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Dept. Mathematics & Applications
University of Milano - Bicocca
Via Cozzi, 53
20125 Milano, ITALY
Building U5, III floor, Room 3065
Email: renzo.ricca@unimib.it
Direct line: (+39) 02 6448 5762
Department: (+39) 02 6448 5755
Fax: (+39) 02 6448 5705
University of Milano - Bicocca
Via Cozzi, 53
20125 Milano, ITALY
Building U5, III floor, Room 3065
Email: renzo.ricca@unimib.it
Direct line: (+39) 02 6448 5762
Department: (+39) 02 6448 5755
Fax: (+39) 02 6448 5705
Curriculum Vitae
March 2012
Renzo Luigi RICCA
Office Address
| - | Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy. |
| - | Telephone (direct line): +39.02.6448 5762. Fax: +39.02.6448 5705. |
| - | Electronic mail: renzo.ricca@unimib.it . URL: http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~ricca . |
Education
| Ph.D. | (Applied Mathematics) (16.07.1994). Trinity College, U. Cambridge. Title: Geometric and topological aspects of vortex filament motion. Supervisor: Professor H.K. Moffatt. |
| M.Sc. | (10.10.1990). Trinity College, U. Cambridge. Advisor: Professor H.K. Moffatt. |
| Laurea | (21.12.1988). Politecnico di Torino. Advisors: Professors M. Germano and M.G. Rasetti. |
Appointments
| 2008 | - to date Professor of Mathematical Physics (Tenured), U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2004 | - 2007 Professor of Mathematical Physics (Fixed-Term), U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 1998 | - 2003 Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, University College London. |
| 1993 | - 1995 University Researcher, Politecnico di Torino. |
| 1992 | - 1997 Research Assistant and Fellow, University College London. |
Visiting Positions
| 2008 | (May), Visiting Professorship, U. Nice Sophia-Antipolis. |
| 2005 | -2007 Senior Visitor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge. |
| 2003 | -2004 Visiting Professor, University College London. |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor, École Normale Superieure, Paris. |
| 2001 | (October-November), JSPS Visiting Fellow, Kyushu University. |
| 2000 | EPSRC Senior Research Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge. |
| 1997 | - 1998, Senior Scientist, ISIS, EC-Joint Research Centre, Ispra. |
| 1996 | (March), 1997 (June-July), 2000 (March-July), Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Geneva. |
| 1992 | Visiting Scientist, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. |
| 1991 | Research Affiliate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara. |
| 1989 | -1992, Research Associate, DAMTP, University of Cambridge. |
International Recognition and Awards
| (i) Awards and Distinctions | |
|---|---|
| 2008 | / 2009 Erasmus Visiting Professorship, U. Nice Sophia-Antipolis. |
| 2007 | - 2008 Lagrange Senior Fellowship, Institute for Scientific Interchange & CRT Foundation, Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy. |
| 2003 | - 2007 "Brain Gain" Program Scholarship ("Incentivazione alla mobilità di studiosi stranieri e italiani residenti all'estero"), Italian Ministry of Education, Italy. |
| 2001 | JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan. |
| 1991 | J.T. Knight Prize (Mathematics). University of Cambridge. |
| 1989 | - 1992 ASP Research Fellowship, ASP, Turin, Italy. |
| (ii) Membership to Scientific Boards and Panels | |
| 2010 | - 2013 Member, International Scientific Committee, IUTAM Symposium "Vortex dynamics: Formation, Structure and Function", Kyushu (Japan), April, 2013 |
| 2010 | - 2012 Reviewer, Coordination and Support Action, FET-Open Scheme, European Commission, Brussels. |
| 2009 | Member, Advisory Board, Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Cambridge (UK). |
| (iii) Entries in Biographical Records | |
| 2008 | Man of the Year in Science. American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, NC, USA. |
| 2006 | - to date Outstanding Scientists of the XXI Century. Intnl. Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK. |
| 2004 | - to date Who's Who in Science & Technology. Marquis Pubs., New York, USA. |
| 2002 | - to date Who's Who in the World. Marquis Pubs., New York, USA. |
| (iv) Membership to Learned Societies | |
| New York Acad. Sci. (1998), EUROMECH (1996), AMS (1996), UMI (1994), LMS (1990). | |
Organization and Direction of International Programs
