Ivano Bertini 1940–2012

Ivano Bertini was one of a kind. You could always tell when he was near, as his booming voice made the walls tremble and everyone within them take notice. He loved life and his friends with a passion that is rarely seen. Finding he had lung cancer, he fought bravely but passed away on 7 July of this year. In his scientific life, he took biological inorganic chemistry to new heights with the development of powerful new NMR methods to study paramagnetic metalloproteins. And, equally importantly to us and to many others, he and his beautiful wife, Renata, were lovable, caring and fiercely loyal friends.