Speakers

Valia Allori has studied physics and philosophy first in Italy, her home country, and then in the United States. She has worked in the foundations of quantum mechanics and of statistical mechanics, with the aim of understanding how we can use our best physical theory to answer general metaphysical questions about the nature of reality.

She is currently Associate Professor at the University of Bergamo (Italy).

Andrea Di Biagio obtained his PhD in Theoretical Physics at Sapienza University of Rome and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna.

His research is broadly divided in two main areas, theoretical and conceptual aspects of low-energy quantum gravity experiments, on the one hand, and the foundations of quantum theory and Rovelli's relational interpretation of quantum mechanics, on the other hand, although his interests lie more broadly in the foundations of physics.

Federico Laudisa holds a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Florence, Italy. After teaching at the Universities of Milan-Bicocca, Milan-San Raffaele and Bologna, he is presently full professor in Logic and Philosophy of Science at the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, Italy, where he is also Coordinator of the PhD School in European Cultures (Philosophy, History and Cultural Heritage). He is a member of the Faculty of the John Bell Institute (www.johnbellinstitute.org), an international institution that promotes research in the area of the foundations of contemporary physics. 

His research focuses on the philosophy, history and foundations of quantum mechanics, with special attention to the issue of non-locality.

Wayne Myrvold is professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His work has largely focussed on areas within philosophy of physics, including foundations of quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics. 

He is the subject editor for Quantum Mechanics for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. His book, Beyond Chance Credence (OUP 2021) deals with the uses of probability in physics. He lives in London, Ontario, Canada, with three cats. 

Alyssa Ney is Professor of Metaphysics and Vice-Dean for Research in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies at LMU Munich, and a member of the Munich Center for Excellence in Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST). Her research focuses on fundamentality, the unity of science, and the interpretation of quantum theories, at the intersection of metaphysics and philosophy of physics.

She holds an MS in Physics from UC Davis, an MA and PhD in Philosophy from Brown University, and a BS in Physics and Philosophy from Tulane University. Prior to joining LMU, she was Professor of Philosophy at UC Davis and the University of Rochester.