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Claudio Maccone
Claudio Maccone (6 February 1948 – 20 August 2025) was an Italian SETI astronomer, space scientist and mathematician.
Maccone was born on 6 February 1948. He obtained two degrees from the University of Turin: in physics in 1972 and in mathematics in 1974.[citation needed] He obtained his PhD at the Department of mathematics of King's College London, England in September 1980.
In 1985 he briefly held a position as "Professore di ruolo" in Mathematics at "Liceo Scientifico Albert Einstein" in Turin.
He then joined the Space Systems Group of Aeritalia (later called Alenia Spazio S.p.A. and now Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.) in Turin on 19 September 1985, and immediately got involved in the design of new space missions.
In 2002 he was awarded the "Giordano Bruno Award" by the SETI League, "for his efforts to establish a radio observatory on the far side of the Moon."
After his early retirement from Alenia Spazio S.p.A. on 30 December 2004, he taught at Polytechnic University of Turin for five years (2005-2009) at Post-Doctoral level. He was Advisor to Ph.D. candidates in the Aerospace and Electronics Departments of Polytechnic University of Turin.
Since 2010 he was the Director for Scientific Space Exploration of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, based in Paris, France).
From 2012 to 2021, he served as Chair of the IAA SETI Permanent Committee.
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Claudio Maccone
Claudio Maccone (6 February 1948 – 20 August 2025) was an Italian SETI astronomer, space scientist and mathematician.
Maccone was born on 6 February 1948. He obtained two degrees from the University of Turin: in physics in 1972 and in mathematics in 1974.[citation needed] He obtained his PhD at the Department of mathematics of King's College London, England in September 1980.
In 1985 he briefly held a position as "Professore di ruolo" in Mathematics at "Liceo Scientifico Albert Einstein" in Turin.
He then joined the Space Systems Group of Aeritalia (later called Alenia Spazio S.p.A. and now Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A.) in Turin on 19 September 1985, and immediately got involved in the design of new space missions.
In 2002 he was awarded the "Giordano Bruno Award" by the SETI League, "for his efforts to establish a radio observatory on the far side of the Moon."
After his early retirement from Alenia Spazio S.p.A. on 30 December 2004, he taught at Polytechnic University of Turin for five years (2005-2009) at Post-Doctoral level. He was Advisor to Ph.D. candidates in the Aerospace and Electronics Departments of Polytechnic University of Turin.
Since 2010 he was the Director for Scientific Space Exploration of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, based in Paris, France).
From 2012 to 2021, he served as Chair of the IAA SETI Permanent Committee.