Nicola Pugno Explained

Nicola Maria Pugno (born 4 January 1972) is an Italian scientist,^{[1] [2]} mechanical engineer, astrophysicist, with phds in fracture mechanics and biology. He is a full professor of solid and structural mechanics at the University of Trento^[3] (previously at the Polytechnic University of Turin^{[4] [5]}) and of materials science at the Queen Mary University of London^[6] (part-time; and visiting professor at the University of Oxford^[7]).

He has been selected as member of several committees such as the technical and scientific committee^[8] of the Italian Space Agency and as plenary speaker in several international workshops, events and conferences, such as at Falling Walls,^[9] at the World Economic Forum^{[10] [11]} and at the European Parliament^[12] invited by the European Research Council as well as -as opening plenary speaker- at the International Conference of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.^[13] He is editorial board member of several international journals and has been appointed as the first field chief editor of Frontiers in Materials.^[14]

He has published about 500 papers in international journals^[15] and, for his scientific contributions in nanomechanics, bioinspiration, fracture mechanics and adhesion, he received -among other prizes (such as the first edition in 2012 of the GiovedìScienza prize for both science research and popularization^[16])- in 2017 the A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize^[17] and in 2022 the Humboldt Prize.^[18] Since 2011, he has received several grants also from the European Union within the Excellent Science pillars for both fundamental science^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]} and high-tech transfer,^{[26] [27] [28] [29] [30]} that he is developing for several high-tech industries.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicola Pugno - Top Italian Scientist in Engineering. topitalianscientists.org.
2. Web site: Nicola Pugno - ADScientficIndex.
3. Web site: Nicola Pugno - Solid and Structural Mechanics Group - University of Trento. pugno.dicam.unitn.it.
4. Web site: DISEG - Laboratorio Bio-Inspired Nanomechanics. DISEG.
5. Web site: MUSEO VIRTUALE - Gli ingegneri - Giuseppe Maria Pugno. areeweb.polito.it.
6. Web site: Prof Nicola Pugno. QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science.
7. Web site: Home. staff.admin.ox.ac.uk.
8. Web site: Samantha Cristoforetti chiama il Muse. Trentino Cultura.
9. Web site: Nicola Pugno | Falling Walls. falling-walls.com.
10. Web site: Annual meeting of the new champions.
11. Web site: World Economic Forum.
12. Web site: ERA Portal Austria – ERC celebrates 5,000th top researcher funded. era.gv.at.
13. Web site: Plenary Lecturers | ICTAM 2020. www.ictam2020.org.
14. Web site: Frontiers in Materials | Editorial board. www.frontiersin.org.
15. Web site: Nicola M. Pugno. scholar.google.it.
16. Web site: GiovedìScienza: la scienza in diretta settimana per settimana - torinoscienza.it. archivio.torinoscienza.it.
17. Web site: Professor Nicola Pugno wins the IOM3's Griffith Medal & Prize. QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science.
18. Web site: Humboldt Research Award 2022 a Nicola Pugno. Giuseppe. Tomassetti. November 23, 2022.
19. Web site: CORDIS | European Commission.
20. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/863179/it FET Boheme
21. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/732344/it FET Neurofibres
22. Web site: Ramp Up Phase Highlights from the Graphene Flagship. Graphene Flagship.
23. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/696656/it FET Graphene Flagship Core 1
24. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/785219/it FET Graphene Flagship Core 2
25. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/881603/it FET Graphene Flagship Core 3
26. Web site: CORDIS | European Commission.
27. Web site: CORDIS | European Commission.
28. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/632277 ERC Knotough
29. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101034788/it FET Silence
30. Web site: CORDIS | European Commission.