Bigi graduated from Gymnasium Fridericianum, Erlangen, in 1967. Six years later he received a Master from the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, University of Munich, where he stayed until 1977 to finish his Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics.
Since 1984 he is also a holder of Habilitation degree in Physics, acquired from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University. During his career, Bigi has been a research associate in many research teams in laboratories for Physics around the world. To summarize, some of them were SLAC (1973-1974), the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich (1975-1981), European Organization of Nuclear Research (1978-1980), the Fermilab (1984).
He has also been a visiting professor to Universities over the United States. and Europe, with duties currently being performed for the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Bigi is married and has three children.
His research focuses on refining the Standard Model phenomenology.
Bigi is an enthusiastic writer and reviewer with plenty of contributions to scientific journals. He is a member of International Committees and organisations for Physics, taking active part in seminars and conferences held worldwide.
