Boards
Scientific Board for Physical Sciences
A Scientific Board is formed for any Scientific Area of the University of Pisa, by representatives of professors belonging to the field. This Board supports the Academic Senate with suggestions about research funding. The Scientific Board for Physical Sciences at the University of Pisa is currently composed by:
Full Professors
- Prof. Marco Sozzi (President)
- Prof. Simone Capaccioli
- Prof. Massimo D’Elia
Associate Professors
- Prof. Nicola Belcari
- Prof. Ferrante Isidoro
- Prof. Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni
Researchers
- Dr. Giorgio Carelli
- Dr. Carlo Andrea Marini
- Dr. Omar Zanusso
Committee for the enhancement of outreach and technology transfer
- Prof. Maria Evelina Fantacci (Coordinator)
- Dr. Daniele Barducci
- Prof. Simone Capaccioli
- Prof. Maria Luisa Chiofalo
- Prof. Michele Cignoni
- Prof. Massimiliano Razzano
- Dr. Sergio Giudici
- Fabrizio Lucchesi
VQR Board for the Department of Physics
- Prof.ssa Chiara Maria Angela Roda (Head of the Department)
- Prof. Luca Baldini (Coordinator)
- Prof. Vincenzo Alba
- Prof. Riccardo Mannella
- Prof. Marco Sozzi
Joint Professors-Students Committee (‘Paritetica’)
Professors
- Prof.ssa Chiara Maria Angela Roda (Head of the Department)
- Prof. Stefano Bettarini
- Prof. Claudio Bonati
- Prof. Michele Burrello
- Prof. Fabrizio Cei
- Prof.ssa Donatella Ciampini
- Prof. Donato Nicolò
- Prof. Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni
Students
- Daria Ungolo
- Alessandro Gori
- Andrea Marcone
- Gaia Di Carlo
- Pietro Caleo
- Andrea Moruzzo
- Manuel Antonio Pianini
Committee for Quality-Teaching
BS Degree in Physics
- Prof. Chiara Roda
- Prof. Walter Del Pozzo
- Prof. Scilla Degl’Innocenti
- Prof. Simone Donati
- Dr. Antonella Spinosa
- Lucrezia Ignone
MS Degree in Physics
- Prof. Chiara Roda
- Prof. Walter Del Pozzo
- Prof. Scilla Degl’Innocenti
- Prof. Simone Donati
- Dr. Antonella Spinosa
- Dr. Giorgia Pittau
Committee for Quality-PhD
- Prof. Massimo D’Elia (PhD Coordinator)
- Prof. Scilla Degl’Innocenti
- Prof. Simone Capaccioli
- Prof. Giulia Casarosa
- Dr. Lucia Papalini
- Dr. Luca Parente
- Dr. Nicoletta Palazzo
Committee for Quality-Research and Outreach (Third Mission)
- Prof. Riccardo Mannella
- Prof. Scilla Degl’Innocenti
- Prof. Nicola Belcari
- Prof. Marco Sozzi
- Prof. Massimiliano Razzano
- Rag. Alessandro Antonelli
PLS Committee
- Prof. Riccardo Mannella (Coordinator)
- Prof. Maria Luisa Chiofalo
- Dr. Sergio Giudici
- Prof. Massimiliano Razzano
- Prof. Alessandra Toncelli
- Dr. Roberta Caponi
Gender policy Committee
- Prof. Maria Luisa Chiofalo (Coordinator)
- Prof. Luca Baldini
- Dr. Tania Farci
- Ilaria Grassini
- Dr. Nicolò Mone
- Dr. Lucia Papalini
- Dr. Luca Parente
Communication Commitee
- Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bisogni (Coordinator)
- Dr. Marco Bianucci
- Prof. Maria Evelina Fantacci
- Dr. Tania Farci
- Dr. Claudio Luperini
- Prof. Riccardo Mannella
- Prof. Massimiliano Razzano
- Dr. Angelo Ricciardone
- Prof. Stefano Roddaro
- Dr. Antonella Spinosa
Mentoring Commitee for research projects
- Prof. Lorenzo Bianchini
- Prof. Alessandro Strumia
- Prof. Alessandro Vichi
Research Evaluation Committee
- Prof. Nicola Belcari
- Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bisogni
- Prof. Valeria Rosso
Departmental coordinators
- Training of teachers: Prof. Isidoro Ferrante
- Departmental Quality: Prof. Scilla Degl’Innocenti, deputy Prof. Davide Rossini
- Orientation: Prof. Riccardo Mannella
- Job Placement: Prof. Gianluca Lamanna
- Departmental Research: Prof. Claudio Bonati and Prof. Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni
- Internazionalization: Prof. Andrea Rizzi
- Foundation Course Science: Prof. Marco Polini
- Outreach: Prof. Maria Evelina Fantacci
- Classrooms: Prof. Andrea Rizzi
- Master’s programs and lifelong learning: Prof. Giancarlo Sportelli
- Sustainability: Prof. Alessandra Toncelli
- Students with disability, DSA: Prof. Alessandra Toncelli
- Gender policy: Prof. Maria Luisa Chiofalo
- Program for Scientific Degrees (PLS): to be determined
- Safety: Prof. Donatella Ciampini, deputy Prof. Alessandro Pitanti
- Technical services for research labs: dr. Enrico Maccioni
- Math-Physics-Chemistry-Computer Sciences Library: Prof. Fabrizio Cei
- University IT Systems (SIA): Prof. Riccardo Mannella, deputy Dr. Giacomo Mazza
- Technical services for didactic labs: dr. Claudio Luperini
- Communication: Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bisogni
- Smoking ban compliance officer: Dr. Giorgio Carelli
Sections
Professors at the Department of Physics are grouped in Scientific Teams or Disciplinary Areas, depending on their main research interests:
- Experimental Physics of Fundamental Interactions
- Physics of Matter
- Theoretical Physics and History of Physics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Applied Physics
Each Disciplinary Area has its own spokesperson, attending meetings for the yearly didactic programming:
- Spokesperson for the ‘Experimental Physics of Fundamental Interactions‘ Disciplinary Area: Prof. Marco Sozzi (until Feb 2027)
- Spokesperson for the ‘Physics of Matter‘ Disciplinary Area: Prof. Riccardo Mannella (until Nov 2025)
- Spokesperson for the ‘Theoretical Physics and History of Physics‘ Disciplinary Area: Prof. Leonardo Gualtieri (until Oct 2027)
- Spokesperson for the ‘Astronomy and Astrophysics‘ Disciplinary Area: Prof. Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni (until Feb 2027)
- Spokesperson for the ‘Applied Physics‘ Disciplinary Area: Prof. Maria Giuseppina Bisogni (until Feb 2027)
Last updated on: 15/05/2025