Farewell Antonino Zichichi

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Published on 18 March 2026

Professor Emeritus at the University of Bologna, Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea and the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna, and founder of the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, he held numerous prominent roles in the international scientific community. These included President of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), the "Enrico Fermi" Historical Museum of Physics and Study and Research Centre, the European Physical Society, the World Federation of Scientists, and the World Laboratory. For the full obituary we refer to Antonino Zichichi (1929-2026).

When in 1999 Zeitschrift für Physik A and C as well as Il Nuovo Cimento A merged to form The European Physical Journal A and C (EPJA and EPJC), Prof. Zichichi became Editor-in-Chief of EPJC alongside Peter Zerwas and Dieter Haidt. He promoted the new journal, in particular to young scientists at the occasion of the Young Talent Sessions at his Erice schools, and pioneered together with his co-Editors-in-Chief the introduction of “scientific notes” as article type for experimental groups to bridge the gap between the final years of LEP and the uptake of LHC operations.

Luisa Cifarelli & Dieter Haidt