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Gustavo Rodrigues Rocha (IDTC President | Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil)

Gustavo Rodrigues Rocha is an assistant professor at the Department of Physics at the State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching UFBA/ UEFS. Rocha is currently a visiting scholar at the Department of History of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. E-mail: .

Raffaele Pisano (IDTC Vice President | Full Professor at IEMN, Lille University-CNRS, France )

RAFFAELE PISANO (Italy, 1970) is a full physicist. I studied at the Federico II Napoli University (Italy) and PhD at the La Sapienza Roma University (Italy). I awarded my Habilis (HDR–Accreditation to Supervise Research) at Philosophy, history of sciences Poincaré centre, Lorraine University, France. See more

Gianna Katsiampoura (IDTC Secretary/Treasury | Senior Researcher at National and Kapodistrian University, Greece)

Gianna Katsiampoura is a Researcher in History of Science of the Byzantine period in the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Athens) and she also teaches History of Science and Epistemology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Hellenic Open University. See more

Elisabeth Cavicchi (IDTC Officer)

Elizabeth Cavicchi interrelates science with history, art and social justice in creating exploratory experiences where teaching and learning is dynamic and evolving. During seminars she teaches at MIT’s Edgerton Center, students develop their own curiosity, wonder and voice, while engaging with sky observing, geometry, experimenting and indigenous science. In this teaching, and in other educational work, including supporting international teachers and students, she expresses the research pedagogy “critical exploration in the classroom”, of her doctoral adviser Eleanor Duckworth, based on findings of Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder that learners construct understanding through interacting with the world and others. Through self-initiated experimenting, learners, herself and historical investigators meet the unknown in the learning experiences developed in her dissertation (EdD. Harvard 1999) and in her postdoctoral research at MIT’s former Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology. As an MIT student for undergraduate degrees in physics and humanities, and a master’s in environmental art, Cavicchi developed passion for doing art and science together, which she continues through education, research and art. Being researcher for Philip Morrison’s public TV series Ring of Truth (1987) opened her awareness of participatory, investigatory and democratic possibilities for history, science, and learning. Cavicchi has written and presented internationally on explorations interweaving history, science phenomena, teaching and learning, including chapters in international educational volumes, and articles in Interchange, Science and Education, Perspectives on Science, Annals of Science, and others. She is coeditor, with Peter Heering, of Historical Scientific Instruments in Contemporary Education, Brill, 2022. email:

Hillary Diane Andales (IDTC Officer)

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Mohammed Abattouy (Mohammed Vth University, Morocco)

Mohammed Abattouy is professor of history and philosophy of science at Mohammed Vth University in Rabat, Morocco. After his PhD at the Sorbonne University in Paris on Galileo’s manuscripts of physics (1989), he joined Fez University and then Rabat University (2004 to present). He published dozens of books and articles in history of science and participated in numerous national and international conferences. He is the author of the critical edition of Al-Isfizārī’s corpus of mechanics and its full English translation (London 2013, 2015). See more

Kapodistrias Anastasios (National and Kapodistrian University, Greece)

Anastasios (Tasis) Kapodistrias has completed a BSc in Physics at the Physics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (section of Astronomy & Mechanics). Also, he holds a Master in Science Education and is currently a PhD student at the Department of Primary Education, University of Athens. His research interests include History & Philosophy of Science, Political Epistemology, Historical Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics, Emergence & Reductionism debate. He also works as a Physics teacher and as a Robotics & STEM instructor in Secondary Education.

Ana Paula Bispo da Silva (State University of Paraíba, Brazil)

Graduated in Physics and Doctorated in Sciences with the Thesis: “The development of non-euclidian mechanics during the 19th century”. The theme of the thesis led me into the research of history of science and science education. See more

Pierre Boulos (Windsor University, Canada)

Pierre Boulos is President of the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group until 2019 (IHPST). See more

Paolo Bussotti (University of Udine, Italy)

Lecturer of history of science at the University of Udine since 2015. Lecturer of history of mathematics at the University of Udine since beginning 2018. From 2003 to 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the LMU, Munich, Germany (riappointed in at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin). See more

Vicenzo Cioci (Lille University, France)

VINCENZO CIOCI (Italy, 1965), Physics Degree with Honors (University of Naples Federico II, Italy), II level Master’s Degree with Honors as Professional Trainer in Science Teaching (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), PhD Student endorsed by the Inter-university Research Centre for Education in Lille under Professor Raffaele Pisano (University of Lille, France), Secretary of the Naples Section 2 of the Italian Association for the Teaching of Physics (AIF) (2010 - 2019, elected), Member of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA), Physics/Mathematics High School Teacher (Liceo Scientifico Sbordone, Italy), Former Member of the Group of the History of Physics (University of Naples, Italy), Former Member of the Research Centre for the Theory and History of Science (University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic), Former Collaborator with the Research Group on Physics Education and History of Physics (University of Calabria, Italy).
He has 30 publications in History of Physics/Mathematics and Education.

