Chiara R. Nappi , Ph.D , Italian, obtained her Ph.D in Physics from the University of Naples ( Italy ) in 1976 . She then moved to the United States of America to carry out academic research.
Currently she is a professor of physics at the University of Southern California , Department of Physics & Astronomy and at the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton, New Jersey.
Dr. Chiara Nappi has carried out research on various aspects of theoretical particle physics, mathematical physics and the string theory . She has also worked on skyrmion description of Nucleons , at the interface of particle physics and nuclear physics .