Francesco Ruggiero 1957-2007

Francesco Ruggiero (1957-2007) was a brilliant acceler- ator physicist, an inventive researcher, a great collaborator, an excellent mentor, and a true gentleman. We here take a look at Francesco's scientific work, and highlight some of his contributions to accelerator physics. More details can be found in the slides presented by the speakers of the Francesco Ruggiero Memorial Symposium held at CERN on 3 October 2007 (2).