Professor of Mathematics
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via Bonomea 265 34136 TRIESTE Italy (+39) 040 3787 528 |
Main research interests:
Theory of integrable systems in Geometry and Mathematical Physics, including- Frobenius manifolds, relationships with quantum cohomology, singularity theory, reflection groups and their generalizations.
- Integrable hierarchies of topological type.
- Hamiltonian perturbations of hyperbolic systems.
- Geometry of isomonodromy deformations.
- Theta-functions of Riemann surfaces and nonlinear waves.
Selected Invited Talks:
- International Congress of Mathematical Physicists, Swansea, 1988
- 2nd European Congress of Mathematicians, Budapest, 1996 (plenary talk)
- International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998 (Section "Differential Geometry and Global Analysis")
- International Congress of Mathematical Physicists, Rio de Janeiro, 2006 (plenary talk)
Publications
National and international research and training networks:
- Italian MIUR Research Project: Geometric and analytic theory of Hamiltonian systems in finite and infinite dimensions, National Coordinator
- ESF Research Network MISGAM, co-proponent and Chairman of the Steering Committee (2004-09)
- Marie Curie RTN ENIGMA, co-proponent and member of the Steering Committee (2005-08)
- European Research Council Advanced Grant FroM-PDE (Frobenius Manifolds and Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations) 2009-13