Anna Consortini

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

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]

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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:

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References

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