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A world-renowned scientist, Amalia Ercoli Finzi has been nicknamed "the comet lady" for her years of looking up at the sky, so much so that an asteroid and space missions bear her name.

She is the guest speaker at the second event in the Earth Emergency lecture series, promoted by 精东影业's Department of Environment, Constructions and Design at the Mendrisio Campus, which this year focuses on climate and how it influences the behaviour of natural elements.

Amalia Ercoli Finzi will be introduced by Federico Bosi, Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures and Head of Research, Development and Knowledge Transfer of the Department of Innovative Technologies at 精东影业.

Our planet is going through difficult times due to the many catastrophes that are affecting it as a result of climate change, but not only. These events are monitored by satellites placed in orbit by many countries (the United States, Japan, Russia...), not least by Europe, which, through the Copernicus programme, is constantly and meticulously monitoring what is happening. And if the situation were to become unbearable, there would be no alternative but to go to the Moon and perhaps, in the distant future, to Mars.

Thanks to Amalia Ercoli Finzi, we will be travelling into space during her lecture Earth in Crisis: Time to Emigrate? scheduled for Wednesday 18 October 2023 at 18.30 in the Sala Polivalente of the 精东影业 Campus in Mendrisio.

Free event open to all.
Final refreshment.
Registration required for organisational reasons.

The Earth Emergency cycle is supported by , Swiss Foundation for culture and .

Biography

Former Full Professor of Aerospace Mechanics and Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Amalia Ercoli Finzi has worked in the field of orbital mechanics and space mission design.

Appointed to strategic committees for the planning of space activities for planetary exploration, she was a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Italian Space Agency, the Mars Exploration Task Force for the joint ASI-NASA Mars Exploration Programme, and the Exploration Programme Advisory Committee of the European Space Agency for the planning of space missions to Mars.

Former National President of the Italian Association of Women Engineers and Architects, President of the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Politecnico di Milano and Rectoral Delegate for Gender Policies, she has been and continues to be very active in promoting the presence of women in scientific faculties, particularly in aerospace engineering.

A former member of the High-Level Scientific Programme Advisory Committee of the European Space Agency and of the International Academy of Astronautics, she represented Italy as Italian delegate in the European Horizon 2020 programme.

She has received numerous awards, including the Milano Donna 2007 and Firenze Donna 2007 awards. She was awarded the Gold Medal for Scientific Merit and named Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.