Enrico Le Donne is a mathematician and researcher who has made significant contributions to the study of Carnot groups, sub-Riemannian geometry, and other non-smooth geometries. His research focuses on the regularity and classification of distinguished sets and maps within Carnot groups, as well as the development of tools and techniques for analyzing their geometric and analytic properties.
Le Donne received his first degree at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) and his PhD from Yale University (USA). Following research stays in Zurich, Berkeley, and Paris, he obtained his first permanent position at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, just three years after graduating. He later served as a professor at the University of Pisa and in 2020, joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Throughout his career, Le Donne has fostered extensive international collaborations with researchers from America, Australia, Asia, and various European locations. His contributions have been recognized through notable achievements such as becoming a research fellow of the Academy of Finland in 2015 and receiving a prestigious "ERC Starting Grant" from the European Research Council in 2017, amounting to 1.25 million Euros. Presently, he is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for his project titled "Regularity of sub-Riemannian geodesics and applications."
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Name: Enrico Le Donne
- 9 Oct 1981: born in Messina, Sicily, Italy.
- Jul 2000: high shool degree at the “Liceo Scientifico A. Avogadro” in Rome.
- 21 Jun 2004: undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Universita' di Pisa; thesis on “Normalization of local objects” in Several Complex Variables, advisor Marco Abate, (grade: 110/110 cum laude).
- Jul 2004: Diploma of the 'Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa' (SNS).
- Dec 2007: Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) & Master of Science (M.S.) from Yale University.
- May 2009: Ph.D. degree from Yale University; thesis on “BiLipschitz homogeneous geodesic structures on manifolds”, advisor Bruce Kleiner.
- Sep 2009-Aug 2011: Post-doc at ETH Zurich, mentor Urs Lang.
- Aug 2011-Dec 2011: Post-doc at MSRI Berkeley, mentor Emmanuel Breuillard.
- Jan 2012-Jun 2012: Post-doc at Universite Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France, mentor Emmanuel Breuillard.
- Jul 2012 - 2017: Associate professor (Yliopistonlehtori) at University of Jyväskylä, Finland
-Sept 2015 - Aug 2020: Research Fellow of the Finnish Academy (Akatemiatutkija)
-2017-2020 Associate Professor (with tenure-track towards full professor) at University of Jyväskylä, Finland
-2019−2022 Full Professor at University of Pisa
-2020−2023 Full Professor at University of Jyväskylä
-2020− Full Professor at University of Fribourg
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