Physicians and Natural Sciences, Third World Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Maria Rosa Pistol, January 11, 1961(deceased August 1994). Children: Maria Laura, Carmen, Gabriela.

Father:

Gino Pignotti

Mother:

Josefina (Crosti) Pignotti

Spouse:

Maria Rosa Pistol

child:

Carmen Pignotti

child:

Gabriela Pignotti

child:

Maria Laura Pignotti