Background
Rubbia, Carlo was born on March 31, 1934 in Gorizia, Italy. Son of Silvio and Bice (Liceni) Rubbia.
Rubbia, Carlo was born on March 31, 1934 in Gorizia, Italy. Son of Silvio and Bice (Liceni) Rubbia.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Polytechnic University Milan, 1957. Degree (honorary), Harvard University, 1970.
Degree (honorary), University Geneva, 1983. Degree (honorary), Carnegie Mellon University, 1985. Degree (honorary), University Genoa, Italy, 1985.
Degree (honorary), University Udine, Italy, 1985.
Research fellow Columbia University, New York City, 1960—1961. Senior research physicist European Organization of Nuclear Research (European Organization Nuclear Research), Geneva, since 1960, director general, 1989—1993. Assistant professor physics University Rome, 1961—1962.
Professor physics Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970—1988. Professor University Pavia, Italy, since 1989. Director International Center Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1994.
President, director Italian National Agency New Technologies, Energy & Environment (National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development), 1999—2005.
Achievements include contributions to the project which led to the discovery of field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (foreign) (foreign associate), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Accademia dei Lincei, Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign) (foreign), Royal Society (foreign), Pontifical Academy of Sciences, American Physics Society, European Physics Society.
Married Marisa Rome, June 27, 1960. Children: Laura, Andre.
