Alessio Figalli(1984)

Mathematics

Alessio Figalli is a recipient of the Fields Medal (2018) from Italy. Their primary field is Mathematics. They were educated at École Normale Supérieure and University of Pisa. They have been affiliated with ETH Domain.

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Major Awards
303
Publications
5,550
Citations
44
h-index
106
i10-index
18.3
Avg Citations/Paper

Awards & Recognition

Career History

FIM Director

ETH Zurich

Zurich, CH

2019 — Present

Full Professor

ETH-Bereich Hochschulen

Zurich, CH

2016 — Present

Full Professor and R. L. Moore Chair

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, US

2013 — 2016

Full Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, US

2011 — 2013

Associate Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, US

2010 — 2011

Associate Professor and Harrington Faculty Fellow

The University of Texas at Austin Libraries

Austin, US

2009 — 2010

Professor (Professeur Hadamard)

École Polytechnique

Palaiseau, FR

2008 — 2009

Researcher (Chargé de recherche CNRS)

Université Côte d'Azur

Nice, FR

2007 — 2008

Education

Scuola Normale Superiore

Master's degree in Mathematics

2006

Scuola Normale Superiore

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

2004

Research Funding

Regularity and stability results in variational problems

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

2013 — 2019

Regularity and Stability in Partial Differential Equations

European Research Council

2017 — 2023

FRG: Collaborative Research: Vectorial and geometric problems in the calculus of variations

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

2014 — 2018

Analytical and geometrical problems in calculus of variations and partial differential equations

Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences

2010 — 2013

Education

École Normale Supérieure
University of Pisa
Scuola Normale Superiore
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon(doctorate)

Doctoral Advisors

Maria ColomboEric BaerEmanuel IndreiDiego MarconRohit JainJavier MoralesRobin NeumayerYash JhaveriCédric VillaniLuigi Ambrosio

Career Timeline

ETH Zurich?–present
University of Côte d'Azur2007–2008
École polytechnique2008–2009
University of Texas Libraries2009–2010
University of Texas at Austin2010–2011
University of Texas at Austin2011–2013
University of Texas at Austin2013–2016
ETH Domain2016–present

Academy Memberships

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Top Publications

The Monge–Ampère Equation and Its Applications
Zurich Lectures in Advanced Mathematics2017142 citations
A refined Brunn–Minkowski inequality for convex sets
Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré C, Analyse non linéaire200953 citations
Gradient stability for the Sobolev inequality: the case $p\geq 2$
Journal of the European Mathematical Society201842 citations
Geometry of minimizers for the interaction energy with mildly repulsive potentials
Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré C, Analyse non linéaire201733 citations

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