Full Professor in Analysis at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Basel.

Born in Lecco (Italy) in 1981. PhD in Mathematics (2008) at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and at the University of Zurich.

My office is on the 5th floor in Spiegelgasse 1. Tram stop: Schifflände (how to get here). Secretary: Barbara Fridez.

Research Interests

• Partial Differential Equations
• Geometric Measure Theory
• Transport and Flows with Irregular Velocity Fields
• Fluid Dynamics
• Mixing
• Theory of Turbulence
• Singular Limits
• Conservation Laws (local and nonlocal)

Mixing in Incompressible Flows: Transport, Dissipation, and Their Interplay (Notices of the American Mathematical Society, May 2024)

SNF Project

• FLUTURA – Fluids, Turbulence, Advection (Summary, SNF Data Portal)
• Swiss National Science Foundation

SPP 2410 CoScaRa

• DFG SPP 2410 "Hyperbolic Balance Laws in Fluid Mechanics: Complexity, Scales, Randomness (CoScaRa)"
• DFG-SNF Project "Inhomogeneous and compressible fluids: statistical solutions and dissipative anomalies" (PIs: Gianluca Crippa and Emil Wiedemann)

ERC Starting Grant

• FLIRT – Fluid Flows and Irregular Transport: Project Webpage and an online popularization article by the EU Publication Office
• European Research Council

Open Positions

One PostDoc position is available in my group, with an ideal start date of Spring 2025 or Fall 2025. For more details, please refer to the opening text here.

Are you interested in a PhD or PostDoc position in our group? Please feel free to contact me by email! You can find here some suggestions on how to write (and how not to write) an email putting forward your candidature.

Excellent candidates may be interested in applying for a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship under my supervision.

Research Seminars

• Analysis Seminar
• BZ Seminar in Analysis - Basel, Zurich
• Perlen Kolloquium