Current Positions

Senior Lecturer (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)

and

Extraordinary Professor (University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa)



Main Academic Qualifications

Habilitation ASN 2021: in Geometry and Algebra of Full Professor, valid until 25/01/2033.

Habilitation ASN 2021: in Geometry and Algebra of Associate Professor, valid until 01/02/2031.

Habilitation ASN 2018: in Mathematical Physics of Associate Professor, valid until 30/05/2030.

Fellowship: in Geometric Group Theory at IMPA of Rio de Janeiro in 2014.

Postdoc: in Dynamical Systems at Universita' degli Studi di Palermo in 2013.

Postdoc: in Topology at Universita' degli Studi di Palermo in 2010.

Habilitation SICSI:  in Mathematics and Physics at Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in 2009.

PhD: in Mathematics at Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in 2009.

2nd MSc: in Pure Mathematics at Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in 2003.

1st MSc: in Music at Conservatorio Statale di Musica N. Sala of Benevento in 2002.



Languages

Italian , English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and German. Some rudiments of Russian and Farsi.



Fields of interest

Topological Groups, Geometric Group Theory, Probability in Group Theory, Dynamical Systems,

Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Mathematical Models for Music, Lie Theory, Combinatorics,

Algorithmic Music, Counterpoint, Fourier Analysis.



Visiting periods

University of Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany) in 2006-07 and 2011.

Michigan State University (East Lansing, USA) in 2007-08.

University Technology di Malaysia (Johor Bahru, Malaysia) in 2009 and 2011.

Technical University di Darmstadt (Darmstadt, Germany)  in 2007 and 2010.

Universitè de Paris-Sud 11 (Parigi, France) in may 2010.

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in 2013 and 2014

Instituto de Matemàtica Pura e Aplicada (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in 2013 and 2014.

Universita' degli Studi di Udine (Udine, Italy) in 2019.

Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen (Germany) in 2019.

University of Münster (Münster, Germany) in may 2023.

 

Professional membership

Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (Indam, Gruppo GNFM), Unione Matematica Italiana, American Mathematical Society; South African Mathematical Society ; Network of Italian Researchers in the Cape; DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.