Francesco Paolo de Ceglia (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)

Francesco Paolo de Ceglia teaches History of Science at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, where he is the director of the interuniversity research centre “Seminario di Storia della Scienza”. His research is essentially divided into two areas: 1) Science, corporeality and religion: he has examined the issue primarily in Italian and German contexts. For the past few years he has been engaged in research on science and miracles. 2) Science, image and communication: he has dealt mainly with anatomical representations and the history of science communication.See more

Andrea Durlo (Lille University, France)

Andrea Durlo (Italy, 1971) graduated in Solid State Physics at Ferrara University (Italy), with a thesis on “Magnetic and Structural Properties of NiFe2O4 Nanoferrites”, exploring the properties of condensed matter at nanoscale. He deepens his interest in Polymer Science with another thesis on “XRD (X-ray diffraction) Supporting Structural Characterization of Polymeric Materials” after a course on the Properties of Polymeric Materials at Ferrara University.
He worked as a technician in the XRD laboratory of “Giulio Natta” Research Centre of Montell Polyolefins – Ferrara – and in the “Sensors and Semiconductors Devices” laboratory at the Physics Department of University in Ferrara.
He attained “High Teaching” Habilitation for Mathematics and Physics and Applied Mathematics; he is also a member of the Italian Group of History of Physics – GSdF – where he gives talks at the end of the annual meetings. I am currently PhD Student at the IEMN, Lille University, France

Cecilia Titilayo Clement (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

Titilayo holds an academic Masters’ degree in History & Diplomatic studies, a professional Masters’ degree in Social Work and is currently on the verge of completing her Ph.D. in African History at the Institute of African Studies in Nigeria’s premier university in Ibadan. She has participated in several conferences in Germany, America, Canada, Switzerland and Nigeria, where she has presented academic papers, spanning such areas as Migrants dynamics, Culinary diversities and Food culture of Lagos. She lectures at the Lagos State University (External System) on a part time basis.

Ricardo Lopes Coelho (Lisbon University, Portugal)

Ricardo Lopes Coelho did his PhD and Habilitation at the Technical University Berlin and has taught at the University of Lisbon. He published two books and several papers concerning his main research interest, the understanding of scientific concepts and principles through to its history. See more

Daniel Gamito-Marques (University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal)

I am a researcher with a double background in biology (genetics, evolution, development) and in history of science (especially history of biology). See more

Ashton Green (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Ph.D. Student. Research Interests: Isaac Newton, Theories of Space, Neoplatonism, Early Modern Metaphysics, History of Physics, Ancient and Medieval Metaphysics, Jewish and Islamic Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Religion. See more

Andreia Guerra (CEFET/RJ, Brazil)

For information regarding Andreia Guerra see her ORCID profile

Peter Heering (Europa-Universitaet, Germany)

Peter Heering is Full Professor of Physics and its Didactics at the Europa-Universitaet Flensburg. From 2011 to 2017, he was President-Elect, President and Past-President of the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST). He was also vice President of the IDTC until 2017. His research focuses on the analysis of historical experiments in physics, the use of the history of science in science education, and the history of physics education. See more

Ricardo Karam (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Ricardo Karam is Professor at the Department of Science Education. His main research topic is the educational implications of the relationship between Physics and Mathematics. In particular he is very interested in the history of imaginary numbers. See more

Panagiotis (Takis) Lazos (PhD Student, National University of Athens, Greece)

Panagiotis (Takis) Lazos is a physics teacher and the head of the 4th Laboratory Center of Natural Sciences of Athens. He is currently a PhD student in the Faculty of Primary Education of the National University of Athens. He is also the scientific project manager of the Hellenic Archives of Scientific Instruments (www.hasi.gr) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF).
His subjects of research are: History of Scientific Instruments, History of Science Education, Science Experiments in Education, Using Arduino in teaching Science, History of sciences in Southeastern Europe (18th-20th centuries). See more

Eleonora Loiodice (University of Bari, Italy)

