Riccardo Giacconi

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002

Curriculum Vitae

Education
University of Milan Milan, Italy	Doctorate in Physics, 1954

Professional experience
Assistant Professor of Physics University of Milan Milan, Italy	1954-1956
Research Associate (Fulbright Fellow) Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana	1956-1958
Research Associate, Cosmic Ray Laboratory Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey	1958-1959
American Science & Engineering, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts Senior Scientist Member of the Board of Directors (1966-1973) Executive Vice President (1969-1973)	1959-1973
Associate Director High Energy Astrophysics Division Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts	1973-1981
Professor of Astronomy Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts	1973-1982
Principal Investigator on several NASA programs, including SAS-A (UHURU) SO-54 (SKYLAB) HEAO-2 ("Einstein") AXAF Interdisciplinary Scientist (Chandra)	1960-1981 1986-
Director Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Maryland	1981-1992
Professor of Astronomy The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	1981-1999
Chairman of the Board Instituto Donegani Italy	1987-1988
Professor of Physics and Astronomy University of Milan Milan, Italy	1991-1999
Director General European Southern Observatory Germany	1993-1999
President Associated Universities, Inc. Washington, DC	1999-
Research Professor The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	1999-

Honors
Fulbright Fellow, 1956-1958
Helen B. Warner Award of the American Astronomical Society, 1966
Como Prize of the Italian Physical Society, 1967
Röntgen Prize in Astrophysics for 1971 of the Physikalisch-Medizinische Gesellschaft, Würzburg, Germany, 1971
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, 1971
NASA Distinguished Public Service Award, 1972
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1980
Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1980
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1981
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, AAS/AIP, 1981
Henry Norris Russell Lecturer of the American Astronomical Society for 1981
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1982
The A. Cressy Morrison Award in Natural Sciences, The New York Academy of Sciences, 1982
Wolf Prize in Physics, 1987
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2002

Honorary degrees
Honorary Doctor of Science, The University of Chicago, 1983
Laurea Honoris Causa in Astronomia, The University of Padua, 1984
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Warsaw, 1996
Laurea Honoris Causa in Physics, University of Rome, 1998
Honorary Doctor of Technology and Science, University of Uppsala, Sweden, 2000

Academies
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
National Academy of Sciences, Member
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Foreign Member
The Royal Astronomical Society, Associate
American Philosophical Society, Member
Max-Planck Society, External Member

Memberships
American Astronomical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
American Physical Society, Fellow
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Cosmos Club

From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2002, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2003

This CV was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/Nobel Lectures. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. To cite this document, always state the source as shown above.