09/1978–04/1984 Undergraduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering at Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
10/1985–10/1986 Master of Science in Finite Element Methods in Engineering Analysis and Design, Institute for Numerical Methods in Engineering, University College of Swansea (UK). Supervisor: Prof. Ken Morgan
01/1987, 02/1989 Ph.D, Institute for Numerical Methods in Engineering, University College of Swansea (UK). Thesis title: A finite element algorithm for modelling of compressible flow. Supervisor: Prof. Ken Morgan
Professional career
1989/1994 Senior researcher at the Computational Aeronautics office of Alenia Aeronautica SpA, Divisione Velivoli Difesa, Turin, Italy
1994/1998 Senior researcher at the Applied Mathematics unit of CRS4 (Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna), Cagliari, Italy
1999/2002 First Assistant to the Chair of Numerical Modelling and Scientific Computing of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
2002/2006 Associate Professor of Numerical Analysis, MOX Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2006/now Professor of Numerical Analysis, MOX Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Mesh adaptation for the finite element method. Anisotropic error estimates. Mesh generation and adaptation.
Numerical solution of fluid flow problems. Fluid-structure interaction problems.
Main scientific responsibilities
Member of the Academic Board (Collegio di Dottorato) of the PhD Program “Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering” (formerly “Ingegneria Matematica”) of Politecnico di Milano
Member of the Scientific Board of Poliedra, Politecnico di Milano
Member of the evaluation panel for the Chilean Milenio Science Initiative
President of SIMAI (Italian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
Program Director of the SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences