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.
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.