ICTP is a knowledge hub for physicists and mathematicians. Its two-fold mission: to train scientists from developing countries and pursue cutting-edge research.
ICTP congratulates string theorist Anamaria Font on being named the 2023 L'Oreal-UNESCO Laureate in Physics for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1998, Font was awarded the ICTP Prize, together with Fernando Quevedo, for contributions to string theory.
Today, we celebrate the birth of Paul Dirac, a towering figure in the world of theoretical physics.
His legacy reminds us of the power of curiosity and the unending quest for understanding the fundamental nature of our universe.
Happy Birthday, Paul Dirac!
Giorgio Parisi has been awarded one half of the 2021
#NobelPrize
in
#Physics
“for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from
#atomic
to
#planetary
scales.”
He is a professor of theoretical physics at the University
@SapienzaRoma
Happy (belated) Birthday to Niels Bohr!
The Danish physicist, born 7 October 1885, made fundamental contributions to
#physics
&
#philosophy
of
#science
, helped Jewish people &
#refugee
scientists escape the Nazis during WWII, & called for
#international
scientific cooperation 🏆
ICTP has awarded the 2020
#Ramanujan
Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries to Carolina Araujo, a researcher at Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for her outstanding work in algebraic
#geometry
Are you a student who dreams of earning a PhD in physics or mathematics, but who lives in a country lacking such opportunities? ICTP could be your first step on the path to attaining a PhD.
Learn more:
We are deeply saddened by the killing of Sufyan Tayeh. Brilliant scientist and long time friend of ICTP.
He was part of our family, as he visited ICTP in 2001 and in 2004 as a TRIL fellow. May there be comfort in knowing that a person so special will never be forgotten
We are deeply shocked by the announcement of the killing of Sufyan Tayeh,
@UNESCO
Chair for Physics, Astronomy & Space Sciences in
#Palestine
. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.
Education professionals and infrastructures should never be the target of attacks.
ICTP has awarded its 2024 Dirac Medal to four physicists who have made pioneering contributions to the understanding of quantum entropy in gravity and quantum field theory.
Jeffrey Harvey, University of Chicago, USA
Igor Klebanov, Princeton University, USA
Stephen Shenker, Stanford University, USA
Leonard Susskind, Stanford University, USA
⭐️ Today we celebrate Maryam Mirzakhani! An Iranian mathematician and a professor at Stanford University, she won the Fields Medal in 2014, making her the first and, so far, the only woman to be honoured with the most prestigious award in
#mathematics
.
#scienceneverstops
A new film on about ICTP's founder Abdus Salam is now available through
#Netflix
! "Salam, The First ****** Nobel Laureate" looks at how Salam's story is told in his home country of Pakistan and beyond:
Nobel Prize laureate Abdus Salam at the opening of
@ictpnews
building on 9 June 1968.
Salam donated all his
#NobelPrize
money to benefit physicists in developing countries - one of the missions of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, which he founded.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ICTP!!!
Our Centre was inaugurated 56 years ago
#OnThisDay
. In this picture Abdus Salam, Paolo Budinich, and Robert Oppenheimer, attend the first meeting of the ICTP Scientific Council at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna in May 1964.
#ThrowbackThursday
We are glad to welcome 2021
#Nobel
Laureate, Professor Giorgio
#Parisi
for a special ICTP-SISSA joint colloquium on "The Value of Science".
The event will take place on 22 October at 11am and will be live-streamed on ICTP’s YouTube Channel.
Happy Birthday to our founder Abdus Salam! The Pakistani theoretical physicist shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for codeveloping
#electroweaktheory
, was the first
#Muslim
scientist to win a
#Nobel
and was a tireless champion for
#science
in the developing world
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023
#NobelPrize
in Physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”
ICTP joins the scientific community in mourning the passing of mathematician, investor and philanthropist Jim Simons. A staunch supporter of fundamental research, he contributed to funding key programmes at ICTP, such as the Associates Programme.
