Elettra Fellows 2022 to Prof. Karsten Horn and Mme Prof. Maria Novella Piancastelli
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During the Elettra's Scientific Advisory Council social dinner held on September 26, 2022, two honour plates were given to Prof. Karsten Horn and Mme Prof. Maria Novella Piancastelli, nominated Elettra Fellows by the Board of Directors of Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste on November 25, 2021. |
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Prof. Karsten Horn has contributed greatly to the science performed at Elettra: from 1998 to 2004 he chaired the Proposal Review Panel. This allowed him to be always updated on the science being carried out at Elettra and to contribute greatly to the development of the procedures for the selection of the best proposals, forming the basis of the procedures still in place at Elettra and FERMI. In 2012 he joined the Elettra Scientific Advisory Council where he played a substantial role in his advisory capacity for the development of our photoelectron spectroscopy beamlines. More recently, Prof. Horn joined the International Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of CERIC-ERIC, thus contributing to the harmonisation of our scientific efforts within the Consortium.Over the last 23 years Prof. Horn has provided our institution with invaluable advice in the field of photoelectron spectroscopy of 2D systems and in different areas of science using synchrotron radiation techniques, greatly contributing to the success of our organization. Mme Prof. Maria Novella Piancastelli has contributed greatly to the science performed at Elettra. She was involved in the development of the scientific case for the Gas Phase Photoemission beamline and since 2010 she participated in the Scientific Advisory Council of Elettra, first as invited guest (from 2010 to 2011) and then as an official member. As a world-recognized expert in the field, she played a crucial role in the definition of our strategies in the field of the chemistry and physics of low‑density matter both at the Elettra synchrotron radiation source and at the FERMI free-electron laser source. Moreover, she performed pioneering time-resolved experiments at FERMI, highlighting the first steps in photochemical processes, such as photosynthesis or animal vision, which involve changes in the electronic and geometric structure on extremely short time scales, of the order of 50 fs. Since the very beginning of the activities of our institution, Prof. Piancastelli provided us and our partners with invaluable advice in the field of photoelectron spectroscopy with synchrotron and free-electron laser radiation, greatly contributing to the success of our organization. |
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