Present position

• Professor of Numerical Analysis, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Italy
• Cordinator of the PhD program in Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Catania

Professional experience

• 2000-present Full Professor of Numerical Anaysis, University of Catania, Italy;
• 2001-2006 Associate Editor SIAM J. Numer. Anal.
• 1992-2000 Associate Professor of Numerical Analysis, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
• 1990-1992 Research position at the University of L'Aquila, Italy.
• 1988-1990 Post doctoral position at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
• 1987 CNR-NATO Fellowship for research abroad
• 1982-1983 Research experience for one year on solid state physics (laser irradiation of semiconductors) at the Physics Institute of the University of Catania.

Educational background

• 1984-1986 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Catania, Italy.
• Title of the Thesis: "Propagation and Stability of Shock Waves in Classical and    Relativistic Gas Dynamics"
• Advisor: Prof. A.M. Anile
• 1976-1982 Laurea degree in Nuclear Engineering, Magna cum Laude, Poiltecnico di Milano, Italy

Research interests

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Numerical methods for conservation laws
• Numerical methods for kinetic equations
• Mathematical modeling and simulation of crystal growth