Luigi Guatri

Economics

Economist and Lecturer at Milan Bocconi University. “For his uninterrupted scientific research in the field of economics, which has produced over 50 monographs and several articles and academic papers. Professor Luigi Guatri is unanimously regarded as one of the most authoritative scholars in business economics. His scientific contributions stand out not only for their in-depth study of topics, but also for the overall development of business economics doctrine”.

Gianfranco Piva

Food Science

Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Piacenza Cattolica University. “For his scientific activity, documented in over 500 publications, aimed at understanding the dynamics of nutrient utilisation, also in relation to the presence of anti-nutritional factors and product quality and safety. These topics were addressed by Professor Gianfranco Piva with foresight, according to an innovative approach, focusing on animal welfare and environmental protection”.

Renzo Dionigi

Medicine

Surgeon and Rector of Università degli Studi dell’Insubria. “For his qualities as a researcher and clinician demonstrated by over 700 publications by himself and his group, appearing in the most prestigious international journals. Professor Renzo Dionigi’s commitment as a cultural promoter is demonstrated by the ideational energy he lavished on the establishment of Varese University and as the author of historical-sociological studies on the great heritage of Insubria”.

Giacomo Becattini

Economics

Economist Lecturer in Political Economy at Florence University. “For his original contribution to the progress of Italian economic science through the integration of economic analysis and the analysis of society as a whole. Professor Becattini has achieved particularly innovative outcomes both for the recovery and enhancement of important elements of Marshall’s theoretical system, especially on the theory of economic development, and for the analysis of districts, understood as laboratories that render intelligible the complexity of the relations between economy and society in modern European capitalism, in particular relating to the Italian case (the economy of Made in Italy)”.

Giorgio Cantelli Forti

Food Science

Full Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy at Bologna University. “For his decisive contribution to the assessment of toxicological risk from environmental pollutants. By proposing an innovative approach of integrated study of the mechanisms of toxic action of the various food contaminants, Professor Cantelli Forti pointed out how human exposure to potentially risky chemicals, such as pesticides, herbicides and natural toxins, can occur at various levels of the food chain. He showed how only by acting on the latter can the health and well-being of humans and animals be promoted and maintained”.

Claudio Bordignon

Medicine

Professor of Haematology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan. “For conducting pioneering studies in the field of gene transfer and gene therapy, which have contributed significantly to the development of gene therapy strategies for the treatment of congenital pathologies such as immunodeficiency diseases. The group founded and directed by Professor Bordignon is also one of the main global reference points not only in the field of gene therapy, but also in experimental haematology, bone marrow transplantation and the study of neoplasms”.

Massimo Livi Bacci

Economics

Professor of Demography at Florence University. “For his decisive contributions in the area of intersection of social studies that is modern demography. Livi Bacci definitely stands out as the most eminent Italian scholar and as one of the best known scholars in the world in tackling challenging social, economic and development issues with great rigour and clarity of exposition”.

Erasmo Marrè

Food Science

Former Professor of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology at Milan University. “For the prominence of his scientific work in which he dealt with fundamental problems relating to plant growth and differentiation, often using innovative methodologies, improving knowledge of the processes that impact on agricultural production”.

Giuseppe Mancia

Medicine

Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Milan University and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Monza San Gerardo Hospital. “One of the most eminent experts in the study of the pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system and its clinical applications. His considerably original and comprehensive scientific production has been published in the most prestigious international journals and has been the subject of over seven thousand citations”.

Sergio Steve

Economics

Professor Emeritus at Rome Sapienza University. “For the prominence of his scientific contributions that link the tradition of the great Italian school of finance science to the most advanced international thinking in the field of physical policy”.

Claudio Peri

Food Science

Professor of Unitary Operations of Food Technology at Milan Statale University. “For his research in the fields of food technology, self-control systems for food hygiene and for his contribution to the dissemination of knowledge in these areas”.

Lorenzo Moretta

Medicine

Professor of General Pathology from the Department of Experimental Medicine at Genoa University. “For his contribution to modern immunology, of which he is considered to be one of the leading authorities. Some of his most important achievements are the new methods for separating various classes of lymphocytes and the discovery of the NK (natural killer) class of lymphocytes”.

Vittorio Coda

Economics

Professor of Strategy and Business Policy at Milan Bocconi University. “For his fundamental contribution to the renewal of business studies, integrating the Italian tradition in the new perspectives opened to the studies of organisation and strategic management and for his continuous search for the reasons that, in a complex society, relate the economic rationality of companies to ethical and social values, giving it meaning and legitimacy”.

