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CNR-IOM, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) | Trieste, Italy
I am a theoretical physicist in quantum many-body systems, mostly interested in electronic properties of quantum materials, a rather fancy way to refer to strongly correlated systems and (interacting) topological insulators. My work focuses on developing and applying advanced computational methods to investigate complex quantum many-body problems, drawing conclusions about systems
not falling under the conventional one-body (a proxy for weakly interacting) description.
- Strongly Correlated Systems: Investigating Mott transitions, (unconventional) superconductivity or quantum magnetism.
- Topological Matter: Exploring the interplay between electronic correlations and topological properties of electrons.
- Computational Physics: Developing high-performance algorithms for quantum many-body systems, e.g. Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT), Exact Diagonalization (ED) or Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG).
- Non-Equilibrium Dynamics: Studying the temporal evolution of interacting systems under external drives or quenches.
I bridge the gap between theoretical physics and high-performance software engineering, focusing on the development of robust, object-oriented scientific libraries.
- Fortran: My primary language for high-performance computing. I advocate for and utilize modern Fortran (2003/2008/2018) paradigms, focusing on object-oriented structures to manage complexity in scientific codes.
- Python: Extensively used for data post-processing, sophisticated visualization, and rapid prototyping of analysis pipelines.
- HPC & Algorithms: Specialized in the development of scalable solvers and mathematical libraries for many-body physics.
| Project | Description | Language |
|---|---|---|
| SciFortran | A comprehensive library for mathematics, science, and engineering in modern Fortran—aiming to provide the same utility for Fortran that SciPy provides for Python. | Fortran |
| EDIpack | A generic and interoperable high-performance Lanczos-based Exact Diagonalization solver for quantum impurity problems. | Fortran |
| nssDMRG | A scalable parallel DMRG engine for interacting models in 1D, featuring entanglement-based distributed wavefunctions. | Fortran |
- Affiliation: CNR-IOM / SISSA, Trieste.
- Publications: Google Scholar
“In the midst of complexity, find simplicity.”
"Not all those who wanders are lost."
“It’s not what you can do for 5 minutes. It’s what you can do for 5 minutes after 5 hours"
“I prefer the struggle of the climb over the deception of the descent.”
"On fait la science avec des faits, comme on fait une maison avec des pierres ; mais une accumulation de faits n'est pas plus une science qu'un tas de pierres n'est une maison."
"Penetrare in se stessi e per ore non incontrare nessuno, – questo si deve poter raggiungere. Essere soli come s’era soli da bambini."
"le cose sono come sono, non come vorremmo che fossero."
"Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand."
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom; for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough."
"Se piove mi bagno. Questo non vuol dire che ci sia un interplay tra me e l'acqua."
"Qualsiasi cosa tu faccia sarà insignificante. Ma è molto importante che tu la faccia, perchè nessun altro la farà."
"Se vuoi le risposte giuste, devi farti le domande giuste."