ICTP is pleased to announce the appointment of its next director: Atish Dabholkar, a theoretical physicist from India! Dabholkar will take up his new duties in November 2019.
🌟 Celebrating a Legacy 🌟
Today, we honor the birth of an extraordinary visionary, Prof. Abdus Salam, the founder of ICTP.
To celebrate at best this special day, we announce the recipients of the 2024 SPIRIT OF SALAM AWARD!
Check the link to know more
Big news!
@TWASnews
today awarded its prestigious Abdus Salam Medal to ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo for his many efforts to build science in the developing world.
#Congratulations
Prof. Quevedo!
⭐ Happy birthday Maria Goeppert Mayer! She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus, thus becoming the second woman to win the prize after Marie Curie.
#physics
#mathematics
#science
#ilovescience
#womeninscience
Congratulations to André Neveu, Pierre Ramond, and Miguel Virasoro!
✨ ICTP's 2020
#DiracMedal
and Prize has been awarded to the three "for their pioneering contributions to string theory which introduced new bosonic & fermionic symmetries into physics.”
The 2022 Walter Kohn Prize ceremony will be held on 12 January 2023 @ 15:30 at ICTP, honouring Debashree Ghosh of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata, India.
The ceremony will include a talk by Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann
➡️
Are you a student who dreams of a PhD in
#physics
or
#maths
, but lives in a country lacking opportunities? ICTP's
#Diploma
programme could be your first step on the path to make it possible.
Applications for the 2023-'24 class are now open! Apply now ➡️
📢📢 Great
#research
opportunities at ICTP!
ICTP has announced the availability of multiple
#postdoctoral
fellowships for 2023 in various fields. For more details, including how to apply and by what deadline, please visit ➡️
#science
#math
#physics
The 2022
#ICTPPrize
is awarded to two outstanding Iranian cosmologists: Shant Baghram of the Sharif University of Technology and Mohammad Hossein Namjoo of the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Nathan Berkovits & Fernando Quevedo!
🌟 APS Physics has awarded the 2021 John Wheatley Award to former ICTP Director Quevedo and to Director of
@ictpSA
Berkovits for leadership in
#physics
around the world!
Do you know someone who is working towards Abdus Salam's vision of cooperation, promotion and
#development
of
#science
and
#technology
in the
#developingworld
? Nominate them for the Spirit of Abdus Salam Award! The deadline is 6 December 2019
BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020
#NobelPrize
in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
Today marks the final day of a decade of leadership from ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo: many thanks to Dr. Quevedo!
Read about how he was inspired by Abdus Salam:
Mouhamed Moustapha Fall, Professor & President of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (
@AIMS_Next
) in Senegal, has been awarded the 2022 DST-ICTP-IMU
#RamanujanPrize
for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries.
Congratulations!
➡️
ICTP community, take note:
the University of Trieste's Graduate Program in Physics is now accepting applications, and ICTP has four fellowships available for applicants from developing countries.
Congratulations to Professor Giorgio Parisi, who has been awarded the prestigious
#WolfPrize
! He has been recognized “for ground-breaking discoveries in disordered systems, particle physics and statistical physics.” Parisi is also an ICTP Dirac Medallist:
Congrats to Juan Maldacena! The renowned theoretical physicist and member of ICTP's Scientific Council has just been awarded the inaugural Galileo Galilei Medal by
@INFN_
and the Galileo Galilei Institute, on Galileo Galilei's 455th birthday:
Congratulations to the 2018 winners of the ICTP Dirac Medal and Prize! Subir Sachdev of
@Harvard
, Dam Thanh Son of
@UChicago
, and Xiao-Gang Wen of
@MIT
won for their contributions toward understanding novel phases in strongly interacting many-body systems
#DiracMedal2018
Geophysicist Najla Romdhane has been named the first Prime Minister of Tunisia - and is in fact the first female leader of an Arab country. Congratulations to her and more power to
#womeninscience
!
