CURRICULUM VITAE Sergio Simonella Zentrum Mathematik, TU München, Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching, Germany Tel: +49(89)28917086 (office), +49(176)65222728 (mobile) Webpage: sergiosimonella.wordpress.com E-mail: s.simonella@tum.de Personal data Born April 8, 1984 in Rome, Italy Citizenship: Italian, Spanish Languages: Italian and Spanish (mother), English (fluent), German (B2), French (learning). Education - Laurea in Physics, Università di Roma La Sapienza, September 2008 Thesis title: Borel summability of a scalar planar field theory in four dimensions Thesis advisor: Giovanni Gallavotti - Ph.D. in Mathematics, Università di Roma La Sapienza, December 2011 Thesis title: BBGKY Hierarchy for Hard Sphere Systems Thesis advisor: Giovanni Gallavotti. Positions held, awards - Research Fellow, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, 05 11/2012 - INdAM-COFUND Marie Curie Fellow (outgoing fellowship, program 2008 call 3, ranked 1st), TU Munich and Sapienza Univ. of Rome, 12 2012/11 2014 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WIAS, Berlin, 12 2014/ 05 2015 - Research Fellow, TU Munich, as of 06 2015 [Principal Investigator of the DFG (German Research Foundation) project 269134396 Mathematical Analysis of Dilute Classical Gases ] Research interests Mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, kinetic theory, stochastic analysis. In particular: - constructive quantum field theory, renormalization group - dynamics of particles and measures for equilibrium and non equilibrium systems - BBGKY hierarchies of equations - microscopic derivation of Fourier s law - Boltzmann equation, Landau equation, Vlasov equation, Kac process 1
- derivation of effective equations from interacting deterministic or random systems - fluctuation theory, central limit theorem - cluster dynamics - coagulation equations, coalescence processes - percolation theory Publications Articles published or accepted for publication (1) M. Porta and S. Simonella. Borel Summability of ϕ 4 4 Planar Theory via Multiscale Analysis. Rev. Math. Phys., 22, 9, 2010. (2) G. Genovese and S. Simonella. On the stationary BBGKY hierarchy for equilibrium states. J. Stat. Phys., 148, 1, 89 112, 2012. (3) S. Simonella. Evolution of correlation functions in the hard sphere dynamics. J. Stat. Phys., 155, 6, 1191 1221, 2014. (4) M. Pulvirenti, C. Saffirio and S. Simonella. On the validity of the Boltzmann equation for short range potentials. Rev. Math. Phys., 26, 2, 2014. (5) K. Aoki, M. Pulvirenti, S. Simonella and T.Tsuji. Backward Clusters, Hierarchy and Wild Sums for a Hard Sphere System in a Low Density Regime. Math. Mod. and Meth. in App. Sci., 25, 5, 995 1010, 2015. (6) S. Simonella and H. Spohn. Review: From Newton to Boltzmann: Hard Spheres and Short-range Potentials Bull. Amer. Math. Society 52, 533-538, 2015. (7) M. Pulvirenti and S. Simonella. On the evolution of the empirical measure for the Hard- Sphere dynamics. Bull. Inst. Math. Academia Sinica, 10, 2, 171-204, 2015. (8) R. I. A. Patterson, S. Simonella and W. Wagner. Kinetic Theory of Cluster Dynamics. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 335, 26 32, 2016. (9) M. Pulvirenti and S. Simonella. Propagation of Chaos and Effective Equations in Kinetic Theory: a Brief Survey. Math. and Mech. of Complex Systems 4, 3, 255 274, 2016. (10) T. Bodineau, I. Gallagher, L. Saint-Raymond and S. Simonella. One-sided convergence in the Boltzmann-Grad limit. Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse Math., to appear. (11) M. Pulvirenti and S. Simonella. The Boltzmann Grad limit of a hard sphere system: analysis of the correlation error. Inventiones, 207, 3, 1135-1237, 2017. In progress (12) A. di Stefano and S. Simonella. Central Limit Theorem for chaotic states in a rarefied gas. Preprint, 2016. (13) R. I. A. Patterson, S. Simonella and W. Wagner. A kinetic equation for the distribution of interaction clusters in rarefied gases. Preprint, 2016. 2
(14) M. Pulvirenti, S. Simonella and A. Trushechkin. Microscopic solutions of the Boltzmann- Enskog equation in the series representation. Preprint in preparation. (15) L. Desvillettes, C. Saffirio and S. Simonella. A derivation of the linear Boltzmann-Vlasov equation from particle systems. Preprint in preparation. (16) A. Nota, S. Simonella, J. J. L. Velázquez. On the theory of Lorentz gases with long range interactions. Preprint in preparation. (17) T. Paul, M. Pulvirenti, S. Simonella. On the size of kinetic chaos for mean field models. Preprint in preparation. Theses (1) S. Simonella. Teoria di campo scalare planare in quattro dimensioni e problemi di Borel sommabilità. Master s