Alessio Figalli and Mikaela Iacobelli selected as IAS members
We are delighted to announce that Alessio Figalli and Mikaela Iacobelli have been selected as members of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the academic year 2024-25.
Alessio Figalli has been a full professor at the Department since 2016 and Director of the Institute for Mathematical Research (FIM) since 2019. He carries out research across the whole spectrum of mathematics, focusing in particular on the calculus of variations, optimal transportation in relation to partial differential equations and random matrices.
Mikaela Iacobelli has been an associate professor at the Department since 2023 and conducts research in the area of mathematical physics with the aim of using mathematical methods to solve physical problems. She is internationally acknowledged as an expert on the Vlasov-Poisson system.
About the IAS
The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the leading independent centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry since its establishment in 1930, advancing the frontiers of knowledge across the sciences and humanities. Each year, the IAS invites leading scientists and scholars from all over the world to come to the institute to interact, explore, share, and discover.