Qualified as Full professor ("Professore ordinario")
by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)
(National Scientific Qualification 2017)
Research interests
Dynamical Systems, theory and applications.
Specific fields: Mathematics for Biology and Medicine, Mathematical Epidemiology, Population Dynamics, Optimal Control.
Some specific topics: Information dependent epidemic models, Host-vector interactions, Malaria models, Plant-pathogen interactions, bioreactors.
Departmental coordinator of Erasmus+ programme between the University of Naples Federico II and the University of Iasi, Romania, 2016/17-2020/21
Scientific Projects
Mathematical methods and models in Ecology: aquaculture and phytodepuration plants (Principal Investigator), Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM), 2002-2003
Analysis of two recent methods for global stability and applications to ODE and PDE models in Population Dynamics (Principal Investigator), Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM), 2007-2008
Dynamics of complex systems and applications in Biology and Economics (Principal Investigator), Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM), 2009-2010
FARO Funds for Original Research, University of Naples Federico
II (Member), Jan-Dec 2012
Analysis and Control of Diffusion Processes (Principal Investigator), Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica (GNFM), 2012-2013
Analysis of complex biological systems (Principal Investigator), Local project, Department of Mathematics, University of Naples Federico II, 2015-2016
Local coordinator of project SIES (Strategic Initiatives for the Environment and Security), the National Institute of Advanced Mathematics (INdAM) in partnership with the National
Institute of Geophisics and Volcanology (INGV), 2017-2019 ("progetto premiale FOE2014" funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)).
Coordinator: Vincenzo Vespri.
Zin Mukandavire
(London SHTM
): Cholera in Haiti and Zimbabwe: using mathematical models to understand disease transmission and interventions. Dec. 11, 2014.
Dr. Giorgio Martalò (2017-2019) Post-doc fellow within the project SIES (Strategic Initiatives for the Environment and Security), the National Institute of Advanced Mathematics (INdAM) in partnership with the National
Institute of Geophisics and Volcanology (INGV)
Undergraduate advisory activities
M.Sc. thesis in Mathematics (Tesi di laurea magistrale in Matematica)
B.Sc. thesis in Mathematics (Tesi di laurea in Matematica)
See the advisory activities page for a full list