Field of Activity

Fields of Interest

• Mathematical and numerical methods in kinetic theory of rarefied gases
• Granular gases
• Statistical Mechanics
• Diffusion equations
• Hyperbolic systems and applications
• Mathematical modeling in socio-economic and related  problems

Chairman of International Conferences

• Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics. (Salice Terme, Italy, 1988)
• II International Workshop on Nonlinear Kinetic Theory and Mathematical Aspects of Hyperbolic Systems. (Sanremo, Italy, 1994)
• Joint TMR Conference on Hyperbolic and Kinetic Problems. (S. Margherita Ligure, Italy, 1999)
• Workshop on Modelling and Numerics of  Kinetic Dissipative Systems: Cooling, Clustering, and Pattern Formation.  (Lipari, Italy, 2004)
• Workshop on Analysis and Numerics of  Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Modelling for the Environment and the Economy.  (Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, 2005)
• Workshop on Kinetic and Macroscopic Modeling for Socio-Economic and Related Problems. (Vigevano, Italy, 2008)