Renzo L. Ricca

In 2011 I am invited to become a Reviewer of the Thalis Research Programme of the Greek Ministry of Education and I start to report on major project grants (2-6 yrs.) on geometric topology and applications to mathematical physics, contributing to help the Greek mathematical sciences community to establish and promote further international collaborations and excellence in mathematical research and applications.

In 2010 I become an Evaluator of the FET- Open Scheme of the European Commission and I start to report on major project grants (1-3 yrs.) on Future Emerging Technologies, that involve the implementation of advanced visiometric and diagnostic tools based on applications of geometric and topological ideas to direct numerical simulations of the evolution of real fluid flows.

In 2010 I become a Member of the International Scientific Committee of the IUTAM Symposium on "Vortex dynamics: Formation, Structure and Function" (Kyushu, Japan - April, 2013), one of the most important conferences worldwide in vortex dynamics.

In 2009 I become Scientific Advisor of the 6-month programme on "Topological Dynamics in Physical and Biological Sciences" (Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Cambridge, UK – August-December, 2012).

In 2008 I am Erasmus Visiting Professor at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, where I give a doctoral course on "Topological fluid dynamics".

In 2007 I am elected Lagrange Senior Fellow of the Institute for Scientific Interchange & CRT Foundation at Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy, where I develop a research programme on energy-complexity aspects of magnetic fields with possible applications to astrophysical flows and solar coronal fields.

In 2003-2007 I am awarded a "Brain Gain" Scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Education, to return to Italy as an Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics, for work on structural complexity methods and applications to fluid flows.

In 2001 I am awarded a JSPS Invitation Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to give a series of lectures in several Japanese universities.

In 1993 I am elected Member of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In 1992 I am invited to my first public lecture in a memorable workshop on "Topology of Magnetic Fields" at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge, UK). Sitting in the audience are V.I. Arnold, H.K. Moffatt, E. Priest, M. Berry and many others internationally re-known scientists.

In 1991 I am awarded the J.T. Knight Prize in Mathematics by the University of Cambridge, for a piece of work on the geometric interpretation of soliton invariants in 1+1 integrable systems.

In 1989 I am elected Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In the 80's I attend my first international conferences in mathematical sciences. The very first on "Modern Developments in Analytical Mechanics" (Torino, 1982) provides the rare opportunity to get to know in a single occasion several outstanding mathematicians, including A. Lichnerowicz, P. Germain, J.E. Marsden and L. I Sedov. A few years later, thanks to the interest of Professor T. Regge on my work on the kinematics of strings in higher dimensions, I am invited to attend the "1st Torino Meeting on Superunification and Extra Dimensions" (1985), where the world of string theory in its infancy met and discussed some of the key issues, now at the core of the contemporary "Theory of Everything".