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more recently also on electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational waves and neutrino sources. In his career, he has published over 300 articles in international astronomical journals (including Science and Nature). In 1998, he received the Bruno
Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society (nominally with 19 other scientists) for the discovery of the afterglows of gamma ray bursts (Lampi Gamma).
Lucio Angelo Antonelli has also carried out teaching activities at the University of
L’Aquila and at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata.” He is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Italian Astronomical Society, and he is a member of the
International Astronomical Union and European Astronomical Society.
Alessio Argentieri Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Rome, Italy
Following his degree in Geological Sciences at “La Sapienza” University of Rome,
Alessio Argentieri received his Ph.D. in Tectonics and Structural Geology at the
University of Camerino. As a geologist, he was employed by the former “Province
of Rome,” department of local administration which in 2015 was turned into the
actual “Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.” Since 2009, he has been executive of
the Provincial Police, then of the Geological Survey and of the Protected Areas
Survey of that institution; currently, he is executive of the Geological, Soil
Conservation, and Civil Protection Survey. Member of the Italian Geological
Society, he was cofounder and Secretary of the History of Geology Section. He is
Associate Editor of Acque Sotterranee (Italian Journal of Groundwater). His
research interests focus on tectonics, structural geology, hydrogeology, applied geomorphology, and history of geosciences. He also collaborates with the sports desk
of the online journal www.attualita.it and with All Rugby, the Italian Rugby Review.
Ugo Baldini Professor of Early Modern History (retired)
University of Padua, Italy
He was Professor of Early Modern History and former Director of the Department
of Political Science at the University of Padua. His main research interests cover
history of early modern science: the peculiar traits of Italy’s scientific history in the
“ancien régime” period; the scientific contribution of the Society of Jesus till 1773,
both in Europe and in extra-European missions; the system of Catholic book censure; and the emergence of modern science. He is author of about 145 publications
(books, essays, articles, editions of collective volumes) and about 85 entries (on
scientists and scientific intellectuals, ca. 1580–1780) in the Dizionario Biografico
degli Italiani.
Maria Carmen Beltrano Researcher (retired)
Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Rome, Italy
About the Contributors
more recently also on electromagnetic counterpart of gravitational waves and neutrino sources. In his career, he has published over 300 articles in international astronomical journals (including Science and Nature). In 1998, he received the Bruno
Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society (nominally with 19 other scientists) for the discovery of the afterglows of gamma ray bursts (Lampi Gamma).
Lucio Angelo Antonelli has also carried out teaching activities at the University of
L’Aquila and at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata.” He is a member of the Board
of Directors of the Italian Astronomical Society, and he is a member of the
International Astronomical Union and European Astronomical Society.
Alessio Argentieri Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Rome, Italy
Following his degree in Geological Sciences at “La Sapienza” University of Rome,
Alessio Argentieri received his Ph.D. in Tectonics and Structural Geology at the
University of Camerino. As a geologist, he was employed by the former “Province
of Rome,” department of local administration which in 2015 was turned into the
actual “Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.” Since 2009, he has been executive of
the Provincial Police, then of the Geological Survey and of the Protected Areas
Survey of that institution; currently, he is executive of the Geological, Soil
Conservation, and Civil Protection Survey. Member of the Italian Geological
Society, he was cofounder and Secretary of the History of Geology Section. He is
Associate Editor of Acque Sotterranee (Italian Journal of Groundwater). His
research interests focus on tectonics, structural geology, hydrogeology, applied geomorphology, and history of geosciences. He also collaborates with the sports desk
of the online journal www.attualita.it and with All Rugby, the Italian Rugby Review.
Ugo Baldini Professor of Early Modern History (retired)
University of Padua, Italy
He was Professor of Early Modern History and former Director of the Department
of Political Science at the University of Padua. His main research interests cover
history of early modern science: the peculiar traits of Italy’s scientific history in the
“ancien régime” period; the scientific contribution of the Society of Jesus till 1773,
both in Europe and in extra-European missions; the system of Catholic book censure; and the emergence of modern science. He is author of about 145 publications
(books, essays, articles, editions of collective volumes) and about 85 entries (on
scientists and scientific intellectuals, ca. 1580–1780) in the Dizionario Biografico
degli Italiani.
Maria Carmen Beltrano Researcher (retired)
Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Rome, Italy
About the Contributors