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Ruffini, Remo Jacopo was born on May 17, 1942 in LaBrigue, France. Son of Dante and Maddalena Ruffini.
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Ruffini, Remo Jacopo was born on May 17, 1942 in LaBrigue, France. Son of Dante and Maddalena Ruffini.
Doctor in Physics, University Rome, 1966.
Postdoctoral fellow Mainz Academy of Sciences, Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1967, Palmer Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, 1967-1968. Member Institute for Advanced Study, 1968-1970, 74-76. Instructor Princeton University, 1970-1971, assistant professor, 1971-1974.
Professor University Catania, Italy, 1976-1978. Professor theoretical physics University Rome La Sapienza, since 1978. President International Center Relativistic Astrophysics, since 1985.
Director ICRANet, since 2005. Visiting professor Kyoto (Japan) University, 1975, University Western Australia, Perth, 1975. Member Council Central International Physics, Bogota, Colombia, since 1984.
Member task force science use of space station National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1975-1978. Chairman Italian Science for Space Station, Rome, 1986-1990, International Organization Committee of Marcel Grossmann Meetings, since 1984. Representative International Forum Science Use of Space Station, Washington, 1986-1990.
Member Consiglio Research Astronomy, Rome, 1987-1991. Co-chairman Italian-Korean Meetings on Relativistic Astrophysics, Rome and Seoul, since 1987, William Fairbanks Meetings, since 1990. President Science Committee Italian Space Agency, Rome, 1989-1993.
Chairman ICRA Network Workshops, since 1999.
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Fellow American PHys. Society; member Euorpean Physical Society, Italian Physical Society (vice director nuovo cimento B), Sigma Xi.
Married Anna Imponente. 1 child, Jacopo.