Affiliations
- Full Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Bologna.
- Associate Member of INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear
Physics), Bologna Unit.
Appointments
- Tutor and member of the Scientific Committee of the Collegio Superiore (College of Excellence), Università di Bologna.
Previously:
- Board member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Università di Bologna (2016-2022).
- Member of the University Committee for the Evaluation of Research (representing Mathematics), Università di Bologna (2017-2020).
Academic career
- July 1993: Laurea in Physics, Università di
Bologna. Advisor: S. Graffi.
- January 1995 - February 1997: Visiting Fellow,
Department of Mathematics, Princeton University. Supervisor:
Ya. G. Sinai.
- June 1998: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Università di Bologna.
Advisor: S. Graffi. External advisor: Ya. G.
Sinai.
- August 1999: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Rutgers University.
Advisor: J. L. Lebowitz.
- Fall 1999 - Spring 2001: Postdoctoral Associate /
Lecturer, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook.
Supervisor: J. Milnor.
- February 2001: Qualification as Maître des Conferences in Mathematics, Ministère de l'éducation nationale, France.
- Fall 2001 - Spring 2006: Assistant Professor, Department
of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology.
- Spring 2006: Tenure at Stevens Institute of
Technology.
- Fall 2006 - Summer 2007: Associate Professor, Department
of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology.
- October 2006 - September 2014: Associate Professor of
Mathematical Physics, Department of Mathematics, Università di
Bologna.
- December 2013: Qualification as Full Professor of
Mathematical Physics.
- September 2014 - October 2022: Full Professor of Mathematical
Physics, Department of Mathematics, Università di Bologna.
- November 2022 - : Full Professor of Mathematical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Bologna.
Short-term visiting positions
- 1993: Universite' de Paris VII, France.
- 2001: Max-Planck-Institut fur Evolutionare
Anthropologie, Leipzig, Germany.
- 2002: Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.
- 2006-2012 (several times): Courant Institute, New York
University, USA.
- 2007: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute,
USA.
- 2007: Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik Komplexer Systeme,
Dresden, Germany.
- 2008: Centre de Physique Théorique, Luminy,
France.
- 2011: Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
- 2014-2016: Visiting Academic, Courant Institute, New York University (USA).
- 2022: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Research grants
- 2004-2007: NSF Grant "Non-compact, random billiard
systems; Quantum large deviations" (USA). Principal
Investigator.
- 2006-2008: PRIN Grant "Mathematical problems of kinetic
theories", Member of the Bologna Unit.
- 2010-2012: PRIN Grant "Information dynamics in complex
data strictures" (Italy). Vice-head of the Bologna
Unit.
- 2010-2013: FIRB-Futuro in Ricerca Grant "Anomalous
transport of light in complex systems" (Italy). Member of the
Bologna Unit.
- 2013- 2015: FARB-Università di Bologna Grant "Study of
ageing and age-related diseases through the analysis of genomic and
epigenomic data [...]". Member.
- 2014-2016: PRIN Grant "Mathematical problems in kinetic
theory and applications". Member of the Rome-La Sapienza Unit.
- 2019-2021: Joint research project UniBo-UniFi-UniPd "Stochastic Dynamics in disordered environments and applications to the sciences". Co-PI.
- 2019-2023: PRIN Grant "Regular and stochastic behaviour in dynamical systems". Vice-PI, Head of the Bologna Unit.
- 2023-2025: PRIN Grant "Stochastic properties of dynamical systems". Vice-PI, Head of the Bologna Unit.
Organization of conferences and workshops
- August 27-30, 2008: "Meccanica: A conference in honor of
Sandro Graffi on his 65th birthday", Università di Bologna. Co-organizer.
- June 8-12, 2009: "First Meeting of the (Mostly) Young
Italian Hyperbolicians: A workshop in hyperbolic dynamics",
Corinaldo, Italy. Organizer.
- May 31 - June 4, 2010: INdAM Meeting "Hyperbolic
Dynamical Systems in the Sciences", Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of
the Organizing Committee.
- June 11-14, 2013: "DinAmicI - Third Workshop of the (Young) Italian
Dynamicists", Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of the Organizing
Committee.
- March 5-6, 2015: "Mini-workshop on anomalous diffusion", Università di Bologna. Co-organizer.
- June 22-25, 2015: "DinAmicI IV - Fourth Workshop of the
Italian Dynamicists", Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of the Organizing
Committee.
- November 25, 2016: "First DinAmicI Day", Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila. Co-organizer.
- June 5-9, 2017: INdAM Workshop "DinAmicI V - Modern Trends in the Ergodic Theory of Dynamical Systems", National Institute of Advanced Mathematics, Rome. Co-organizer.
- May 28 - June 1, 2018: Summer School "Mathematics in Imaging Sciences". Università di Bologna. Co-organizer.
- December 21, 2018: "Second DinAmicI Day", Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. Co-organizer.
- June 4-7, 2019: "DinAmicI VI - Sixth Workshop of the Italian Dynamicists", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Co-organizer.
- September 16-17, 2019: Second mini-workshop on anomalous transport, Università di Bologna. Organizer.
- December 21-23, 2020: St. Petersburg Youth Conference on Probability and Mathematical Physics, online. Co-organizer.
- December 17, 2021: "Fourth DinAmicI Day", Università di Parma. Co-organizer.
- June 6-9, 2022: "DinAmicI VII", Riemann International School of Mahematics, Varese. Co-organizer.
- May 4, 2023: "TO Day: A mini-workshop on transfer operators in Dynamical Systems", Università di Bologna. Organizer.
- June 5-9, 2023: "Regular and Stochastic Behaviour in Dynamical Systems", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Member of the Scientific Committee.
- January 24-26, 2024: "Computer-verified proofs: 48 hours in Rome", Università di Roma Tor Vergata. Co-organizer.
- September 2-6, 2024: "DinAmicI in Rio, Dynamics, Applications, Interactions", Instituto de Matemática Pure e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro. Member of the Scientific Committee.
Editorships
Member of the Editorial Boards of the following scientific
journals:
- Journal of Statistical Physics (2021- )
- Mathematics (Topic Editor, 2020- )
- Far East Journal of Dynamical Systems (2012- )
Previously:
- Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (Guest Editor, 2022-2023)
- International Scholarly Research Notices (2014-2017)
- ISRN Probability and Statistics (2012-2014)
- Surveys in Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (2012-2017)
- Universal Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (2012-2017)
Advisorships
- September 2004 - April 2009: Ph.D. Advisor of Luca Bussolari, Ph.D. in
Mathematics, Stevens Institute of Technology.
- September 2012 - August 2013: Tutor of postdoc Marilena
Ligabò, Università di Bologna.
- August-September 2013: Tutor of postdoc Michele
Correggi, Università di Bologna.
- October 2015 - September 2017: Tutor of postdoc Sara Munday, Università di Bologna.
- April 2019 - March 2020: Tutor of postdoc Elena Magnanini, Università di Bologna.
- November 2019 - June 2023: Ph.D. advisor of Daniele Galli, Università di Bologna.
- September 2024 - August 2025: Tutor of postdoc Giovanni Canestrari, Università di Bologna.
- December 2024 - November 2025: Tutor of postdoc Mattia Radice, Università di Bologna.