Marcello Giovannini

Food Science

Professor of Paediatric Clinic at Milan Statale University. “For his decisive scientific contributions on the fundamental role of breast milk in the physical and mental growth of infants and in the prevention of both childhood and adult diseases and the promotion of breastfeeding”.

Vittorio Erspamer

Medicine

Professor Emeritus of Medical Pharmacology at Rome Sapienza University. “For managing to pursue, with an original method and a unified vision, systematic studies that have opened up biogenic amines and numerous neuropeptides through the characterisation of 5-hydroxytryptamine. These fields have proved to be of the utmost importance in the development of both basic and applied biological sciences and pharmacology”.

Giorgio Fuà

Economics

Director of the Institute of Cardiology at Rome Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. “For his fundamental research in the field of cardiology, thanks to which he was able to identify a reliable and independent indicator of increased tendency to develop a myocardial infarction, in the intensity of the inflammatory component, which contributes to unstable angina”.

Donato Matassino

Food Science

Professor of Genetic Improvement of Animals in Livestock Production at Naples University. “For his important contributions to refine innovative biotechnologies, aimed as much at improving the reproductive efficiency of meat and dairy animals as at protecting endangered genetic types and maintaining high biodiversity”.

Attilio Maseri

Medicine

Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ancona. “For the originality and depth of his studies, which led him to enrich economic analysis with qualitative assessments from other social sciences and to draw the most comprehensive existing interpretative picture of post-war Italian development”.

Luigi Pasinetti

Economics

Economist and Professor at Milan Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. “For the originality of his scientific work aimed at the construction of a general theory of structural economic dynamics, through which he has been able to reconcile the macro-economic approach proper to Keynesian theory with the multisectoral approach of Sraffia and Leontief theory in a coherent scheme”.

Pompeo Cappella

Food Science

Agricultural Chemist and Professor of Technology of Oils, Fats and Derivatives at Bologna University. “For the topicality of issues addressed in the study of the composition of oils and fat oxidation in general and for the ability to translate the results of theoretical research into useful analyses and methods for the quanti-qualitative evaluation of the fat component in food”.

Umberto Veronesi

Medicine

Scientific Director of the European Institute of Oncology. “For his inestimable contribution to research and the fight against cancer, namely breast cancer, through which he succeeded in effectively combating the disease and at the same time sparing patients the suffering and humiliation of sometimes unnecessary mutilation, as much as possible”.

Tancredi Bianchi

Economics

Professor of Economics of Credit Companies at Bocconi University and President of the Italian Banking Association. “For his achievements in the field of research and teaching of the economics of financial intermediaries and credit management, a discipline in which he has trained dozens of scholars”.

Sergio Vaccà

Economics

Professor of Economics of Transnational Corporations and Director of IEFE, Institute for the Economics of Energy Sources. “For contributing to creating a non-ephemeral relationship between the great tradition of industrial economics and the emerging reflections in business economics”.

Umberto Dianzani

Food Science

Full Professor of General Pathology and Rector of Turin University. “For the relevant and innovative contribution made to studies on oxidative damage produced by excess free radicals and prevention with antioxidant-active nutrients”.

Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza

Food Science

Professor of Agricultural Genetics, Rector of Università della Tuscia and President of the National Academy of Sciences. “For his research in the field of plant mutagenesis and chromosome engineering and for his contribution to the development of institutions and entities of high educational-scientific value”.

Siro Lombardini

Economics

Internationally renowned economist and scholar, Professor of political economy at Turin University. “For the scientific relevance and anticipatory traits of his analyses and for his contribution to the education of several personalities in the scientific, entrepreneurial and political fields”.

Francesco Salamini

Food Science

Director of the Department of Plant Breeding and Production Physiology at Max Planck Institut in Cologne, Germany. “For his thirty years of intense efforts during which, anticipating modern developments in plant genetics, he has demonstrated his willingness to learn biochemical processes at the molecular level that underlie plant productivity”.

Paolo Sylos Labini

Economics

Economist, lecturer in political economy at Rome Sapienza University. “For promoting, during an extraordinarily intense and fruitful career, a philosophy of research that combines the rigour of economic analysis and adherence to the issues of social reality”.

Pier Paolo Resmini

Food Science

Professor of Agricultural Industries at Milan University, Italy’s leading expert on milk chemistry. “For contributing, with his research on scientific and technical systems for food production and control, to the protection of the quality and authenticity of products and to the improvement of Italian and European food legislation”.