Background
Car, Roberto was born on January 3, 1947 in Trieste, Italy. Son of Andrea and Sonia (Renzi) Car.
Car, Roberto was born on January 3, 1947 in Trieste, Italy. Son of Andrea and Sonia (Renzi) Car.
Doctor of Philosophy, Milan (Italy) Institute of Technology, 1971.
Visiting scientist, European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1972;
research fellow department physics, U. Milan, 1973-1974;
research associate department physics, Milan Institute Technology, 1975-1976;
research associate department physics, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Lausanne, 1977;
assistant professor physics, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Lausanne, 1978-1982;
professor, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, 1984-1990;
professor physics, U. Geneva, since 1991. Visiting scientist T.J. Watson Research Center, International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1981-1983. Director Western Swiss Institute for Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Lausanne, since 1991.
Member of advisory board Journal Physics: Condensed Matter, since 1990, Journal Modern Physics C, since 1991. Consultant International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, 1990.
Member American Physical Society (Aneesur Rahman prize 1995), Materials Research Society, European Physical Society (Hewlett-Packard Europhysics prize 1990).
Married Annabella Selloni, December 21, 1987. 1 child, Martina.