Alessio Figalli | |
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.jpg) Figalli in 2019 | |
| Born | 2 April 1984 Rome, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa École normale supérieure de Lyon |
| Spouse | Mikaela Iacobelli |
| Awards | Peccot Lectures (2012) EMS Prize (2012) Stampacchia Medal (2015) Feltrinelli Prize (2017) Fields Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich University of Texas at Austin École Polytechnique University of Nice Sophia Antipolis |
| Thesis | Optimal transportation and action-minimizing measures (2007) |
| Doctoral advisor | Luigi Ambrosio Cédric Villani |
| Doctoral students | Maria Colombo |
Alessio Figalli (Italian: [aˈlɛssjo fiˈɡalli]; born 2 April 1984) is an Italian mathematician working primarily on calculus of variations and partial differential equations.
He was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize and the Peccot Lectures in 2012, the EMS Prize in 2012,[1] the Stampacchia Medal in 2015,[2] the Feltrinelli Prize in 2017, and the Fields Medal in 2018. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2014.[3] In 2016 he was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant, and in 2018 he received the Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Université Côte d'Azur. In 2019, he received the Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
- ^ "6th European Congress of Mathematics" (PDF). European mathematical Society. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "2015 Stampacchia Medal winner citation" (PDF).
- ^ "ICM 2014". Archived from the original on 6 November 2014.