  Marcello Cresti graduated in Physics in 1950 at the University of Pisa by
attending the Scuola Normale Superiore; he became professor of Experimental
Physics in Padua in 1965, and then Rector of the University of Padua in 1984.
His research was focused on the physics of cosmic rays and elementary
particles; he started collaborations with research laboratories in Berkeley,
Geneva, and with Max-Planck Institutes, which influenced the evolution of
research on fundamental physics.
