UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
The Prigogine Lectures. Siena 9 July 2009 - 4 pm
Aula Magna Rettorato
AWARDS WINNERS
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RECIPIENT OF THE FIRST SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2004 |
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Professor Sven Erik Jørgensen , Dr. Eng, Dr. Scient is the first recipient of the Prigogine Medal for senior researchers. He is well known for his work in Ecology, particularly in systems modelling, ecological engineering, environmental sciences and environmental management of aquatic systems. Professor Jørgensen serves on many important committees and as Editor of many scientific publications. He has published more than 300 papers and 60 books. His Medal was awarded by the Rector of the University of Siena who called a special congregation in the Aula Magna. |
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RECIPIENT OF THE SECOND SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2005
Professor Enzo Tiezzi received the 2005 Medal at the University of Cádiz during an academic ceremony presided over by the Rector of that Institution. Professor Tiezzi studied at the University of Florence where he developed an interest in the novel field of magnetic resonance and worked on the first MR prototype machine built at that University. After teaching at Cagliari University , he won a Fullbright Scholarship to Washington University , where he continued working on NMR under Professor Sam Weissman of the Physics Department and Professor Barry Commoner of the Department of Biology. This collaboration resulted in several Seminar papers on pioneering development of NMR. |
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| Professor Tiezzi taught Physical Chemistry at Florence for several years before being appointed at the University of Siena where he is Full Professor of Physical Chemistry. His outstanding scientific career has been matched by a strong involvement in environmental and social issues, reflecting his deepening commitment to ecology and Prigogine's ideas. Professor Tiezzi, in addition to numerous papers (over 500), has published more than 20 books dealing with scientific topics, as well as humanities and poetry | |
RECIPIENT OF THE THIRD SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2006
Bernard Patten, recipient of the 2006 Medal, is Regent Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia in the USA. He is a Systems Ecologist and Ecological Modeller interested in the applications of mathematical theory to ecosystems. He formulated a well known environmental theory called “environ theory and analysis” that permits the use of network mathematics to represent and analyse ecosystem networks |
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| Professor Patten's publications include many papers on a variety of ecological topics especially main fresh water and wetlands ecosystems. In addition he has published eight well known books. Furthermore, he has created a School of Ecological Sciences at the University of Georgia and has contributed to forming a whole generation of USA researchers who benefit from his supervision during their doctoral studies. He was presented with the Medal by the Rector of the University of Tartu at a Ceremony that took place in the ancient City Hall of Tallinn. | |
RECIPIENT OF THE FOURTH SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2007
Robert Ulanowicz, recipient of the 2007 Medal, is Professor at the University of Maryland, at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. He is a Chemical Engineer by training who specialised on Ecosystems Theory with outstanding results in the field of Complex Ecology. His scientific contributions are renowned in Network Analysis, Information Theory in Ecology, Thermodynamics in Ecology and Causality in Evolving Systems.Another area of interest of Professor Ulanowicz is the dialogue between science and religion. Professor Ulanowicz has published more than 150 scientific papers in international journals and several books. He is also member of the editorial board of several international journals. He received the 2007 Medal at the University of Coimbra from its Rector during an academic ceremony presided over by the Rector of that Institution. |
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RECIPIENT OF THE FIFTH SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2008
Ioannis Antoniou is Professor of Analysis and Statistics and Head of the School of Mathematics at the Aristotle University of Thessalonica. He graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Athens. After Graduation he worked in the Greek Ministry of the Environment on atmospheric pollution measurements and statistical analysis and went to Brussels for his PhD research, where Ilya Prigogine was one of his PhD advisors. |
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His Doctorate Thesis on Relativistic Chaos and Probabilistic Analysis of Complex Systems was the beginning of a fruitful collaboration and friendship with Ilya Prigogine. Recently it was shown that this algebra provides a nice counter-example in the theory of non commutative algebras and that our extension of how the Time Operator can be applied to the diffusion equation and even to more general stochastic processes.Professor Antoniou's work was carried out at the International Solvay Institute of Physics and Chemistry from 1982 until the passing away of Ilya Prigogine in May 2003. Ioannis Antoniou was appointed Deputy Director of the Solvay Institutes in 1994 where he stayed until 2004 when he returned to Greece . Inspired by the vision of Ilya Prigogine, Professor Antoniou is now involved in the statistical analysis of complex networks related to Biomedical Problems and the Internet, as well as in mathematical problems of Complexity. The Award Ceremony took place in the historic setting of the Evangelistria Monastery on the Island of Skiathos . Professor Michael Zouboulakis, Vice-Rector of the University of Thessaly , awards the Prigogine Medal to Professor Ioannis Antoniou |
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RECIPIENT OF THE SIXTH SENIOR RESEARCHER
PRIGOGINE MEDAL 2009
Emilio Del Giudice is going to be the sixth recipient of the Prigogine Medal for Senior Researchers. Currently, he is Member of the International Institute of Biophysics (IIB) at Neuss Germany. He is a retired Senior Scientist of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) at Milano, Italy. Previously, he worked at Naples University, at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, at CERN, Geneva and at Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen. His research interests focus on Quantum Field Theory (QFT) with reference to the investigation of collective processes and living organisms. He was born in Naples, Italy, the 01/01/1940 and graduated in Physics in 1961 at Naples University. He has authored 110 scientific articles. |
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The title of his Plenary Lectures will be:
“The interplay of Quantum Field Theory and Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes as a conceptual basis for Biology and Ecosystem Dynamics”
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