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Governance

ICTP's strategic advisors

ICTP operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian government, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Each has a representative on the Centre's Steering Committee, which sets general guidelines for the Centre's activities, determines budgeting levels, and considers proposals from the Director for the programme, work plans, financial plans, and budget.

Current members of the Steering Committee are:

  • Gretchen Kalonji
    Assistant Director-General
    Natural Sciences Sector
    UNESCO
  • Daud Mohamad
    Deputy Director General
    Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
    International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Roberto Petronzio
    Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

ICTP also has a Scientific Council that comprises distinguished specialists in disciplines relevant to the Centre's activities who represent a broad geographical range. The Council advises ICTP on its programmes of activities, taking into consideration major academic, scientific, educational and cultural trends relevant to the Centre's objectives.

Current Scientific Council members are:

  • Professor F.K.A. Allotey
    Director, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS)
    Legon-Accra, Ghana
  • Professor William Bialek
    Department of Physics
    Princeton University
    Princeton, New Jersey
  • Professor Edouard Brézin
    Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS
    Paris, France
  • Professor José Antonio de la Peña
    Instituto de Matemáticas
    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
    México City, D.F. México
  • Professor Elfatih A. B. Eltahir
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Professor Renata Kallosh
    Department of Physics
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California
  • Professor Luciano Maiani (Council Chairperson)
    Rome, Italy
  • Professor Juan M. Maldacena
    Institute for Advanced Study
    Princeton, New Jersey
  • Professor M.S. Narasimhan
    Centre for Applicable Mathematics
    Bangalore, India
  • Professor Michele Parrinello
    Computational Science Laboratory
    Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences
    ETH Zurich
    Lugano, Switzerland
  • Professor S. George H. Philander
    Department of Geosciences
    Princeton University
    Princeton, New Jersey
  • Professor Valeri A. Rubakov
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    Institute For Nuclear Research
    Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Professor Ashoke Sen
    Harish-Chandra Research Institute
    Allahabad, India
  • Professor Gang Tian
    Department of Mathematics
    Princeton University
    Princeton, New Jersey
  • Professor Cumrun Vafa
    Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature
    Harvard University
    Department of Physics
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Professor Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
    College de France
    Departement de Mathematiques
    Paris, France