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Roberto Battiston was born in 1956 in Trento-Italy. since 1993 he is professor of General Physics at Engineering Faculty of Perugia University and since 2012 professor of Experimental Physics at Physics Dept. in Trento.
For more than 30 yers active in international scientific collaborations about experimental physics on fundamantal particles interactions in accelerators or in space (Strong , Weak and Electromagnetic interaction Physics, Study of Space cosmic rays).

He was eputy spokesperson for AMS, the big experiment to search space antimatter, instalìed on ISS spacestation, on May 2011, during STS134 mission. He authored more than 400 papers published on international journals and 3 patents. In additon he organizes numerous congress on space sciences (Trento 1999, Elba 2002, Washington 2003, Beijing 2006, CERN 2012).

He also carries out activities for scientific publications, collaborating with newspapers (La Stampa, Il Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore) and magazines (L'Indice, Le Scienze). For years In the latter he is writing a monthly column
and a blog "Stars and Particles".