8th “Paolo Farinella” Prize, 2018

To honor the memory and the outstanding figure of Paolo Farinella (1953-2000), an extraordinary scientist and person, a prize has been established in recognition of significant contributions given in the fields of interest of Paolo, which span from planetary sciences to space geodesy, fundamental physics, science popularization, security in space, weapons control and disarmament.

The prize has been proposed during the “International Workshop on Paolo Farinella, the scientist and the man”, held in Pisa in 2010, and is supported by the following Italian Institutions: University of Pisa, ASI, INAF, IFAC-CNR.
Previous recipients of the “Paolo Farinella Prize” were:

2011: William F. Bottke, for his contribution to the field of "Physics and dynamics of small solar system bodies"
2012: John Chambers, for his contribution to the field of "Formation and early evolution of the solar system"
2013: Patrick Michel, for his contribution to the field of "Collisional processes in the Solar System"
2014: David Vokrouhlicky, for his contribution to the field of "Non gravitational forces in the Solar System"
2015: Nicolas Biver, for his contribution to the field of "Dynamics and physics of comets"
2016: Kleomenis Tsiganis, for his contribution to the field of "Applications of celestial mechanics to the natural bodies of our solar system"
2017: Simone Marchi, for his contribution to the field of "Physics and dynamics of the inner planets of the solar system and their satellites"

Farinella Prize 2018

The eighth Paolo Farinella Prize is devoted to planetary sciences and specifically to studies on the "Giant planets satellite systems".

Committee

Paolo Tortora (Chair), Univ. Bologna, (Italy)
Enrico Flamini, ASI Chief Scientist (ret.) and Univ. degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" (Italy)
Brett Gladman, Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
Giuseppe Mitri, Univ. degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" (Italy)
Giuseppe Piccioni, National Institute of Astrophysics (Italy)

Winner

The award ceremony will be hosted by the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) meeting in Berlin, Germany (16–21 September 2018).

For more information please visit http://www.europlanet-eu.org/paolo-farinella-prize/