Thesis, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, September 2008. (2) S. Simonella. BBGKY hierarchy for Hard Sphere Systems. PhD Thesis, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, December 2011. Teaching material (1) S. Simonella. Il programma di Grad in Teorie Cinetiche: Teorema di Lanford. Lecture notes for the doctoral course Kinetic Theories, Sapienza Univ. Rome, March 2015 (in italian). Scientific collaborators Prof. K. Aoki (Kyoto Univ.), Prof. T. Bodineau (École Polyt. Paris), Prof. L. Desvillettes (Univ. Paris Diderot), Dr. A. Di Stefano (Sapienza Univ. of Rome), Prof. I. Gallagher (Univ. Paris Diderot), Prof. G. Gallavotti (Univ. Rome and Rutgers Univ.), Dr. G. Genovese (UZH), Prof. S. Kawano (Osaka Univ.), Dr. A. Nota (HCM Bonn) Dr. R. I. A. Patterson (WIAS Berlin), Prof. T. Paul (École Polyt. Paris), Prof. M. Pulvirenti (Sapienza Univ. of Rome), Dr. M. Porta (UZH), Dr. C. Saffirio (UZH), Prof. L. Saint-Raymond (ENS Paris), Prof. B. Schlein (UZH), Prof. M. Shirai (Osaka Univ.), Prof. H. Spohn (TU Munich), Prof. T. Tsuji (Osaka Univ.), Prof. A. Trushechkin (SMIRAS Moscow), Prof. J. Velázquez (HCM Bonn), Prof. W. Wagner (WIAS Berlin). Teaching experience - Teaching associate: Rational Mechanics, Università di Roma Tre, Physics Dep. (Spring 2010). - Teaching assistance at Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza and Università di Roma Tre, 2008-2010: Partial Differential Equations; Rational Mechanics. - Teaching associate: Analysis; Calculus. Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Math. Department (Fall 2012). - Doctoral course Kinetic Theories, Sapienza Univ. Rome (March 2015). 3
Invited Talks - Borel summability of ϕ 4 4 planar theory via multiscale analysis, 104-th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, December 2010 (short talk). - The BBGKY Hierarchy for Hard Sphere Systems, Rome Università La Sapienza, November 2011. - The BBGKY Hierarchy for Hard Sphere Systems, Rome Università di Roma Tre, December 2011. - On the validity of the Boltzmann equation for short range potentials, Rome Università La Sapienza, December 2012. - On the validity of the Boltzmann equation for short range potentials, workshop Problemi Matematici delle Teorie Cinetiche e Applicazioni, Catania, February 2013. - On the rigorous validity of the Boltzmann equation, Munich TU, June 2013. - On the validity of the Boltzmann equation for short range potentials, workshop Kinetic Description of Multiscale Phenomena, Heraklion, June 2013. - On the validity of the Boltzmann equation for short range potentials, Munich LMU, July 2013. - The correlation error in the Boltzmann Grad limit, Univ. of Zurich, April 2014. - Analysis of the error in the Boltzmann Grad limit, Levi Civita lecture, Rome, October 2014. - The correlation error in the Boltzmann-Grad limit, conference Kinetic Equations, CIRM Marseille, November 2014. - Analysis of the error and statistics of clusters in the Boltzmann Grad limit, HCM Bonn, November 2014. - Analysis of the error and statistics of clusters in the Boltzmann Grad limit, TU Berlin, December 2014. - Cluster dynamics in the Boltzmann gas, WIAS Berlin, December 2014. - Analysis of the error and statistics of clusters in the Boltzmann Grad limit, 112-th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, December 2014. - Grad s program in Kinetic Theory. The Theorem of Lanford, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, March 2015. - Analysis of the error and statistics of clusters in the Boltzmann Grad limit, XVIII International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Santiago de Chile, July-August 2015. - Coagulation processes with gelling solutions in the gas dynamics of Kac, workshop Stochastic Limit Analysis of Reacting Particle Systems, WIAS Berlin, December 2015. - Evolution of marginals in the hard sphere system, Institut Henri Poincaré, April 2016. - The Boltzmann equation: mathematical validity and cluster dynamics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, September 2016. - The Boltzmann equation: mathematical validity and cluster dynamics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 2016. - Collisional clusters and chaos, workshop Kinetic Theory and its neighbours, GSSI L Aquila, October 2016. - Collisions and correlation in the Boltzmann-Grad limit, Rome Università di Roma Tor Vergata, October 2016. - Collisions and chaos in the Boltzmann-Grad limit, Vienna University, January 2017. - Collisional clusters and chaos, UMPA Lyon, March 2017. 4
