Alessandra Lunardi (born 1958) is an Italian mathematician specializing in

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series ( ...

. She is a professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at the

University of Parma The University of Parma () is a public university located in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Organized into nine departments, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. As of 2016, it had approximately 26,000 students. History During the ...

. She is particularly interested in

Kolmogorov equations In probability theory, Kolmogorov equations characterize continuous-time Markov processes. In particular, they describe how the probability of a continuous-time Markov process in a certain state changes over time. There are four distinct equatio ...

and free boundary problems.

Education and career

Lunardi was educated at the

University of Pisa The University of Pisa (, UniPi) is a public university, public research university in Pisa, Italy. Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Together with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced S ...

, completing her undergraduate studies there in 1980 and earning a Ph.D. there in 1983. Her dissertation, ''Analyticity of the maximal solution to fully nonlinear equations in Banach spaces'', was supervised by Giuseppe Da Prato. After continuing on at Pisa as a researcher from 1984 to 1987, she was hired as a full professor at the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari () is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old ...

in 1987, and moved to Parma in 1994.

Contributions

Lunardi is the author of ''Analytic semigroups and optimal regularity in parabolic problems'' (

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, 1995, reprinted 2013) and of ''Interpolation theory'' (Edizioni della Normale, 1998, 3rd ed., 2018). With G. Da Prato, P. C. Kunstmann, I. Lasiecka, R. Schnaubelt, and L. Weis, she is a co-author of ''Functional Analytic Methods for Evolution Equations'' (Springer, 2004). Lunardi is one of six

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of the journal ''Nonlinear Differential Equations and Applications (NoDEA)''. She also served as editor-in-chief of '' Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma'' for Series 7 of the journal, from 2002 to 2008.

Recognition

In 1987, Lunardi won the Bartolozzi Prize of the

Italian Mathematical Union The Italian Mathematical Union () is a mathematical society based in Italy. It was founded on December 7, 1922, by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President. History Salvator ...

. In 2017, she won the of the

Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere The Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere is an Italian academy founded by Napoleon in 1797. At the time of the foundation the Istituto was an institution of the Cisalpine Republic and its name was Istituto Nazionale della Repubblica Cis ...

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