| (i) Long-Term Programs | |
|---|---|
| 2011 | (May-July) Knots and Applications. 3-month program, Scientific Director and Principal Organizer. Mathematics Research Centre "Ennio De Giorgi", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| 2000 | (September-December) Geometry and Topology of Fluid Flows. 4-month, Program Organizer. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge. |
| (ii) Summer Schools, Workshops and International Conferences | |
| 2011 | (July) Topological Dynamics in Physics and Biology. Workshop. Principal Organizer and Chair. Mathematics Research Centre "Ennio De Giorgi", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| 2011 | (July) Knots and Links: from Form to Function. ESF-EMS-CRM Conference Principal Organizer and Chair. Mathematics Research Centre "Ennio De Giorgi", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| 2011 | (May) Knots and links: from theory to applications. Pedagogical School. Principal Organizer and Chair. Mathematics Research Centre "Ennio De Giorgi", Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| 2011 | (June) Topological Fluid Mechanics. CIME Summer School Scientific Director. International Mathematical Summer Center, CIME Foundation, UMI, Italy. |
| 2000 | (October) LMS Spitalfields Days: In Search of the Ideal Knot. Organizer. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge. |
| 2000 | (September) Pedagogical Workshop on the Geometry and Topology of Fluid Flows. NATO-ASI Scientific director. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge. |
| 1996 | (May) UK-MHD Meeting. Meeting organizer. University College London. |
Invited Lectures at International Conferences and Meetings
| (i) Plenary Talks/Keynote Lectures | |
|---|---|
| 2012 | (March) Tackling structural complexity in vortex dynamics. Intnl. Conf. "Vortices and solitons in classical and quantum fluids", CIRM, Marseille, France. |
| 2011 | (September) Energy-complexity relations by structural complexity methods. "Int. Symp. on Complex Systems", ICNAAM 2011, Halkidiki, Greece. |
| 2011 | (July) On the groundstate energy spectrum of magnetic knots. ESF-EMS-ERCOM Intnl. Conf. "Knots and Links: from Form to Function". Ennio De Giorgi Mathematics Research Centre, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| 2010 | (June) Topological dynamics by structural complexity analysis. "6th Intnl. Conf. on Dynamical Systems and Applications", Antalya, Turkey. |
| (ii) Contributions to International Programmes and Summer Schools | |
| 2007 | (September) 1 Lecture. Summer School on "Meeting Mathematics and Physics". MatNet & U. Bergamo, San Pellegrino, Italy. |
| 2001 | (June) 5 Lectures. CIME Summer School on "Topological Fluid Mechanics". Unione Matematica Italiana, Cetraro, Italy. |
| 2000 | (June) 3 Lectures. Summer School on "Geometric and Topological Methods in Dynamical Systems". University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France. |
| 1998 | (September) 4 Lectures. EC Summer School on "Turbulence and Applications". Landau Network and EC-JRC Ispra, Centre "A. Volta", Como, Italy. |
| 1996 | (May) 4 Lectures. Summer School on "Vortex and Flux Tubes: Observations, Stability, Topology". Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, France. |
| 1995 | (December) 2 Lectures. Workshop on "Mathematical Methods in Materials Science". IAC-CNR, Rome, Italy. |
| 1995 | (May) 3 Lectures. Workshop on "Geometry and Topology in Low Dimensions". Scuola Normale Superiore and University of Pisa, Italy. |
| (iii) Contributions to Special International Events | |
| 2005 | (April) Magnetic knots and minimal braids. "Turbulence, Twist and Treacle - Meeting in Celebration of 70th Birthday of H.K. Moffatt". Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK. |
| 2003 | (November) Energy-complexity relations for vortex flows. Colloquium in Honor of J.J. Moreau, Laboratoire de Méchanique et Genie Civil, U. Montpellier II. |
| 2000 | (May) From Kelvin vortex knots to turbulence. "IMA World Mathematical Year Millennium Event." The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, London. |
| (iv) Contributions to Meetings of Learned Societies | |
| 2009 | (March) Topology bounds the energy of knots and links. Edinburgh Mathematical Society meeting, Dundee, U.K.. |
| (v) Regular Contributions | |
