Draft:Maria Marinaro

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{{Short description|Maria Marinaro, a pioneer italian woman physicist}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Maria Marinaro

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|9|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo, Avellino, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|12|1933|9|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Naples, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| fields = Theoretical Physics, Statistical Mechanics

| workplaces = University of Naples Federico II
University of Salerno
Queen Mary University of London (visiting)
Bell Laboratories (visiting)

| alma_mater = University of Naples Federico II

| doctoral_advisor = Eduardo R. Caianiello

| known_for = Renormalization in Quantum Field Theory, application of Field Theory techniques to many-body systems, Green's functions in non-relativistic systems, spontaneous symmetry breaking in Bose systems (superfluidity), neural networks

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}}Maria Marinaro (29 September 1933 – 12 May 2009) was an Italian theoretical physicist. Her research encompassed Quantum Field Theory, Statistical Mechanics, and the study of neural networks.{{Citation |last=Marinaro |first=Maria |title=Pioneeristic Works on Neuronal Nets: A Short History |date=2008 |work=Dynamic Brain - from Neural Spikes to Behaviors |series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science |volume=5286 |pages=123–130 |editor-last=Marinaro |editor-first=Maria |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-540-88853-6_10 |access-date=11 May 2025 |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-88853-6_10 |isbn=978-3-540-88852-9 |editor2-last=Scarpetta |editor2-first=Silvia |editor3-last=Yamaguchi |editor3-first=Yoko}}. She was notable for her work in applying Field Theory techniques to many-body systems, including being among the first to introduce the formalism of Green’s functions to non-relativistic systems, and her contributions to understanding spontaneous symmetry breaking in relation to superfluidity.

Together with Eduardo Caianiello, Marinaro was the founder of the Italian Society for Neural Network (SIREN) and the Proceedings of the 19th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets were dedicated to her {{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/489011719 |title=Neural nets WIRN09: proceedings of the 19th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy May 28-30 2009 |date=2009 |publisher=IOS Press |isbn=978-1-60750-072-8 |editor-last=Apolloni |editor-first=Bruno |series=Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, Knowledge-based intelligent engineering systems |location=Amsterdam ; Washington, DC |oclc=489011719 |editor-last2=Bassis |editor-first2=Simone |editor-last3=Morabito |editor-first3=F. C. |editor-last4=Società italiana reti neuroniche}}.

Marinaro is recognised as one of the pioneer women physicist in Italy, who made significant contributions in the field of study of condensed matter physics and was nominated Section Scientist in 2023 by the Italian Physical Society{{Cite web |title=Le Scienziate delle Sezioni 2023 |url=https://www.sif.it/attivita/cpo/scienziate-2023-cpo}}