Fabio Toninelli (born 1975) is an Italian mathematician who works in

probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...

stochastic process In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables in a probability space, where the index of the family often has the interpretation of time. Sto ...

es and probabilistic aspects of

mathematical physics Mathematical physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...

Education

He obtained his PhD in physics, in 2003, from

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa The Scuola Normale Superiore (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. Together with the University of Pi ...

Career

Between 2004 and 2020 he was senior researcher at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Lyon. Since 2020 he has been Professor of Mathematics at

Technische Universität Wien TU Wien () is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and ...

. In 2021–2024 he was co-editor-in-chief (jointly with Bálint Tóth) of the journal ''

Probability Theory and Related Fields '' Probability Theory and Related Fields'' is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by Springer. Established in 1962, it was originally named ''Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und verwandte Gebiete'', with the English replacin ...

''.

Research

Toninelli has contributed substantially to the mathematical theory of disordered statistical mechanical systems, mixing of

Markov chain In probability theory and statistics, a Markov chain or Markov process is a stochastic process describing a sequence of possible events in which the probability of each event depends only on the state attained in the previous event. Informally ...

s, dimer models. His most significant contributions concern the theory of mean-field

spin glasses In condensed matter physics, a spin glass is a magnetic state characterized by randomness, besides cooperative behavior in freezing of spins at a temperature called the "freezing temperature," ''T''f. In ferromagnetic solids, component atoms' ...

, of polymers in random environments and of stochastic interface dynamics.

Recognition

Toninelli was an invited speaker of the

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...

ICM-2018 (Rio de Janeiro), an invited plenary speaker of the 9th European Congress of Mathematics (Sevilla, 2024, https://www.ecm2024sevilla.com/), an invited plenary speaker of the

International Congress on Mathematical Physics The International Congress on Mathematical Physics (ICMP) is the largest research congress in mathematical physics. It is held every three years, on behalf of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP). Prizes The Henri Poin ...

ICMP-2018 (Montreal), and an invited plenary speaker of the Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications SPA-2014 (Buenos Aires).

References

External links

* *Personal website https://sites.google.com/view/fabio-toninelli/home {{DEFAULTSORT:Toninelli, Fabio Living people 1975 births Italian mathematicians Probability theorists Academic staff of TU Wien Probability Theory and Related Fields editors Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa alumni