Mauro Belli

PROFILE

• Born in Lucca (Italy) in 1942 

• Nationality: Italian

• Graduated in Physics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1967. 

• Researcher at the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS, Rome) from 1967 to 2009, performing research in Biophysics, Radiation Biology, Radiation Protection and Radiation Therapy. 

• Director of the Physics Laboratory of the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto  Superiore di Sanità, ISS, Rome) from 2001 to 2004

• Italian delegate in the EURATOM-Fission Programme Committee (1978-1985 and 2002-2013).

• Teacher in Radiation Biology in post-graduate University Courses.

• Presently independent researcher and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Platform MELODI  (“Multidisciplinary European LOw Dose Initiative” )

• Awards: "Cavaliere dell’Ordine di merito" of the Italian Republic; “Domenico Marotta” Prize given by the Italian National Academy of Sciences (2004) 

• Hobbies: ballroom dancing - sport dancing (International standard, Latin, Italian traditional style)