My research focuses on interacting systems possessing many degrees of freedom: I am interested in nonlinear dynamics, thermalisation and out-of-equilibrium regimes arising in these systems. I tackle my research problems using theoretical approaches coming from turbulence, wave-turbulence, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes and integrable systems, and by performing numerical simulations.

Most of my research is devoted to types of fluids called quantum fluids: in this area, I study the dynamics of topological defects, called quantum vortices, their interplay with wave excitations, and the mechanisms leading to equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium regimes. I also have research interests in water wave dynamics and nonlinear optics, ranging from weakly interacting waves to coherent structures like solitons and breathers sometimes used as rogue wave prototypes. Finally, I conduct research on other nonlinear systems, mainly discrete models like anharmonic chains.

More details about my research can be found on my research website.

I am currently an Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics at the UEA School of Mathematics, but my background is in theoretical physics. I completed a Batchelor's degree in Physics and a Master's degree in Theoretical Physics at the Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy. There I also obtained my PhD in Physics supervised by Prof. Miguel Onorato on a project entitled "Turbulence in open systems: a weakly nonlinear approach". Before being appointed Lecturer at UEA School of Mathematics, I continued to work in Torino with Prof. Miguel Onorato as a postdoctorate research fellow on the project "Extreme Seas" funded by the European Research Council.

More details about my research can be found on my research website.

At the UEA School of Mathematics I lecture / have lectured the following topics:

• Probability Theory
• Special Relativity
• Financial Mathematics
• Fourier Transforms & Method of Characteristics
• Water Theory

For the MAGIC consortium, I also lecture / have lectured the following postgraduate-level topics:

• Introduction to superfluids and turbulence (MAGIC092)
• Numerical methods in Python (MAGIC099)