Curriculum Vitae

Academic
Profile

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
Tutor and member of the Scientific Committee
Collegio Superiore (College of Excellence), Università di Bologna
Academic
Career
2022 →
Full Professor of Mathematical Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Bologna
2014–2022
Full Professor of Mathematical Physics
Department of Mathematics, Università di Bologna
2006–2014
Associate Professor of Mathematical Physics
Department of Mathematics, Università di Bologna
2006–2007
Associate Professor of Mathematics (on leave)
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
2006 Spring
Tenure at Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ, USA
2001–2006
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology
1999–2001
Postdoctoral Associate / Lecturer
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook. Supervisor: J. Milnor
2001 Feb
Qualification as Maître des Conferences in Mathematics
Ministère de l'éducation nationale, France
Education
Aug 1999
Ph.D. in Mathematics
Rutgers University. Advisor: Joel L. Lebowitz
Jun 1998
Ph.D. in Mathematics
Università di Bologna. Advisor: S. Graffi. External advisor: Ya. G. Sinai
Jan 1995–Feb 1997
Visiting Fellow
Department of Mathematics, Princeton University. Supervisor: Ya. G. Sinai
Jul 1993
Laurea in Physics (summa cum laude)
Università di Bologna. Advisor: S. Graffi
Short-term
Visiting
Positions
2014–2016 — Visiting Academic, Courant Institute, New York University (USA)
2022 — Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
2011 — Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada
2008 — Centre de Physique Théorique, Luminy, France
2007 — Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Dresden; MSRI, USA
2006–2012 (several times) — Courant Institute, New York University, USA
2002 — Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
2001 — Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Leipzig, Germany
1993 — Université de Paris VII, France
Research
Grants
2023–2025
PRIN Grant — "Stochastic properties of dynamical systems"
Vice-PI, Head of the Bologna Unit
2019–2023
PRIN Grant — "Regular and stochastic behaviour in dynamical systems"
Vice-PI, Head of the Bologna Unit
2019–2021
Joint research project UniBo–UniFi–UniPd — "Stochastic dynamics in disordered environments and applications to the sciences"
Co-PI
2014–2016
PRIN Grant — "Mathematical problems in kinetic theory and applications"
Member, Rome–La Sapienza Unit
2013–2015
FARB-Università di Bologna Grant — "Study of ageing and age-related diseases through the analysis of genomic and epigenomic data"
Member
2010–2013
FIRB-Futuro in Ricerca Grant — "Anomalous transport of light in complex systems"
Member, Bologna Unit
2010–2012
PRIN Grant — "Information dynamics in complex data structures"
Vice-head of the Bologna Unit
2006–2008
PRIN Grant — "Mathematical problems of kinetic theories"
Member, Bologna Unit
2004–2007
NSF Grant — "Non-compact, random billiard systems; Quantum large deviations"
Principal Investigator (USA)
Editorial
Boards
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2025 →
Journal of Statistical Physics 2021 →
Mathematics, Topic Editor 2020 →
Far East Journal of Dynamical Systems 2012 →
Previously: Bollettino UMI (Guest Editor 2022–23), ISRN Probability and Statistics (2012–14), and others
Conferences
Organized
Sep 2026
INdAM Meeting "Lean for the curious mathematician"
Palazzone di Cortona. Member of the Scientific Committee
Dec 2025
ItaLean 2025 — "Bridging Formal Mathematics and AI"
Università di Bologna. Co-organizer
Sep 2024
DinAmicI in Rio — "Dynamics, Applications, Interactions"
IMPA, Rio de Janeiro. Member of the Scientific Committee
Jan 2024
"Computer-verified proofs: 48 hours in Rome"
Università di Roma Tor Vergata. Co-organizer
Jun 2023
"Regular and Stochastic Behaviour in Dynamical Systems"
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Member of the Scientific Committee
May 2023
"TO Day: A mini-workshop on transfer operators in Dynamical Systems"
Università di Bologna. Organizer
Jun 2022
DinAmicI VII
Riemann International School of Mathematics, Varese. Co-organizer
Dec 2021
Fourth DinAmicI Day
Università di Parma. Co-organizer
Dec 2020
St. Petersburg Youth Conference on Probability and Mathematical Physics
Online. Co-organizer
Sep 2019
Second mini-workshop on anomalous transport
Università di Bologna. Organizer
Jun 2019
DinAmicI VI — Sixth Workshop of the Italian Dynamicists
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Co-organizer
Dec 2018
Second DinAmicI Day
Accademia dei Lincei, Rome. Co-organizer
May 2018
Summer School "Mathematics in Imaging Sciences"
Università di Bologna. Co-organizer
Jun 2017
INdAM Workshop "DinAmicI V — Modern Trends in Ergodic Theory"
National Institute of Advanced Mathematics, Rome. Co-organizer
Nov 2016
First DinAmicI Day
Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila. Co-organizer
Jun 2015
DinAmicI IV — Fourth Workshop of the Italian Dynamicists
Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of the Organizing Committee
Mar 2015
Mini-workshop on anomalous diffusion
Università di Bologna. Co-organizer
Jun 2013
DinAmicI — Third Workshop of the (Young) Italian Dynamicists
Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of the Organizing Committee
May 2010
INdAM Meeting "Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems in the Sciences"
Corinaldo, Italy. Chair of the Organizing Committee
Jun 2009
"First Meeting of the (Mostly) Young Italian Hyperbolicians"
Corinaldo, Italy. Organizer
Aug 2008
"Meccanica: A conference in honor of Sandro Graffi on his 65th birthday"
Università di Bologna. Co-organizer
PhD &
Postdoc
Advising
Dec 2024–Nov 2025
Postdoc tutor: Mattia Radice
Università di Bologna
Sep 2024–Aug 2025
Postdoc tutor: Giovanni Canestrari
Università di Bologna
2019–2023
PhD advisor: Daniele Galli
Università di Bologna
Apr 2019–Mar 2020
Postdoc tutor: Elena Magnanini
Università di Bologna
Oct 2015–Sep 2017
Postdoc tutor: Sara Munday
Università di Bologna
Aug–Sep 2013
Postdoc tutor: Michele Correggi
Università di Bologna
Sep 2012–Aug 2013
Postdoc tutor: Marilena Ligabò
Università di Bologna
2004–2009
PhD advisor: Luca Bussolari
Stevens Institute of Technology
Past
University
Appointments
Board member, Institute for Advanced Studies, Università di Bologna (2016–2022)
Member, University Committee for the Evaluation of Research (representing Mathematics) (2017–2020)