The main focus of my research is in analysis and applied mathematics, with focus on:

• analysis of problems arising in materials science and in image reconstruction
• analysis of geometric minimization problems using measure theoretical tools

Some research topics include:

• mathematical models in thin films and liquid crystals,
• variational approach to image processing
• pattern formation and crystallization in energy minimization problems,
• measure theoretical approach to geometric minimization problems

The main techniques are from the theory of partial differential equations, calculus of variations, and geometric measure theory.

Short curriculum vitae

Current positions:

• Jan. 2018 - present: Assistant Professor at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Education/Training:

• Sep. 2015 - Dec. 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
  Mentors: Rustum Choksi (McGill University), Adam Oberman (McGill University)
  
• Sep. 2012 - Aug. 2015: Postdoctoral Associate at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  Mentors: Irene Fonseca (Carnegie Mellon University), David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie Mellon University), Dejan Slepčev (Carnegie Mellon University)
  
• Feb. 2014 - Aug. 2014: Postdoc at Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
  Mentors: Fabio Chalub (Nova University of Lisbon)
  
• Jan. 2010 - Sep. 2012: PhD (Corso di Perfezionamento) student at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
  PhD Advisors: Giuseppe Buttazzo (University of Pisa), Luigi Ambrosio (Scuola Normale Superiore).
• Sep. 2005 - Dec. 2009: B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Corso Ordinario) student at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
• Jun. 2008 - May 2009: M.Sc. student at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
• Sep. 2005 - May 2008: B.Sc. student at University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy