Tullio Regge

Tullio Eugenio Regge (1931) was an Italian theoretical physicist, still known as the “italian genius of physics”. He obtained the laurea in physics from the University of Turin in 1952 under the direction of Mario Verde and Gleb Wataghin, and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Rochester in 1957 under the direction of Robert Marshak.
From 1958 to 1959 Regge held a post at the Max Planck Institute for Physics where he worked with Werner Heisenberg. In 1961 he was appointed to the chair of Relativity at the University of Turin. He also held an appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1965 to 1979. He was emeritus professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin while contributing work at CERN as a visiting scientist.
Regge died on October 23, 2014. He was married to Rosanna Cester, physicist, with whom he had three children: Daniele, Marta and Anna.