Seminars and Events

Slides of some talks:

Upcoming seminars/events:

1. Invited speakes at the math seminar at University of Nimes, Online September 29 2025, 2pm;

2. Invited speaker at the workshop "Variational Analysis of Complex Systems in Materials Science, Physics and Biology", Trento, October 22-24  2025;

3. Invited speaker at the workshop "Byerlangen", FAU Erlangen, October 29 - 31 2025;

4. Invited speaker at the workshop "Local and nonlocal method in geometric analysis " Centro De Giorgi, Pisa, November 5-7 2025;

5. Invited speaker at the minisymposium "Advances in the Analysis and Computation of Materials", SIAM APDE, Pittsburgh, November 17-20 2025;

6. Invited speaker at the Analysis Seminar, University of Florence, December 5 2025;

7. Invited speaker at the workshop "Calculus of Variations and applications" CIRM, Marseille, January 12-16 2026;

8. Invited speaker at the workshop "Calculus of Variation and Applications to Reality", Cortona, June 7-12 2026;

9. Invited speaker at the minisymposium "Defects, Microstructures, and Failure: Multiscale Variational Models", 15th AIMS conference, Athens, 6-10 july 2026;

10. Invited speaker at the workshop "Analysis, Probability and Mathematical Physics: New Trends at the Interface",  Cortona, August 30 - September 4 2026.

Organization of events:

1. Workshop "Geometric Methods in Calculus of Variations" Centro De Giorgi, Pisa, July 7-11 2025.

Past scientific visits: 

1. Università degli studi di Napoli, Federico II,  May 27-29 2025, Host: Daniele Castorina;

2. Courant Institute (NYU), New York, from 1st February to 31st March 2025 (for two months), Host: Bob Kohn;

3. Flatiron Institute, New York, March 3 2025, Host: Gilles Francfort;

4. Università di Siena, July 8-12 2024, Host: Riccardo Scala;

5. Université catholique de Louvain, October 16-20 2023, Host: Heiner Olbermann;

6. Università di Siena, July 24-28 2023, Host: Riccardo Scala;

7. University of Bonn, June 21-23 2023, Hosts: Angkana Rüland & Antonio Tribuzio;

8. Trimester program in Mathematics for Complex Materials, Hausdorff Institute for mathematics, Bonn 26 February-18 March 2023, Hosts: Xavier Lamy, Luc Nguyen, Angkana Rüland & Arghir Zarnescu;

9. Università degli studi di Napoli, Federico II, December 19-23 2022, Host: Francesco Solombrino;

10. Università di Siena, 28 November-01 December 2021, Host: Riccardo Scala;

11. Sapienza, Università di Roma, 15 October-15 December 2018, Host: Adriana Garroni;

12. Università degli studi di Padova, January 24-25 2018 Host: Virginia Agostiniani.

Past seminars under invitation:

1. Non-local approximation of free-discontinuity problems in linear elasticity,

Thematic session  "Nonlinear and Nonlocal Multiscale Models" SIMAI 2025, Trieste, September 1-5 2025;

2. Ambrosio-Tortorelli approach to topological singularities and connections with jump minimizing liftings,

 Workshop "Topics in Geometric Measure Theory" in honor of Giovanni Alberti's 60th birthday, Pisa, June 30 - July 4 2025;

3. Gamma-convergence for plane to wrinkles transition problem,

     Seminario di analisi, Università di Napoli Federico II, May 28  2025;

4. Gamma-convergence for plane to wrinkles transition problem,

Analysis seminar at Courant Institute (NYU), New York, February 13 2025;

5. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary,

Workshop Calculus of Variations and Free Boundary Problems IX, Pisa, November 20-21 2024;

6. Line tension models for dislocations,

Workshop Mathematical Materials Science: Defects and Polycrystals ICMS Edinburgh, October 14-18 2024;

7. Gamma-convergence for plane to wrinkles transition problem,

 Workshop Calculus of Variations: a new generation, Hausdorff Institute for mathematics, Bonn, September 16-20 2024;

8. Gamma-convergence for plane to wrinkles transition problem,

Thematic session on "Free Boundaries in Materials Science: Modeling, Numerics, and Analysis of Thin Elastic Sheets" International Conference on Free Boundary Problems: Theory and Application, João Pessoa City, Brazil, August 26-30  2024;

