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Prof. Luciano Maian

Prof. Luciano Maiani, a renowned particle physicist, is currently a professor of theoretical physics at the Sapienza University of Rome and the president of the Italian National Research Council. In 1970, Maiani became famous for predicting the charm quark (i.e., the GIM mechanism) together with Sheldon Glashow and John Iliopoulos. Their research laid the foundation for the standard model of particle physics, leading to Nobel Prizes in Physics for the discoverers Prof. Samuel C.C. Ting and Prof. Burton Richter.

Prof. Luciano Maiani has been a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Rome since 1976. From 1984 to 1991, he served as a member of the Scientific Policy Committee of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1993, he was appointed president of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and became CERN council president in 1997. He was the Director-General of CERN from 1999 to 2003. During his tenure as Director-General, he facilitated the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), he also promoted the construction of the neutrino beam from CERN to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy.

Prof. Maiani has received numerous honors and awards, including the Matteucci Medal from Italy, the Sakurai Prize from the American Physical Society, the Fermi Prize from the Italian Physical Society, the Dirac Medal, and the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.

Lecture Information:

‌Session 1‌
‌Title:‌ Exotic Hadrons: From Hidden Charm to Doubly Charmed Mesons
‌Time:‌ 14:00 (GMT+8), May 19, 2025
‌Venue:‌ Lecture Hall, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology

‌Session 2‌
‌Title:‌ The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics Developments 50 Years After the J/ψ Discovery
‌Time:‌ 14:00 (GMT+8), May 20, 2025
‌Venue:‌ Lecture Hall, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology