Emilio Del Giudice


Emilio Del Giudice was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked in the field of condensed matter. Pioneer of string theory in the early 1970s, later on he became better known for his work with Giuliano Preparata at the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics ;

Biography

During the 1970s, along with Sergio Fubini, Paolo Di Vecchia and Gabriele Veneziano, Del Giudice was at the center of an active school of theoretical physicists with close connections to Italy. He and his co-workers did fundamental work in string theory.
For many years he was involved in quantum field theory and its relations with the physics of collective, coherent processes.
He pioneered the quantum field theory of soft matter, focusing mainly on the structure of liquid water; in the latter part of his life he also investigated, together with Luc Montagnier, the relation between water and living matter.
He worked at Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen as well; then becoming a member of the International Institute of Biophotonics, Neuss, Germany.

Awards

Professor Del Giudice has been awarded the Prigogine Medal in 2009. In that occasion he delivered a plenary lecture on “The interplay of Quantum Field Theory and Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes as a conceptual basis for Biology and Ecosystem Dynamics.”

Articles and Papers