Antigone Marino
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Antigone Marino
Italian National Research Council
About the Speaker
Antigone Marino is a physicist and researcher at the Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems of the Italian National Research Council, and a researcher affiliated with the Physics Department of University of Naples Federico II. She received her M.Sc. in Physics in 2000 and Ph.D. in Physics in 2004 from the University of Naples Federico II.
Her research focuses on optics and photonics, with expertise in soft-matter optics, liquid-crystal photonic materials and devices, advanced optical characterization techniques, structured light and orbital angular momentum, and emerging quantum technologies. Her work spans fundamental research and technological applications, including optical telecommunications and quantum light sources.
Nowadays she is President of the IEEE Photonics Society Italy Chapter and member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Physical Society.
She is chief editor of Euro Physics Journal Techniques and Instrumentation (EPJ-TI) by Springer Nature, chief editor of EuroPhysics News (EPN) by EDP Science and editor of Optics and Photonics News (OPN) by OPTICA.
She received several awards and recognitions. In 2015 she won the OSA 2015 Outstanding Young Professionals Award of the Optical Society. In 2016 she has been awarded OPTICA Ambassador. In 2017 she won the European Physical Society “Achievement Award”.
She is also strongly committed to scientific education, outreach, and the promotion of STEM careers. In 2026, she was appointed Vice President of the Idis Foundation – Città della Scienza, a major science centre and cultural institution in Naples, which mission is to bring science and innovation closer to society through interactive exhibitions, education, scientific communication, research-related activities, and public events.
