Nicolò D'Amico (1953-2020), also known as Nichi D’Amico, was an astronomer and President of Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica.

He was born on 28 June 1953 in Palermo.

[1] He died on 15 September 2020 in Cagliari.

[2] He was a professor of astrophysics at the University of Cagliari, and the director of the Cagliari Observatory and the Sardinia Radio Telescope.

[2] He was the president of Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica[3] since 16 October 2015, with a second 4-year term confirmed on 30 December 2019.