| 2010 | (May) New lower bounds on the energy of knots and braids. "8th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications", Special Session on "Magnetohydrodynamics: Mathematical Problems and Astrophysical Applications", Dresden, Germany. |
| 2010 | (May) Vortex dynamics estimates by structural complexity analysis. "8th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications", Special Session on "New Trends in Mathematical Fluid Dynamics", Dresden, Germany. |
| 2009 | (May) Topology bounds the energy of knots and links. Intnl. Conf. on "Knots and Applications", ICTP, Trieste, Italy. |
| 2008 | (September) On the groundstate energy of knotted magnetic flux tubes. "EURO MHD 2008". Nice, France. |
| 2008 | (May) Detecting structural complexity: from visiometrics to genomics and brain research. "MathKnow08". Politecnico di Milano, Italy. |
| 2008 | (April) From Da Rios' equations to integrable vortex dynamics. "II Workshop on Nonlinearity & Geometry: Darboux Days". Bedlewo, Poland. |
| 2006 | (March) Twist and fold modeling of supercoiled filaments. "Knots and Macromolecules". Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy. |
| 2005 | (September) Measures of structural complexity for vortex flows. "Singularities, coherent structures and their role in intermittent turbulence". Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, UK. |
| 2005 | (June) From vortex rings, to knots and links. "Vortex Rings and Filaments in Classical and Quantum Systems". International Center Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. |
| 2002 | (July) On Kelvin's vortex knots. Workshop on "Geometry, Symmetry and Mechanics". Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, UK. |
| 2001 | (December) In search of symmetries in magnetic knots. Symposium on "Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry". Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, UK. |
| 2001 | (January) From fluid knots to complex systems. MAA "Knots in Science". MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, USA. |
| 2000 | (November) Asymptotic potential theory for slender tubes, intrinsic kinematics and minimal surfaces. "BRIMS Day". Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK. |
| 2000 | (October) A history of Kelvin's vortex knots. "Spitalfields Day". Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK. |
| 1998 | (August) Topological ideas in vortex dynamics. Conference "Knots in Hellas '98". Delphi, Greece. |
| 1997 | (June) Inflexional disequilibrium of elastic and magnetic knots. Workshop on "Mathematics and Mechanics for Materials Science and Molecular Biology". Capri, Italy. |
| 1995 | (June) Inflexional disequilibrium of elastic and magnetic knots. Workshop on "Mathematics and Mechanics for Materials Science and Molecular Biology". Capri, Italy. |
| 1994 | (May) The Calugareanu invariant in topological fluid mechanics. Conference on "Romania and Romanians in Contemporary Science". Sinaia, Romania. |
| 1990 | (June) Invariants of the Da Rios-Betchov equations. Symposium on "Generation of Large-Scale Structures in Continuous Media". Perm, Soviet Union. |
Other Contributions to Meetings
| (i) Lectures and Oral Contributions at International Conferences | |
|---|---|
| 2009 | (August) Topology bounds the energy of knots and links. "XVI ICMP". Prague, Check Republic. |
| 2007 | (July) A new Stretch-Twist-Fold model for fast dynamo. "ICIAM '07". Zürich, Switzerland. |
| 2006 | (January) Twist and fold modeling for DNA supercoiling. I FIMA Int. Conf. "Models and Methods for Human Genomics". Champoluc-Ayas, Italy. |
| 2005 | (August) Linear and angular momentum of a vortex tangle. "High Reynolds Number Vortex Interactions". Tolouse, France. |
| 2003 | (June) Energy-complexity relations for vortex flows. "Fluxes and Structures in Fluids". Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| 2002 | (July) Measuring structural complexity of fluid flows. "Fundamentals of Vortices, Convection and Turbulence in Rotating Flows". Dpt. Mech. Eng., University College London. |
| 2000 | (August) Relaxation of magnetic knots. "XVI IMACS World Congress". Lausanne, Switzerland. |
| (ii) Minor Contributions | |
| 2007 | (October) Detecting structural complexity by computational fluid dynamics - Round Table. "CAPI2007". CILEA, Politecnico di Milano. |