Visits - Rutgers University, invited by Prof. J. Lebowitz (Fall 2010). - Technische Universität München, invited by Prof. H. Spohn (June 2012). - Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, invited by Prof. M. Pulvirenti (Sep. 2013, Feb. 2014). - Univ. of Zurich, invited by Prof. B. Schlein (April 2014). - Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, invited by Prof. M. Pulvirenti (Apr. 2014, July 2014). - École normale supérieure - Paris, invited by Prof. L. Saint-Raymond (March-April 2016). - Université Paris Diderot, invited by Prof. L. Desvillettes and Prof. I. Gallagher (March-April 2016). - Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, invited by Prof. M. Pulvirenti (June 2016). - HCM Bonn, invited by Prof. J. Velázquez (July 2016). - WIAS Berlin, invited by Prof. W. Wagner (July 2016). - Sapienza Univ. of Rome, invited by Prof. M. Pulvirenti (October 2016). - Université Paris Diderot, invited by Prof. L. Desvillettes and Prof. I. Gallagher (January- February 2017). - HCM Bonn, invited by Prof. J. Velázquez (March 2017). - UMPA Lyon, invited by Prof. L. Saint-Raymond (March 2017). Conferences and Workshops - Workshop Matematica e Teoria dei Campi, Università di Tor Vergata, Rome, June 2008. - Sviluppi recenti in Fisica Matematica, Università dell Aquila, February 2009. - XVI International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Prague, August 2009. - Mathematical aspects of Quantum Electrodynamics, IHP, Paris, June 2010. - Les Houches summer school: Quantum Theory from small to large scales, Les Houches, August 2010. - CIME summer school Quantum Many Body Systems, Cetraro, September 2010. - 11-th Granada Seminar Non equilibrium Statistical Physics, La Herradura, September 2010. - Seminal Interactions between Physics and Mathematics, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, September 2010. - 104-th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, December 2010. - Boltzmann equation. In memory of Carlo Cercignani, IHP, Paris, February 2011. - Spring School Kinetic Theory and Fluid Mechanics, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, March 2012. - Mechanics: classical, statistical and quantum. In honor of the 70th birthday of Giovanni Gallavotti, Sapienza, Rome, July 2012. - Workshop Interacting Particle Systems and Related Topics, Florence, August 2012. - Five decades of Theoretical Physics: Looking forward looking backward (in honor of Francesco Guerra), Rome, September 2012. - Conference Recent Developments in the Mathematical Analysis of Large Systems, ESI, Vienna, October 2012. - Winter School in Probabilities: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, CIRM, Marseille, February 2013. 5
- Workshop Problemi Matematici delle Teorie Cinetiche e Applicazioni, Catania, February 2013. - Workshop Kinetic Description of Multiscale Phenomena, Heraklion, June 2013. - Conference Nonequilibrium Problems in Physics and Mathematics, Ascona, June 2014. - Workshop Scaling limits and effective theories in classical and quantum mechanics, ESI, Vienna, September 2014. - Rencontre Kinetic Equations, CIRM, Marseille, November 2014. - 112-th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, December 2014. - XVIII International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Santiago de Chile, July 2015. - Workshop Stochastic Limit Analysis of Reacting Particle Systems, WIAS Berlin, December 2015. - Conference Mathematical Topics in Kinetic Theory, CMS Cambridge, May 2016. - Conference Varadhan 75, TU Berlin, August 2016. - Conference Kinetic Theory and its neighbours, GSSI L Aquila, October 2016. - Workshop Large Scale Stochastic Dynamics, MF Oberwolfach, November 2016. - 117-th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, NJ, to be held in May 2017. - Conference Recent advances on particle systems in kinetic theory, UT Austin, to be held in May 2017. - International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis: Kinetic Theory, Gas Dynamics, and Related Fields, Academia Sinica - Taipei, to be held in October 2017 - Workshop Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems, MF Oberwolfach, to be held in December 2017. - International workshop on kinetic theory and related topics, Sanya, June 2018. Further mathematical activities - Referee activity for more than 20 papers in several peer reviewed journals in mathematics and physics. - Organizer of the workshops: Scaling limits and effective theories in classical and quantum mechanics, ESI Vienna, September 2014 (with C. Saffirio, B. Schlein); Macroscopic limits of quantum systems, TU Munich, to be held in 2017 (with D. Cadamuro, M. Duell, W. Dybalski). - Research supervision. N. Catapano (PhD, Sapienza Univ. of Rome); Dr. A. di Stefano (postdoc, Sapienza Univ. of Rome), 2013/2016. - Teaching assistance at exams, TU München (2015/2017). 6