Carlo Rubbia

Senator for Life

Carlo Rubbia

OMRI OMCA
Senator for Life; Carlo Rubbia; OMRI OMCA
	Rubbia at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Born	31 March 1934; Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Alma mater	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Known for	Discovery of W and Z bosons
Awards	Senator for life (2013); OMRI; OMCA; Nobel Prize in Physics (1984); Bakerian Lecture (1985); ForMemRS (1984); Dirac Medal (UNSW) (1989);
	Scientific career
Fields	Particle physics
Institutions	CERN; Columbia University;
Member of the Senate of the Republic
	Incumbent
	Life tenure ; 30 August 2013
Appointed by	Giorgio Napolitano
Website	Website

Carlo Rubbia OMRI OMCA (born 31 March 1934) is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.

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