| 2006 | (February) Modern developments in mathematical biology. "Mathematical Modeling and Systems Biology". Canavese Bio-industry Park, Ivrea, Italy. |
Fund-Raising and Research-Related Activities
| (i) Funded Research Projects | |
|---|---|
| 2010 | INdAM-ESF funding for Intensive Research Trimester Knots and Applications (principal applicant and organizer, U. Milano-Bicocca). |
| 2006 | - 2010 MIUR COFIN 2006-PRIN Project: Geometric Methods in the Theory of Non-Linear Waves and Applications (B.A. Dubrovin principal investigator, SISSA-Trieste). |
| 2004 | - 2006 MIUR COFIN 2004-PRIN Project: Mathematical Models for DNA Dynamics M2×D2 (G. Gaeta principal investigator, U. Milano). |
| 2003 | - 2007 MIUR Research Project: Measures of Complexity and Energy for Fluid Systems (principal investigator, U. Milano-Bicocca). |
| 2001 | - 2004 The Royal Society of London, Joint Research Project: Physical Knots (principal investigator, U. Lausanne). |
| 2000 | London Math. Society, Collaborative grant: Vortex Knots in Ideal Fluids (X. He principal investigator, U. Warwick). |
| 1998 | - 1999 Swiss National Science Foundation, Project: Knot Theory and Applied Topology (C. Weber principal investigator, U. Geneva). |
| 1998 | PPARC, Project: The Energy and Topology of Coronal Magnetic Fields (M.A. Berger principal investigator, UCL). |
| 1997 | UK-USA NSF, Project: Topology in Heliosphere (A. Ruzmaikin principal investigator, JPL, Pasadena). |
| 1994 | The Leverhulme Trust, Project: Energetic and Topological Aspects of Magnetic Field Structures (M.A. Berger principal investigator, UCL). |
| 1994 | PPARC, Project: The Structure and Energy of Coronal Magnetic Fields (M.A. Berger principal investigator, UCL). |
| (ii) Research Assessment and Peer Refereeing | |
| - Assessor/reviewer of grant proposals and projects: NSF (USA), EPSRC (UK), EC-FET (EU). | |
| - Referee for primary journals: J. Fluid Mech., J. Knot Theory Ram., Phys. Fluids, GAFD, Phys. Rev. Lett., Proc. R. Soc. A, Phys. Rev. E, and others. | |
| - Referee for scientific publishers: Imperial College Press (London, UK). | |
| - Reviewer for scientific journals: Mathematika. | |
Teaching and Examination
| (i) Doctorate Courses (III level) | |
|---|---|
| 2009 | (Winter) "An Introduction to Topological Magnetohydrodynamics", Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, U. Nice Sophia Antipolis. |
| 2008 | (Spring) "Geometric and Topological Vortex Dynamics", Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, U. Nice Sophia Antipolis. |
| 2008 | (Spring) "Physical Applications of Knot Theory", Department of Methods and Models for Mathematics, U. Rome "La Sapienza". |
| 2006 | (Spring) "Physical Applications of Knot Theory", Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino. |
| 2005 | (Spring) "Elements of Topological Fluid Mechanics", Department of Mathematics and Applications, U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2002 | (Spring) "An Introduction to Geometric and Topological Magnetohydrodynamics", Department of Advanced Science and Technology, U. Piemonte Orientale. |
| 2001 | (Spring) "Seven Lectures on Topological Fluid Mechanics" Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University (also at Osaka City U., Nagoya U., Tokyo U., RIMS-Kyoto and NIFS-Toki). |
| 2000 | (Spring) "Geometric and Topological Aspects of Fluid Dynamics", U. Geneva. |
| (ii) Master Courses (II level) | |
| 2009 | - 11 Applied Mathematics (BioInformatics), U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2004 | - 08 Physical Theories and Mathematical Models, U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2003 | Mathematical Methods III (M241), UCL. |
| 1994 | - 98 Mathematical Methods (Hydrogeology), University College London. |
| 1995 | (April) Geometric Methods in Fluid Mechanics. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. |
| (iii) Undergraduate Courses (I level) | |
| 2010 | - to date Mathematical Models and Differential Equations, U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2008 | - to date Mathematics (Biology), U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2008 | - 11 Mathematics II (Chemistry), U. Milano-Bicocca. |
| 2003 | Elementary Mathematics (A1A), UCL. |
| 2002 | Mathematics (B51B, Economics, Statistics), UCL. |
| 1997 | - 98 Mathematics (A3, Physical Sciences), UCL. |
| 1997 | - 98 Mathematical Methods (B6, Chemistry), UCL. |