9. Homogenization of Ambrosio-Tortorelli type functionals,

Math Colloquium at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen June 7 2024;

10. Gamma-convergence and Homogenization,

Introductory talk for Phd students at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, June 7 2024;

11. Derivation of Line Tension  Models for Dislocations from 3D Nonlinear Energies,

Symposium ''Mechanics of Defects in Hard and Soft Materials'', SIAM MS24, Pittsburgh, May 19-23 2024;

12. Gamma-convergence for plane to wrinkles transition problem,

 Workshop Measures & Materials, University of Warwick, March 25-28 2024;

13. Calculus of Variations in Materials Science: from line defects to fracture mechanics,

New faculty seminar, Università degli studi dell'Aquila, December 20 2023;

14. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary,

Seminario di analisi, Università di Trento, November 7 2023;

15. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary,

     Analysis seminar, UC Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, October 17 2023;

16. Non-local approximation of free-discontinuity problems in linear elasticity,

Joint WEMM (Wien-Erlangen-Münster-Munich) calculus of variation seminar, Munich, October 4-6 2023;

17. Gamma-convergence and stochastic homogenisation of phase-transition models,

Minisymposium "Multi-scale analysis in random media and applications", ICIAM, Tokyo, August 20-25 2023;

18. Gamma-convergence and homogenisation of Ambrosio-Tortorelli type functionals, 

Workshop Calculus of Variations NL, Schiermonnikoog Island, Netherlands July 10-14 2023;

19. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary,

Oberseminar Analysis at University of Bonn, June 22 2023;

20. 3D Variational models for dislocations,

    Oberseminar Analysis at University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen June 15 2023;

21. Ambrosio-Tortorelli approximation and its applications, 

Introductory talk for Phd students, TU Dortmund May 22 2023;

22. 3D Variational models for dislocations,

 Trimester Seminar Series, Hausdorff Institute for Mathematics (HIM), Bonn February 28 2023;

YouTube link to the video here.

23. Gamma-convergence and homogenisation of Ambrosio-Tortorelli type functionals,

Variational models in Material Science, Università di Napoli Federico II, February 8-10 2023;

24. 3D variational models for dislocations,

Young researcher meeting of the 22nd GAMM Seminar on Microstructures, TU Wien, January 26-28 2023;

25. Construction of stochastic correctors,

Arbeitsgemeinschaft at Oberwolfach: Quantitative stochastic homogenization, Oberwolfach, October 16-22 2022;

26. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary, 

3City Seminar: Aachen-Dortmund-Eindhoven, TU Dortmund, September 28 2022;

27. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary, 

EWM GM, Aalto University, Helsinki, August 22-26 2022;

28. Poster: Γ-convergence and homogenisation  of singularly perturbed elliptic functionals, 

Heildelberg workshop 6-8 April 2022 & Cirm May 16-20 2022;

29. Asymptotic analysis of singularly perturbed elliptic functionals & application to stochastic homogenization, 

TU Dortmund, February 7 2022;

30. A non-parametric Plateau problem with partial free boundary, 

Joint Wien-Erlangen-Münster-München Calculus of Variations seminar, November 23 2021 (online);

31. 3D nonlinear models for dislocations, 

SIMAI 2020+2021, Parma August 30-September 3 2021;

32. Asymptotic analysis of singularly perturbed elliptic functionals & application to stochastic homogenization, 

SIAM MS21, May 17-28 2021 (online);

33. Asymptotic analysis of singularly perturbed elliptic functionals & application to stochastic homogenization, 

Joint Wien-Münster-München Calculus of Variations seminar, May 11 2021 (online);

34. Variational Models for Line Defects in Crystals, 

University of Freiburg, May 4 2021;

35. Poster: Asymptotic analysis of singularly perturbed elliptic functionals, 

Winterschool on Analysis and Applied Mathematics, University of Münster, February 22-26 2021;

36. 3D nonlinear models for dislocations, 

WWU, University of Münster, June 25 2020;

37. Variational Models for Line Defects in Crystals, 

Seminari M.A.P., University of Pisa, May 19 2020;

38. 3D nonlinear models for dislocations, 

XXX Convegno Nazionale di Calcolo delle Variazioni, Levico Terme, February 3-7 2020.