Anna Consortini

Anna Consortini is an Italian physicist in and a retired Professor of Physics at the University of Florence. She was a founder of the Italian Society for Optics and Photonics, and President of the International Commission for Optics from 1993 to 1996.[1]

Anna Consortini
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Florence
AwardsRobert E Hopkins Leadership Award, 2018
Scientific career
FieldsOptics, Physics

Early life and education

Consortini studied at Liceo Classico, then earned a master's degree in physics at the University of Florence (20 February 1959, 105/110) and a PhD in Electromagnetic Waves (Rome 1968).[2]

Research and career

From 1959 to 1983 Consortini worked as researcher at the "Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche" (IROE) of the National Research Council in Italy (CNR) which is now called IFAC-CNR.[3] Consortini was director of the group of theoretical and experimental research on atmospheric propagation. She also established the Computer Center of the Institute and was the Center Director until 1978. In 1983, Consortini became associate professor in general physics at the University of Florence until her retirement.

Consortini is the author of Trends in Optics.[4]

Fellowships and awards

Consortini has received the following academic honours:

References
  1. "Anna Consortini". Optical Society of America. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. "Anna Consortini". Università degli Studi di Firenze (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Anna Consortini Recognized with The Optical Society 2018 Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award". OSA. 14 June 2018.
  4. "Trends in Optics - 1st Edition". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  5. Righini, G.C. (28 February 2018). "The International Commission for Optics: 70 years from the first official meeting". Societa Italiana di Fisica Prima Pagina. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. Smith, Meredith; Apter, Kari; Gass, Jeanette (2018-06-01). "2018 OSA Awards and Medals". Optics and Photonics News. 29 (6): 41. Bibcode:2018OptPN..29...41S. doi:10.1364/OPN.29.6.000041. ISSN 1047-6938.
  7. "EOS fellows". European Optical Society. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  8. "Professor Anna Consortini". SPIE. Retrieved 2019-09-24.


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