14 Notable alumni of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies is ranked #1,196 in the world and #45 in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Fabrizio Pagani
1967-. (aged 59)
civil servant
economist
Fabrizio Pagani is an Italian economist and policy expert with a career spanning government, international organizations, and finance. He served as a senior advisor to the Italian Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy and Finance, and held key roles at the OECD, including G20 Sherpa. In the private sector, he has worked at Muzinich & Co. and is now...
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2. Gianni Ciofani
1982-. (aged 44)
university teacher
biomedical engineer
Gianni Ciofani is an Italian scientist. He is senior researcher tenured (equivalent to full professor) at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.(Italian Institute of Technology, IIT). His research interests are mainly in the field of smart nanomaterials for nanomedicine, including the bio/non-biointeractions, and the biological processes in altered gravity conditions.
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3. Nicoletta Batini
1970-. (aged 56)
economist
Nicoletta Batini is an Italian economist economist and a notable as a scholar of innovative monetary and fiscal policy practices. During the crisis she pioneered the IMF work exposing the dangers of excessive fiscal austerity and designed ways to consolidate public debt successfully during phases of financial deleveraging. Since 2003 at the International Monetary Fund, she has served as Advisor...
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4. Antonio Maccanico
1924-2013 (aged 89)
civil servant
politician
Antonio Maccanico was an Italian constitutional specialist and politician who served in various capacities in the Italian Parliament and federal administrations of Italy. He was the former general secretary of the Quirinal Palace from 1978 to 1987, and was several times minister and undersecretary to the Prime Minister under Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. He was also president of Mediobanca.
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5. Maria Chiara Carrozza
1965-. (aged 61)
engineer
physicist
university teacher
politician
Maria Chiara Carrozza is an Italian physicist, engineer and politician who served as Minister of Education, University and Research in the government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta between April 2013 and February 2014. She has been president of the National Research Council of Italy from April 2021 to May 2025.
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6. Carlo Smuraglia
1923-2022 (aged 99)
teacher
lawyer
politician
Carlo Smuraglia was an Italian politician and partisan who served as President of National Association of Italian Partisans from 2011 to 2017.
7. Luca Desiata
editor
Luca Desiata is an Italian manager, Latinist and art curator. He was the CEO of SOGIN between 2016 and 2019. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine of Latin crosswords Hebdomada Aenigmatum and of the magazine of crosswords in Ancient Greek Onomata Kechiasmena. He is the curator of the Corporate Art Awards.
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8. Giovanni Pieraccini
1918-2017 (aged 99)
journalist
politician
Giovanni Pieraccini was an Italian journalist and socialist politician who was a member of the Italian Socialist Party. Starting his political career in 1948, Pieraccini served in different cabinet posts in the period 1963–1974.
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9. Pierdomenico Perata
1962-. (aged 64)
physiologist
botanist
Pierdomenico Perata is an Italian physiologist whose activities are focused on plant physiology and plant biology. Since 8 May 2013 he has been the rector of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
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10. Enrico Letta
1966-. (aged 60)
academic
politician
non-fiction writer
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He later was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
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11. Giuliano Amato
1938-. (aged 88)
jurist
judge
university teacher
politician
Giuliano Amato OMRI is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023, Amato became the country's earliest-serving surviving Prime Minister.
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12. Peppe Provenzano
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Giuseppe Luciano Calogero "Peppe" Provenzano is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party. On 5 September 2019, he was appointed Minister for the South in the government of Giuseppe Conte. Provenzano is a meridionalist.
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13. Giulio Tononi
1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher
neuroscientist
psychiatrist
Giulio Tononi is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist who holds the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine, as well as a Distinguished Chair in Consciousness Science, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is best known for his Integrated Information Theory (IIT), a mathematical theory of consciousness, which he proposed in 2004.
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14. Sabino Cassese
1935-. (aged 91)
jurist
judge
politician
Sabino Cassese OMRI is an Italian jurist, former minister for the public function in the Ciampi government (1993–1994), and judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2005–2014).
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