Daniele Macuglia
Daniele Macuglia is an Italian physicist and a historian of science. He is currently a research fellow at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at The University of Chicago. He occasionally collaborates with TV personality Francesco Bellissimo to safeguard and promote lost recipes of the Italian culinary history. The two organized a variety of lectures and public events in Asia and the US, being supported by the cultural offices of various Italian consulates and embassies.Background
Born in Tolmezzo, Italy, Macuglia earned his Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science from the University of Chicago in 2016. He completed summa cum laude graduate training in physics at the University of Pavia. Alumnus of the School for Advanced Studies of Pavia, he worked in Chicago under American physicist Leo Kadanoff.Awards
Macuglia has been awarded the First Prize at the Italian National Olympiads for Young Scientists and a Special Prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists.
