Maria Fidecaro

Maria Fidecaro (1930-2023), née Cervasi, was an Italian experimental physicist with a focus on particle physics. She has spent most of her career at CERN, where she after retirement had the status of honorary member of the personnel.

Maria received her degrees in Physics from the University of Rome in the 1940s.

In 1954, she obtained a fellowship from the International Federation of University Women to do research at the University of Liverpool where she also defended her master thesis. In July 1955, she married Giuseppe Fidecaro, a fellow physicist. In 1956, Maria obtained a CERN fellowship. She was among the pioneering scientists at CERN since the establishment of the institution.