Maria Chiara Carrozza is the new president of the CNR: she will be the first woman to lead the National Research Council. Carrozza, appointed by the Minister of University and Research, Maria Cristina Messa with a decree signed today, will be in office for the next four years. This was announced by the Ministry of University and Research.
“I want to wish the new president good work and I thank the president Massimo Inguscio for the great work he has done in recent years. With this appointment – said the Minister of Mass – Cnr is back in full swing of its organizational and management functions, as well as scientific . The role that this body will be called upon to play in the coming years will be strategic for the growth of the whole country and for international competitiveness: it will have to be a real engine, transversally across many issues and sectors, to enhance and bring out the many potentialities that exist in the Italian research system “, concluded the owner of the Mur.
“I am happy and excited for the appointment as President of the National Research Council. I thank the Minister Messa and the Selection Committee for the trust placed in my person. To be the first woman to lead the most important and largest research center in the country is an unprecedented challenge and responsibility. But also a change of pace and perspective “, said Carrozza. “I trust in the help and collaboration of all the researchers of the institution, in their precious undisputed skills and their enthusiasm. Together we must bring research back to the center of social, economic and political attention. and the future of young people “, underlines Carrozza.