!!!Giovanni F. Bignami \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Giovanni_Bignami.jpg' caption='' height='200' alt='Giovanni F. Bignami'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ Giovanni F. Bignami passed away May 24, 2017. \\ \\ __Positions Held__ *since 2011 President INAF *since 1997 Full Professor of Astronomy, University of Pavia, since 2005 at IUSS, Pavia *since 2010 President, COSPAR (world-wide Committee on Space Research) *2009 - 2011 President, Scientific Council, “Groupment d’Interet Scientifique P2I”, Paris *2008 - 2009 President, Italian Space Agency, Rome *2003 - 2006 Director of the Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS, Toulouse, France *1997 - 2002 Director of Science, Italian Space Agency, Rome *1990 - 1996 Full Professor of General Physics, University of Cassino *1989 Visiting Professor at the Université de Paris VII \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *1993 Bruno Rossi prize of the HEAD, American Astronomical Society (with J. Halpern) *2000 Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite de la République Française *2002 Royal Society/COSPAR Massey Award (with J. Paul) *2004 Astronomy Prize, Italian Culture Ministry (prize given every four years) *2006 Premio “Lacchini” (for the furthering of Astronomical Culture in Italy) *2006 Officier de la Légion d’Honneur de la République Française *2007 “San Valentino d’Oro” for excellence in Science, Regione Umbria, Italy *2010 “Blaise Pascal Medal” for Astrophysics, European Academy of Sciences *2010 “Von Karman Award” International Academy of Astronautics *2012 Premio APE (Milan, Italy), for excellence in Science *2013 Professor “Honoris Causa”, State University, Moscow *2013 Premio “Vittorio de Sica per le Scienze”, Roma \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Bignami_Giovanni/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Bignami_Giovanni/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Bignami_Giovanni/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Bignami_Giovanni/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit gbignami}] [{ALLOW upload gbignami}] [{ALLOW comment All}]