Benedetto Piccoli

About

Benedetto Piccoli is the Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair Professor of Mathematics as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rutgers University–Camden.

Professional Preperation

  • University of Padua, Laurea Degree (BSc) in Mathematics July 1991.
  • SISSA-ISAS (Trieste, Italy), Master in Mathematics in October 1992.
  • SISSA-ISAS (Trieste, Italy), PhD in Mathematics October 1994.

Appointments

  • Visitor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, Sept. 2023 – Sept. 2024
  • University Professor, Rutgers University - Camden (RUC), Jan. 2023 - ongoing
  • Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University - Camden July 2015 - ongoing
  • Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rutgers University – Camden Sept. 2009 – ongoing
  • Vice Chancelor for Research, Rutgers University – Camden, Jan. 2020 – 2022
  • Associate Provost for Research, Rutgers University – Camden, Jan. 2016 – 2020
  • Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University – Camden, Oct. 2014 – Dec. 2015
  • Program Director, Center of Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University – Camden 2011-14
  • Research Director, IAC – CNR Dec. 2001 – Sept. 2009
  • Associate Professor, University of Salerno (tenured Oct. 2001) Nov. 1998 – Dec. 2001
  • Researcher, SISSA-ISAS (tenured Nov. 1997) Dec. 1994 – Oct. 1998

Synergistic Activities

  • Research Brief "Regional Health System Shortfalls With A Novel COVID-19 Model";, by Sarah R. Allred, B. Piccoli et al., Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs, March 16 th , 2020. The study was cited by Governor Murphy in a letter to President Trump on March 17 th , 2020.
  • Foundation of a new journal ”Networks and Heterogeneous Media” in 2006. New journal in the area of interdisciplinary mathematics , currently Editor in Chief.
  • Invited (plenary) speaker SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT23), Philadelphia, 2023.
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, class of inaugural fellows 2012.
  • 2024 SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize recipient.
  • Worskhop Organization: 30 in the period 1998-2014. Member of Panel 7: Mathematical Programing and Industrial Applications-2 for ICIAM 2011. Director for CIME course ”Modelling and Optimisation of Flows on Networks”, June 2009, Cetraro (CS), Italy.
  • Plenary speaker: 12th International Conference Hyp2008, College Park, Maryland, June 2008. STAMM 08, Trento, Italy, September 2008. IperBa09, Bari, Italy, February 2009. ICIAM 2011, Vancouver, July 2011. Netco 2014, Tour (France), June 2014.
  • Invited Speaker: 40+ workshops in the period 1998-2016.

Awards

  • W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize, SIAM, 2024.
  • Plenary speaker at The 13th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, 2023.
  • Invited (plenary) speaker SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT23), Philadelphia, 2023.
  • Invited speaker at the 800th year anniversary of University of Padua and 100th year anniversary of Italian Mathematical Union, 2022.
  • Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers University 2021.
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, class of inaugural fellows 2012.
  • Fubini Prize 2009., given by Istituto Superiore ”Mario Boella”, in collaboration with Polymath of Torino and the Association ”Subalpina Mathesis”.