- Education
Master degree in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Catania, December 2006. Thesis title: “Algebre di amalgamazione lungo un ideale”. Supervisor: Prof. Marco D'Anna. Evaluation: 110/110 cum laude.
PhD in Mathematics, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, February 2011. Thesis title: “Amalgamated algebras and the ultrafilter topology on the Zariski space of valuation overrings of an integral domain”. Advisor: Prof. Marco Fontana. Degree committee: Prof Stefania Gabelli (President), Prof. Bruce Olberding, Prof. Alfio Ragusa.
- Academic positions
CURRENT: Post doc position, Institute of Analysis and Number Theory - University of Technology, Graz.
PAST: Post doc position (assegnista di ricerca) in Commutative Algebra, Università degli Studi Roma Tre (February 2011 – January 2012).
Lecturer, University of Rome Tre, Departments of Mathematics, Phisics and Engineering (February 2012 – January 2015).
Post doc position (assegnista di ricerca) in Commutative Algebra, Università degli Studi Roma Tre (February 2015-January 2016).
- Research interests
General Topology, Commutative Ring Theory.
- Conferences, Workshops and Schools
PAST EVENTS: Agosto 2006: SMI Perugia: corsi estivi di Matematica. Algebra and Logic. Invited participant.
22-28 June 2008, Fifth International Fez Conference on Commutative Algebra and Applications. University S. M. Ben Abdellah, Fez, Marocco. Invited participant.
February – June 2010, Semestre di Algebra Commutativa – Roma Tre: Course on Homological Algebra (Prof. Swanson) , Course on Rings of integer-valued polynomials (Prof. Cahen). Invited participant.
19-21 May 2010, Commutative Ring Theory Days 2010, University of Roma Tre. Invited speaker.
31 May – 11 June 2010, School and Workshop on Local Rings and Local Study of Algebraic Varieties, ICTP, Trieste. Generic initial ideals, Hilbert functions and Betti numbers (Prof. Caviglia), Numerical invariants of local rings (Prof. Goto), Integral closures of ideals, rings and modules (Prof. Swanson), Rees algebras of modules from the point of view of equisingularity theory (Prof. Ullrich). Invited participant.
29 November – 3 December 2010, The Third International Meeting on Integer Valued Polynomials and Problems in Commutative Algebra, Marseille. Invited speaker. July 2011 - Workshop on Valuation Theory, Segovia. Introduction to Berkovich analytic spaces (Prof. Ducros), Arc spaces and resolutions (Prof. Reguera), Riemann-Zariski spaces (Prof. Favre). Invited participant.
18-24 July 2011, Second International Conference and Workshop on Valuation Theory, Segovia. Invited speaker. 12-17 September 2011, XIX congresso dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, Bologna. Invited speaker.
4-8 June 2012, Commutative rings and their modules, Bressanone. Invited speaker.
16-18 December 2012 - Mini-courses on commutative rings, integer-valued polynomials and polynomial functions, Graz. Integer-valued polynomials: combinatorial, arithmetical, algebraic, topological and dynamical aspects (Prof. Chabert), Prüfer conditions in rings with zero-divisors (Prof. Glaz), The use of ultrafilters in commutative ring theory (Prof. Loper), Integral closure (Prof. Swanson), Overcoming the difficulties in finite fields caused by small characteristic (Prof. Zhang). Invited participant.
8-22 December 2012, Conference on commutative rings, integer-valued polynomials and polynomial functions in Graz, Austria. Invited speaker.
4 – 7 June 2014, Giornate di Geometria Algebrica e argomenti correlati, Politecnico di Torino. Invited speaker.
8-13 September 2014, INdAM meeting: International meeting on numerical semigroups – Cortona . Invited partecipant.
22 – 26 September 2014, Arithmetic and Ideal Theory of Rings and Semigroups, University of Graz. Invited speaker.
April, 2-5, 2015, Second International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics sponsored by the American Math. Society, Sharjah, UAE. Invited speaker.
April, 2-5, 2015, Second International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics sponsored by the American Math. Society, Sharjah, UAE. Invited speaker.
19-20 March, 2016, AMS meeting, Special session in Commutative Ring Theory. Invited speaker.
May 25-28, 2016. Giornate di Geometria Algebrica ed Argomenti Correlati XIII, Catania. Invited participant.
13-17 June, 2016. Recent advances in Commutative Rings and Module Theory, Bressanone, Italia. Plenary speaker.
3-8 July, 2016. Conference on Rings and Polynomials, University of Technology, Graz. Participant and organizer.
21-23 September, 2016. A workshop in honor of Alfio Ragusa's 70th birthday, University of Catania, invited participant.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 5-10, 2017.The Third Pohang International Conference on Commutative Rings and Algebras, Gyeongju, South Korea
May 25-28, 2016. Giornate di Geometria Algebrica ed Argomenti Correlati XIII, Catania. Invited participant.
13-17 June, 2016. Recent advances in Commutative Rings and Module Theory, Bressanone, Italia. Plenary speaker.
3-8 July, 2016. Conference on Rings and Polynomials, University of Technology, Graz. Participant and organizer.
21-23 September, 2016. A workshop in honor of Alfio Ragusa's 70th birthday, University of Catania, invited participant.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 5-10, 2017.The Third Pohang International Conference on Commutative Rings and Algebras, Gyeongju, South Korea
- Academic and Scientific visits
January – March 2007. University of Roma Tre. Invited by Prof. M. Fontana. Research grant by University of Catania.
March 2009 (one week). University of Catania. Invited by Prof. M. D'Anna.
August – September 2009. Ohio State University. Invited by Prof. K. A. Loper. Reseach grant by INDAM.
August – September 2010. Ohio State University. Invited by Prof. K. A. Loper. Reseach grant by INDAM.
November 2010 – February 2011. University Aix Marseille III. Invited by prof. P. J. Cahen. Research grant by French government.
9-12 June 2011. University of Graz, invited by Dr. Peruginelli.
August 2011. Ohio State University. Invited by Prof. K. A. Loper. Reseach grant by INDAM.
September 2011. University of Storrs. Invited by Prof. S. Glaz. Research grant by INDAM and University of Storrs.
- Academic Services
JOURNAL REFEREEING: Referee for many international journals: Journal of Algebra, Journal of Commutative Algebra, Communications in Algebra, Journal of Algebra and its Applications, Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics.
Reviewer for Math Reviews (MathSciNet) and for Zentralblatt Math.
SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
Member of the Organizing Committee of the conference Commutative Ring Theory Days 2010, Roma.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the conference Commutative rings and their modules 2012, Bressanone.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the conference Conference on Rings and Polynomials, University of Technology, Graz..
Supervisor of undergraduate students in Commutative Ring Theory.
- Scientific Memberships
Member of GNSAGA (Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche, Geometriche e le loro Applicazioni). From 2008 to present.
