M. Cristina Marchetti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

M. Cristina Marchetti

Italian-born American theoretical physicist

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1955

Place of Birth: Pavia, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Maria Cristina Marchetti (born 1955) is an Italian-born American theoretical physicist specializing in statistical physics and condensed matter physics.
In 2019, she received the Leo P.
Kadanoff Prize of the American Physical Society.
She held the William R.
Kenan, Jr.
Distinguished Professorship of Physics at Syracuse University, where she was the director of the Soft and Living Matter program.
She is currently Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.