(ANSA) - ROME, APR 12 - The government on Monday tapped the
first ever woman president of the National Research Council
(CNR).
Maria Chiara Carrozza will be in charge of the prestigious
institute for the next four years.
She was appointed by Education, University and Research Minister
Maria Cristina Messa.
Carrozza replaces Massimo Inguscio whose term is up.
Carrozza, 55, was herself education minister between 2013 and
2014.
In 2007 she became the youngest university rector in Italian
academic history when she was appointed dean of her alma mater,
the prestigious Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA) in her native
Pisa.
In 2017 she was named one of the top 25 women in the global
robotics field.
She has scientific and coordination responsibilities within
several national and international research projects.
Her research interests are in rehabilitation engineering,
wearable robotics, cybernetic hands, robotic devices for upper
and lower limb functional replacement and augmentation, as well
as tactile sensors.
She is author of several scientific papers (more than 80 ISI
papers and more than 120 papers in referred conference
proceedings) and of 12 patents.
Carozza said upon her appointment: "To be the first woman at the
head of the country's biggest and most important research centre
is an unprecedented challenge and responsibility. But also a
change of pace and perspective.
"I am happy and thrilled at the appointment as president of the
CNR. I thank Minister Messa and the selection committee for the
faith they have shown in me". (ANSA).
First woman head of research council tapped
Maria Chiara Carrozza named CNR president