Mario Coppola
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Mario Coppola was an Italian physicist active in the field of nuclear physics
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Coppola, son of Leonardo and Elena Alestra lived his early childhood in Rome
until the degree in Physics in 1960, a student of Edoardo Amaldi. From 1961 to 1964 was PostDoc at Columbia University
in New York, then for a short period, the University of Padua, and subsequently worked in the years 1964 to 1971 the Bureau Central de Mesures Nucleaires (BCMN) Euratom Geel (Belgium). He obtained his teaching qualification in Nuclear Physics at the University of Milan
in 1969.
Mario has served as Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra Agency from 1971 to 1977. From there he moved, as an international civil servant at the CNEN, which later became the center of Enea Casaccia in Rome, where he was active until 2000, as head of European research contracts.
It was co-founder, Scientific Secretary and then President and then Director Emeritus of the Italian Society for Research on Radiation (SIRR).
Among other assignments, he was a consultant of the United Nations
Mario Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations (UNSCEAR), a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association for Radiation Research (IARR) and was a member of the Scientific Committee of several national conferences and international.
He has authored about 150 publications on international and ionizing radiation on the physical and biological.
Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...
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Coppola, son of Leonardo and Elena Alestra lived his early childhood in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
until the degree in Physics in 1960, a student of Edoardo Amaldi. From 1961 to 1964 was PostDoc at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York, then for a short period, the University of Padua, and subsequently worked in the years 1964 to 1971 the Bureau Central de Mesures Nucleaires (BCMN) Euratom Geel (Belgium). He obtained his teaching qualification in Nuclear Physics at the University of Milan
University of Milan
The University of Milan is a higher education institution in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 62,801 students, a teaching and research staff of 2,455 and a non-teaching staff of 2,200....
in 1969.
Mario has served as Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra Agency from 1971 to 1977. From there he moved, as an international civil servant at the CNEN, which later became the center of Enea Casaccia in Rome, where he was active until 2000, as head of European research contracts.
It was co-founder, Scientific Secretary and then President and then Director Emeritus of the Italian Society for Research on Radiation (SIRR).
Among other assignments, he was a consultant of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Mario Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations (UNSCEAR), a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Association for Radiation Research (IARR) and was a member of the Scientific Committee of several national conferences and international.
He has authored about 150 publications on international and ionizing radiation on the physical and biological.