Cristina Lazzeroni

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Cristina Lazzeroni, FRS is an Italian physicist and academic. She has taught at the University of Birmingham, England, since 2007, and has been Professor of Particle Physics since 2015. [1] She is leader of its Particle Physics Group. [2]

She studied physics at the University of Pisa, Italy, graduating with her first degree in 1992. [1] She remained at Pisa to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in particle physics, which she completed in 1996. [1] [3] She then moved to the United Kingdom to be a post-doc at the University of Edinburgh. [4] After two years in Scotland, she moved to the University of Cambridge. [3]

In 2025, she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Cristina Lazzeroni". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "University of Birmingham scientists elected as Fellows of Royal Society". University of Birmingham. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Beauty and Strangeness in Particle Physics". University of Birmingham. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Pettorelli, Nathalie (10 June 2015). "Don't let anyone convince you that females are not good for science: Meet Cristina Lazzeroni". SoapboxScience. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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