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Alessio Figalli
Mathematician

Alessio Figalli

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Advancing optimal transport and its applications to analysis.

Optimal Transportation and Action-Minimizing Measures · Fields Medal

Born
2 April 1984
Birthplace
Rome

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Alessio Figalli

Alessio Figalli is an Italian mathematician working on partial differential equations and the calculus of variations. He received the Fields Medal in 2018.

Early life

Studies

Studied in Pisa and completed a 2007 doctorate under Luigi Ambrosio and Cédric Villani.

Career

  1. 2007

    French research

    Joined the CNRS.

  2. 2009

    Texas faculty

    Moved to the University of Texas at Austin.

  3. 2016

    ETH Zürich

    Became a chaired professor.

Contributions

Optimal Transportation and Action-Minimizing Measures

Published a research monograph.

Fields Medal

Was recognised for optimal transport and related applications.

Beyond work

Collaboration

Worked with Guido De Philippis on regularity questions for Monge–Ampère equations.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Jérémy Barande. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.