Manuel Cardona has been elected a foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
There are 540 members of the Lincei, of whom 180 are ordinary Italian members, 180 are Italian corresponding members, and 180 are foreign.
The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei was founded in 1603 by Federico Angelo Cesi. Galileo Galilei, who joined in 1611, was one of its earliest members.
