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During my last 15 years in academia I also carried out research into the applications of physics technologies such as electronics and computer science to different fields, mostly to the biomedical and energy sectors. This brought me in closer contact with the industrial world, and brought technology-transfer issues to my attention. I joined the Italian Embassy partly for personal reasons and also because I wanted to try something new. I had over 30 years of basic and applied research behind me, so I thought I could survive few years without a daily dose of physics.