If you are looking for things to watch, check out this great documentary about ICTP’s founder, Abdus Salam!
Thanks to Pilgrim Film Italy for making “The Dream of Symmetry” available for everyone.
🎥 Find the film here:
#stayhomesavelives
#physicshistory
As they start their next adventures in PhD programmes and new places, we want to celebrate our 2020 Diploma Graduates!✨ Meet Aziza Yusupova, a graduate from Uzbekistan, who is working at the intersection between
#math
and
#neuroscience
👉
@AzizaNeuroMath
The 2022 Walter Kohn Prize for quantum-mechanical materials and molecular modeling has been awarded to Debashree Ghosh, of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata, India.
Congratulations!
Read more:
@QuantumESPRESSO
@iacskolkata
ICTP is seeking nominations for the Spirit of Abdus
#Salam
Award!
The award recognizes any ICTP member who has worked to further Salam's vision for the cooperation, promotion and development of
#science
and
#technology
in the developing world:
Luckily, working from home does not mean being cut off from all resources: ICTP’s Marie Curie Library has collected a huge list of scientific publications, databases, & courses, many temporarily free!
📚📚📚
#scienceneverstops
#stayhomesavelives
⭐ Happy birthday Abdus Salam! On this special occasion the recipient(s) of the Spirit of Salam Award 2020 will be announced prior Professor David Spergel's third and last lecture, as part of this year's Salam Distinguished Lectures Series. Starting at 16!
#AbdusSalam
#physics
Welcome to ICTP's new Director, Atish Dabholkar!
"ICTP has a unique global mission for international cooperation through science," says Dabholkar, who takes up the post today. "It's a great honour & responsibility to be chosen as ICTP's next director."
Congratulations to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, who has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU
#Ramanujan
Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries! 🎉
➡️
#algebra
#geometrynodes
Edward Witten will explain, in nontechnical language, how string theory generalizes quantum field theory while eliminating the ultraviolet divergences and the ability to adjust coupling constants in an arbitrary fashion.
Why be a scientist? The ICTP essay collection “One hundred reasons to be a scientist” includes one by Freeman J. Dyson!
The work of the theoretical physicist & mathematician covers electrodynamics, solid state physics, + astronomy:
#reasons2Bscientists
ICTP is now accepting applications from young physicists & mathematicians for the 2022-23 Postgraduate Diploma Programme!
The 1yr course of intense study prepares talented students for PhD, launching them into successful science careers.
➡️
#ICTPDiploma
Congratulations to Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Alexei Starobinsky, and Rashid Sunyaev! The 3 physicists have been awarded ICTP's 2019 Dirac Medal and Prize for their contributions to the understanding of the early universe:
#DiracMedal2019
Remembering Professor Stephen Hawking, distinguished theoretical physicist and science communicator: here working with ICTP's Director Fernando Quevedo and Paul Shellard at Cambidge. Rest in Peace, Professor Hawking
#Solids
are almost always denser than
#liquids
, except when they're not: Two ICTP scientists have a new paper in
@NaturePhysics
on how the atomic structure of a simple
#metal
transforms under
#pressure
into a new interesting material.
Read more:
🌟Happy birthday to two great physicists, Marie
#Curie
and Lise
#Meitner
! Here they are pictured at the 7th Solvay Physics Conference in 1933.
(The third woman in the picture is Irène Joliot-Curie, chemist and Marie’s daughter)
Read more:
#womeninscience
Scientists from and working in developing countries who want to maintain long-term connections with ICTP's stimulating research environment take note: the Centre is now accepting applications for its
#Associateship
Scheme programme.
Apply online ➡️
ICTP has announced a new initiative to promote open access to scientific computing resources and the education and training needed to take full advantage of their capabilities.
Do you want to know more about ICTP's
#Diploma
Programme? Are you thinking about applying? Do you have any questions?
Join us for a virtual
#Q
&A session on Tuesday 2 February from 15:00!
