Born 3 may 1965 in Vittorio Veneto (TV) Nationality: italian present adress: via G. Comino 119 35126 Padova, Italy
Education
21 March 1990: Degree in Physics from the University of Padua, Thesis advisors prof Aldo Bressan Thesis title “Sui margini della teoria dei moti iper-impulsivi per sistemi lagrangiani”, 1110/110.
February 1991: enters PhD program in Mathematical Physics of the University of Padova
October 1991- sept 1992: one year course and research program at the Laboratoire d'Analyse et Géometrie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie,Paris, supervisor prof. Charles Michel Marle
December 1994: PhD Degree in Mathematical Physics, Thesis advisor prof Aldo Bressan, Thesis title: Sui sistemi anolonomi e sulla teoria del controllo”
June 1998: enrolled as Ricercatore (permanent position) at the Mathematics Department of the University of Padua
Awards:
1993grant of the Gini Foundation, Padua 1996 grant of the italian CNR foundation 1996-1998 post doc position at the Mathematics Department of the University of Padua 1997 grant of the italian INDAM foundation
Research interest (in chronological order)
1) Geometrical formulation of the noholonomic mechanics and geometric control of hyper-impulsive systems 2) Thermodynamics of mechanical systems and discrete models for phase transitions in pseudo-elastic solids 3) Geometry and applications of Maximum entropy principle in statistical thermodynamics
