The 2025 ISSNAF Year in Review highlights a year of significant growth, strategic engagement, and impactful contributions to the scientific and academic collaboration between Italy and North America.

Dr. Francesco Borrelli , Chief AI and Robotics Officer at Nextracker, Inc., and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has been named the recipient of the ISSNAF Innovator 2025 TEF Award for STEM Entrepreneur in the field of Robotics . This recognition, presented in partnership with the Tech European Foundation (TEF) , marks the launch of a new award program  celebrating Italian innovation and entrepreneurship across North America. The

Meet the three finalists of the ISSNAF Young Investigator Emabssy of Italy Award. The winner will be disclosed on November 6, during the ISSNAF Annual Event in Washington DC.

Ascani interviews 3 Italian pioneers in Silicon Valley, exploring their innovations and insights on bridging Italy and the U.S. in science

Discover the key highlights from a year of ISSNAF initiatives! The Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2007 under the patronage of the Italian Embassy to the United States. It was founded by 36 distinguished Italian scientists and academics, including four Nobel Prize laureates. Today, with a network exceeding 3,800 members, ISSNAF stands as the largest collective of Italian intellectuals

Dr. Simone Mazza, recipient of the 2024 YI INFN Bruno Touschek Award. Congratulations!

Watch the finalists present their innovative research at the Symposium on October 23, 8am PST, before a jury chaired by Prof. Patrizia Rossi

Meet the Finalists of the 2024 ISSNAF Young Investigator Embassy of Italy Award. Register to watch their Symposium!

In this #ISSNAF Story, Dr. Alessandro Ratti, Deputy for Accelerator Technologies at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , takes us...

Alessandro Ratti is well known in the ISSNAF community in the San Francisco Bay Area as a tireless supporter of ISSNAF. He was...

Here are the highlights of a successful year!   2023 Annual Event   As in previous years, the 2023 ISSNAF Annual Event was held at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. and was honored by the High Patronage of the President of Italy.   The event on November 8 opened with a video message from the Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci, followed by live addresses by Ambassador Mariangela Zappia, INFN Vice President Diego Bettoni and ISSNAF President Cinzia Zuffada. The mee

Dr. Filippo Gianferrari is the ex-equo winner of the 2023 Young Investigator RnB4Culture Award for innovation in the study of the Italian...

Established in 2013 by the Strazzabosco family in memory of Dott. Ing. Franco Strazzabosco, this award is a tribute to the...

Established in 2021 by RnB4Culture, this award recognizes the vibrancy of research in Italian culture and its evolving nature expressed...

Manuela Girotto is Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In this #issnafstory, Manuela talks about her research...

For this ISSNAF Story, we are LIVE from Altos Labs in the Silicon Valley to meet Simone Bianco, Principal Investigator and Director of...

Warmest congratulations for Prof. Giorgio Gratta on his appointment to the ISSNAF Scientific Council. Giorgio Gratta is a Professor of...

For this ISSNAF Story we are LIVE from Stanford to meet Alberto Salleo, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Department...

Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini (Marilù) is behavioral neurologist at UCSF, where she holds the Charles Schwab Endowed Professorship in...

Prof. Giovanni Lanzara was born in Trapani in 1940 and graduated from the University of Palermo with a degree in civil engineering in...