#science
#physics
#maths
Are you interested in applying to ICTP Postgraduate
#Diploma
Programme and get the best preparation for your
#PhD
research? The
#deadline
has been extended!
Apply by 15 February 2021 👉
Are you a young physicist or mathematician looking for a life-changing opportunity? ICTP is now accepting
#applications
for the 2021-2022 class of its Postgraduate
#Diploma
Programme!
Click here to find out more and apply online 👉
#science
#physics
#math
Happy 309th Birthday Laura Bassi!
She is considered the world’s first female full professor of
#science
.
🌟 We are highlighting stories about
#womeninphysics
and
#math
this week, leading up to 7 November, when we celebrate both Lise Meitner and Marie Curie!
#womeninscience
👩💼👩⚕️👩🔬 The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated next week, on 11 February!
Equity in
#science
& society is still far away, with much effort needed to remove barriers and promote inclusion.
#WomenInScience
#WomeninSTEM
ICTP is so proud of the 2018 Class of the Masters in Medical Physics programme! They are graduating today, and you can be there via livestream at 11:30 CET.
Congrats to the graduates!
#medicalphysics
#graduation
⭐ Happy birthday Srinivasa Ramanujan!
1729 is the most famous "taxicab number", a concept born when mathematician G. H. Hardy visited
#Ramanujan
in hospital, remarking that his taxi number seemed to him 'rather a dull one'. Ramanujan famously disagreed with his colleague.
#math
ICTP is seeking nominations for the Spirit of
#AbdusSalam
Award.
The award recognizes any ICTP member who has worked to further Salam's passion and vision for the cooperation, promotion & development of
#science
and
#technology
in the developing world ➡���
The conference on
#Statistical
Physics of
#Complex
#Systems
started this morning at ICTP, with a few participants attending in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic!
The Conference is live-streamed at the following link:
Congratulations to ICTP’s 2020 Diploma Graduates! 🎉🎉🎉
They successfully completed a intense year of study, with the unexpected additional challenge of a global pandemic. Come celebrate their hard work via livestream on 27 August!
World Science Day for Peace and Development is 9 November, and ICTP is hosting a special screening of the film "Salam- the first ..... Nobel Laureate"! The documentary reveals the extraordinary life of ICTP's founder, Abdus Salam
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science!
Today is all about:
⭐️Changing mindsets
⭐️Fighting discrimination
⭐️Removing barriers to build more
#inclusivescience
⭐️ Celebrating
#WomenInScience
!
The call for applications for the CIMPA-ICTP Fellowships 2022 "
#Research
in Pairs" is now open! This programme makes it possible for researchers in
#mathematics
from developing countries to come to Europe to collaborate with a colleague. More info:
ICTP/IAEA STEP now accepting applications for 2022 fellowships!
The
#STEP
program aims to enrich the
#doctoral
studies of students from developing countries by providing access to advising, conferences, and research support.
➡️
Apply by April 15, 2022.
Galileo Galileo was born on this day in 1564! Happy Birthday to one of the most revolutionary scientists in the world: a physicist, philosopher, mathematician and professor 🔭✨
#Galileo
You don't have to travel to Italy to learn at ICTP!
🎥 Check out ICTP's collections of videos, including this 1986 conversation between Salam, Sciama, Witten and Budinich:
#coronavirus
#carbonfootprint
#remotelearning
Study in
#Trieste
!
@UniTrieste
's Graduate Program in
#Physics
is now accepting applications!
One scholarship -funded by ICTP- is available for candidates from countries not belonging to the list of "High-income economies”. More info:
The essay collection “One hundred reasons to be a scientist” includes great insights from the lives and careers of scientists as they discuss what led them to become a scientist. Learn more about Abdus Salam, ICTP’s founder 👉
#reasons2Bscientists
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2019
#NobelPrize
in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”
⭐ Happy birthday Enrico Fermi! He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938 for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment and for the discovery of transuranium elements.
#physics
#science
#scienceneverstops