Degree in Philosophy, Master degree in Philosophical Sciences and currently Ph.D. student in History of Science under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Paolo de Ceglia at the University of Bari. Research Interests: Giorgio Diaz de Santillana, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Physics and Astronomy, Cosmology, Archeoastronomy, Mythology and Religion, Antropology, History and Philosophy of Religion. See more

Farzad Mahootian (Clinical Associate Professor, New York University, USA)

Farzad Mahootian is a Clinical Associate Professor of Global Liberal Studies at New York University. He has an interdisciplinary background (PhD Philosophy, Fordham; MS Chemistry, Georgetown). His research focuses on interactions of philosophy and science, especially the philosophy of chemistry. From 1993 to 2003, he worked in a variety of capacities in NASA’s Earth and space science education programs aimed at getting climate science data and modeling into the public sphere. He returned to university teaching in 2004. See more

Paulo Maurício (Assistant Professor (invited) at Lisbon School of Education, Portugal)

With a BSc and MSc in Physics by Lisbon University, since 2008 teaches in the Lisbon's School of Education, Polytechnic Lisbon Institute, Portugal. In 2015 obtained his PhD in Science Education at Lisbon University on the use of HPS in training pre-service elementary teachers. See more

Flavia Marcacci (Pontificia University Lateranense, Vatican City)

I am professor of History of Scientific Thought at the Lateran University. I have devoted my study to the History and Philosophy of Science since my Master’s Degree thesis in Philosophy and deepened my understanding with two PhD theses: a first one in Philosophy – awarded by the Lateran University – and a second one in Science – awarded by the University of Urbino. See more

Marta Velasco Martín (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)

For information regarding Marta Velasco Matín see cchs.csic.es/en/personal/marta.velasco

Antonella Mastrorilli (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architectura et de Paysage, France)

In collaboration with Prof. Raffaele Pisano I am busy with History of mechanics (architecture, statics and mathematics) and correlated teaching problems; in addition I work on technology and building both scientific and educational standpoints. See more

Breno Arsioli Moura (Federal University of ABC, Brazil)

Breno Arsioli Moura has a degree in Physics (State University of Campinas) and Master and PhD in Science (University of Sao Paulo), with emphasis in History of Science. His main research interests are History of Science (History of Optics) and Eighteenth Century. He is Assistant Professor at Federal University of ABC (UFABC), where he is responsible for the courses of "History of Science and Teaching", "Birth and Development of Modern Science" and "Evolution of Physics", along with other courses in physics teaching. See more

Cristiano Moura (CEFET/RJ, Brazil)

Cristiano Moura is professor at Federal Center of Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ), campus Petrópolis, teaching chemistry at high school and undergraduation levels and science education related disciplines at physics teacher training courses.
Holds major in Chemistry by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and master degree in Science Education by CEFET/RJ, where is PhD Student nowadays.

Agamenon Rodrigues Oliveira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Mechanical engineer (1966), MSc in Mechanical Engineering (1975), DSc in Mechanical Engineering (1982), lecturer of Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro since 1976.
DSc in History of Sciences (2006).
Research Areas: History of Mechanics mainly the following topics: XIX century and the History of Engineering disciplines as Classical Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Heat transfer, History of French Polytechnic School in this period. Engineering Education. Epistemology of natural sciences.
Publications: 94 papers including presentations in Conferences/ Congress, 2 books published, 2 books edited, 1 book translated.
Member of IFToMM permanent committee on History of Machines and Mechanisms.
Awarded twice by IFToMM for his contribution to the Federation.

Bernardo Jefferson de Oliveira (Federal University of Mina Gerais (UFMJ), Brazil)

About Jefferson de Oliveira see http://somos.ufmg.br/professor/bernardo-jefferson-de-oliveira

Miguel Palomo (University of Huelva, Spain)

Miguel Palomo is a Research Associate at Universidad de Huelva, Spain. Previously he has been Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS (France) and a PhD Student at Universidad de Sevilla. He has also been Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (USA) and at the Leibniz-Archiv in Hannover (Germany). His research is focused in G.W. Leibniz and his relationship with his master Christiaan Huygens, as well as the history of ideas in the XVIIth Century.

