Born in Rome, March 22, 1966

Degree in Mathematics: Università degli Studi di Roma ``La Sapienza'', Rome 1991. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude. Supervisor: Prof. Umberto Mosco (Univ. of Rome)

PhD in Functional Analysis: SISSA, Trieste, 1991-1994.  Supervisor: Prof. Gianni Dal Maso

Ricercatore at Università degli Studi ``La Sapienza'', Rome (ITALY) 1995-1998

Associate Professor at Università degli Studi ``La Sapienza'', Rome (ITALY) since november 1998.

Research interests: Calculus of Variations, Variational inequalities, Homogeneization Problems, Potential Theory, Capacity Theory, Geometric Measure Theory, Fracture Mechanics, Variational Problems in Spaces of Functions of Bounded Variation, Plasticity, Damage, Dislocations on crystals.

Visiting positions: University of Sevilla, Spain (1993 and 1995); Université de Toulouse 1, France (1996); University of Strasbourg, France (1996), Max Planck Institute of Leipzig, Germany (1998, CNR/NATO Fellowship); Bonn University, Germany (1999); Université Paris VI, France (2000); Courant Institute, New York (2000, CNR/NATO Fellowship); Rutgers University, USA; California Institut of Technology, Pasadena, USA; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA, Mathematical Institute and Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford (accademic year 2013/2014).
 
 
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