Pupa Gilbert
, Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Research Focus
Research Interests
About Pupa
Born, raised, educated in Rome, Italy, I came to the US in 1999 as a full professor. I won awards, got grants, built instruments, got terrific results on all how biominerals, that is, crystalline materials, are built by living organisms for their evolutionary advantage.
Honors
Chancellor award for excellence in teaching at UW-Madison
David A. Shirley Award at ALS-Berkeley
Knight of Italy
Romnes and Vilas awards at UW-Madison.
Education
Postdoc
Istituto della Materia, 1988 - 1989
Ph.D.
Physics, 10/1987
Bachelor's
Sapienza University of Rome
