First woman head of research council tapped
Maria Chiara Carrozza named CNR president
12 Aprile 2021
ROME, APR 12 - The government on Monday tapped the
first ever woman president of the National Research Council
(CNR).
Maria Chiara Carrozza will be in charge of the prestigious
institute for the next four years.
She was appointed by Education, University and Research Minister
Maria Cristina Messa.
Carrozza replaces Massimo Inguscio whose term is up.
Carrozza, 55, was herself education minister between 2013 and
2014.
In 2007 she became the youngest university rector in Italian
academic history when she was appointed dean of her alma mater,
the prestigious Scuola Superiore Sant Anna (SSSA) in her native