Emilio Pellegrino (University of Portland, USA)

Emilio Marco Pellegrino (Italy, 1967). Master Degree in Chemistry (Università di Torino Italy, 1992) and, after more than 20 years working in the industry as Production and Project Manager, I obtained the PhD in Chemical Sciences (Università di Torino Italy, 2017) with a thesis in history and epistemology of science. See more

Miguel Ángel Rego Robles (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)

Miguel Ángel Rego Robles (b. 1985, Madrid). I am artist and researcher living in Spain. I studied Fine Arts at Complutense University in Madrid and currently working on my PhD at CSIC (Spanish National Research Council). I studied a Master of Arts degree at the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem, the Netherlands. I was awarded a pre-PhD scholarship at the CSIC (Spain) and is a member of the editorial and artistic collective Brumaria.
See more cchs.csic.es/es/personal/miguelangel.rego and www.miguelangelrego.com/

Isilda Rodrigues (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal)

Isilda Rodrigues. She completed the (a) Title of Aggregate in 2015, the PhD in Education Science in 2005, the Master in Health Education in 2000 and the Degree in Teaching of Biology and Geology in 1992. She published 51 articles, has 11 book chapter (s) and 7 book (s). Organized 49 event (s). Researcher at CIIE, University of Porto. Operates in the area (s) of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Educational Sciences, Didactics of Science and History of Science.

Israel Saibu (Anchor University, Nigeria)

Abayomi holds an academic Masters’ degree in History & Diplomatic studies, and is currently studying for his Ph.D in African History at Ekiti State University, Nigeria where he is a full time lecturer. He has participated in several conferences, where he has presented academic papers, spanning such areas as Migrants dynamics, Diaspora and Remittance, cultural History, and digital humanities.

Dante Salatino (National University of Cuyo, Argentina)

Born Mendoza, Argentina'49, Physician'74, Cardiologist'02 (NUCuyo). Programmer'82,AI specialization. In 2005 I joined as a researcher at the Institute of Linguistics of the Faculty of Philosophy, National University of Cuyo, and in 2011 obtained the degree of PhD in Psycholinguistics. My actual research: Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Psychology and AI directed to the study of subjective phenomena, those that orthodox science forgot for over 2500 years.
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Peppino Sapia (University of Calabria, Italy)

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Eric Scerri (University of California Los Angeles, USA)

Dr. Scerri is an author, chemist and a leading philosopher of science specializing in the history and philosophy of the periodic table. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the international journal Foundations of Chemistry. A full-time lecturer at UCLA, Dr. Scerri's research includes chemical education and historical-philosophical questions such as the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics. He seeks to clarify the notion of a chemical ‘element’ arising from the writing of Fritz Paneth and others. He continues to work on the foundations of the periodic table, including whether it makes sense to speak of an ‘optimal’ table and the form such a table might take.

Yaroslav Sergeyev (University of Calabria, Italy)

Yaroslav D. Sergeyev is Distinguished Professor and Head of Numerical Calculus Laboratory, University of Calabria, President, International Society of Global Optimization, Khwarizmi International Award, Pythagoras International Prize in Mathematics, EUROPT Fellow, MAIK Prize for the best scientific monograph, The Journal of Global Optimization Best Paper Award, etc., member of editorial boards of 6 international journals, more than 60 plenary and keynote lectures at prestigious international congresses.See more

Kostas Skordoulis (University of Athens, Greece)

Kostas Skordoulis is Professor of Physics & Epistemology of Science and Director of the Science Education Laboratory at the Department of Education, University of Athens, Greece. He has studied Physics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK and has worked as a Visiting Scholar at the Universities of Oxford (UK), Jena (Germany) and Groningen (The Netherlands). See more

Constantina Stefanidou (University of Athens, Greece)

For information regarding Constantina Stefanidou see uoa.academia.edu/ConstantinaStefanidou

Artemisia Stoumpa (University of Athens, Greece)

Artemisia Stoumpa has been a teacher in secondary education since 1993. She holds a Master in ICT in Education (2004) and a PhD in Environmental Science Education (2011). Since 2012 she teaches in 2nd Model Experimental High School of Athens
During her career Artemisia has a great experience in Environmental Education, and colaborative inderdisclipinary learning via ICT. See more

Philippe Vincent (Lille University, France)

Degree in Biology, Computing and Mathematics, Master degree in Scientific Mediation and currently Ph.D. Student under the supervision of Prof. Raffaele Pisano at the University of Lille. My thesis subject is interdisciplinary (Physics, History of Sciences, Nature of Science): "Teaching and Didactics of Physics in High School and University: A Role played by History of the Discovery of Gravitational Waves in Physics. Hypotheses and Perspectives."

Mateja Ploj Virtič (University of Maribor, Slovenia)

I'm an associate professor of Technical education, working on the field of Innovative pedagogy. I'm head of Department of Technical Education.
At the moment, I'm working in two projects, developing innovative methods for using modern technology in the classroom. As the member of the national commission for curriculum development for elementary education, I cooperate with schools in national frame.
I'm cooperating with different international researchers from Europe and South Africa.
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