Giovanni Nastasi

Qualification

Associate Professor

Email

giovanni.nastasi@unikore.it

Reception times

By appointment via email

Tue: 11.30 - 13.30

PHD

Resume

Giovanni Nastasi is associate professor of mathematical physics at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Enna “Kore”. From January 2021 to May 2024 he was a fixed-term researcher in mathematical physics at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Catania. He was a research fellow from 2019 to 2021 at the same department.In May 2021 he obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the functions of associate professor for the competition sector 01/A4 - Mathematical Physics.


Teaching activity

  • Lecturer of Metodi matematici e statistici (Mathematical and Statistical Methods), SSD: MAT/07, 6 CFU,Master’s Degree course in Computer Science, University of Catania (Italy), 48 hours, academic year2023/2024.
  • Lecturer of Laboratorio di MATLAB per l’Ingegneria (Laboratory of MATLAB for Engineering), 3CFU,Master’s Degree course in Civil Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Catania (Italy),45 hours, academic year 2023/2024.
  • Co-lecturer of Metodi matematici per l’ingegneria (Mathematical Methods for Engineering), SSD: MAT/07,6 CFU, Master’s Degree course in Civil Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Catania(Italy), 30 hours, academic year 2022/2023.
  • Co-lecturer of Metodi matematici e statistici per le applicazioni 2 (Mathematical and Statistical Methodsfor Applications 2), SSD: MAT/07, 6 CFU, Master’s Degree course in Mathematics, University of Catania(Italy), 20 hours, academic year 2021/2022.
  • Co-lecturer of Fisica Matematica I (Mathematical Physics 1), SSD: MAT/07, 6 CFU, Degree course inMathematics, University of Catania (Italy), 10 hours, academic years 2021/2022, and 2022/2023.
  • Lecturer of Metodi analitici per l’ingegneria 2 (Analytical Methods for Engineering 2), SSD: MAT/07, 6CFU, Degree course in Construction Engineering-Architecture, University of Catania (Italy), 60 hours,academic years 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, and 2022/2023.
  • Cultore della materia (Subject expert and teaching assistant) in Metodi matematici e statistici per le applicazioniI/II (Mathematical and Statistical methods for applications I/II) and Fisica Matematica superiore(Advanced Mathematical Physics), SSD MAT/07, by the Master’s Degree course in Mathematics,years 2020-2022.
  • Cultore della materia (Subject expert and teaching assistant) in Metodi matematici per l’ingegneria(Mathematical methods for engineering), SSD MAT/07, by the Master’s Degree course in Civil Structuraland Geotechnical Engineering, years 12/2019-12/2023.

International and PhD teaching activity


  • Lecturer of the course Applications to stochastic processes in physics, held as part of the Blended IntensiveProgramme “Optimal Control” which was held in Cottbus, Germany, from 05/06/2023 to 16/06/2023,carrying out 8 hours of teaching activity from 13/06/2023 to 16/06/2023.
  • Lecturer of the course Introduzione alla programmazione scientifica in linguaggio Python (Introductionto scientific computing with Python), PhD program in Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban and TerritorialRisks, University of Catania (Italy), 12 hours, 21 January – 2 February 2021.


Visiting research stays

  • From 7/04/2024 to 12/03/2024 at Université Clermont Auvergne, France, Research period with Prof. F. Vecil.
  • From 11/03/2024 to 22/03/2024 at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, Research period with Prof. L. Bonilla.
  • From 27/04/2023 to 26/05/2023 at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, Research period with Prof. A. Borzì.
  • From 20/03/2023 to 24/03/2022 at Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, Research period with Dr. A. Medaglia and Prof. M. Zanella.
  • From 13/03/2023 to 17/03/2023 at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, Research period with Prof. L. Bonilla.
  • From 21/11/2022 to 24/11/2022 at Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, Research period with Prof. L. Barletti.
  • From 16/11/2022 to 18/11/2022 at Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, Invited research with Prof. M. Zanella.
  • From 14/05/2019 to 01/06/2019 at Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, Research period with the supervision of Prof. C. Negulescu.
  • From 06/03/2019 to 16/04/2019 at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, Research period with the supervision of Prof. A. Borzì.
  • From 15/10/2018 to 15/12/2018 at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, Research period with the supervision of Prof. A. Borzì.
  • From 14/05/2018 to 18/05/2018 at Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy, Research period with the supervision of Prof. L. Barletti.
  • From 10/01/2018 to 02/03/2018 at Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, Research period with the supervision of Prof. C. Negulescu.
  • From 28/03/2017 to 02/04/2017 at Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, Research period with the supervision of Prof. C. Negulescu.


Seminars held

  • Direct simulation and optimal control of charge transport in graphene and GFET. Invited talk held on 11 April 2024 at the Université Clermont Auvergne, France, on invitation by Prof. F. Vecil.
  • Optimized quantum drift-diffusion model for a resonant tunneling diode, 4–8 March 2024, SCEE 2024 International Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Direct simulation of charge transport in graphene FETs, 26–30 June 2023, 22nd ECMI Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Wrocław, Poland (Invited speaker in a minisymposium).
  • Models and simulations for charge transport in graphene-based electron devices. Invited talk held on 16 March 2023 at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Gregorio Millan Institute, on invitation by Prof. L. Bonilla.
  • Simulation of a GNR-FET, SCEE 2022 International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 11–14 July 2022.
  • Simulation of a GNR-FET, ECCOMAS 2022 Conference, Oslo, Norway, 5–9 June 2022.
  • Mathematical models for the spread of COVID-19, CIMAT DAYS 2021, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy, 30 September - 1 October 2021.
  • Direct simulation of charge transport in graphene nanoribbons, SIMAI 2020+2021, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy, 30 August - 3 September 2021 (online).
  • Direct simulation of charge transport in graphene nanoribbons, The Legacy of Carlo Cercignani: from Kinetic Theory to Turbulence Modeling, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 24 - 28 May 2021 (online).
  • Direct simulation of charge transport in graphene nanoribbons, ECMI 2021 Conference, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, 13 - 15 April 2021 (online).
  • Modeling and simulation of charge transport in graphene, XLV Summer School on Mathematical Physics, 31 August - 9 September 2020, Ravello (SA), Italy.
  • Simulation of a novel DG-GFET, 16 - 20 February 2020, SCEE 2020, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • Simulation of graphene field effect transistors, 15 - 19 July 2019, ICIAM 20019, Valencia, Spain.
  • Numerical Solutions of the Semiclassical Boltzmann Equation for Bipolar Charge Transport in Graphene, 10 - 14 June 2019, WASCOM 2019, Maiori (SA), Italy.
  • Simulation of double gate graphene field effect transistors, 26 September 2018, SCEE 2018, Taormina (ME), Italy.
  • Discontinuous Galerkin method for the simulation of bipolar charge transport in graphene, 2 July 2018, SIMAI 2018, Roma, Italy.
  • High-field mobility in graphene on substrate with a proper inclusion of the Pauli exclusion principle, 28 November 2017, New Approaches to Study Complex Systems, Messina, Italy.
  • High-field mobility in graphene on substrate with a proper inclusion of the Pauli exclusion principle, 10 October 2017, AMATH 2017, Catania, Italy.
  • Charge transport in graphene on substrates, XLII Summer School on Mathematical Physics, 6 September 2017, Ravello (SA), Italy.


Organization of congresses

  • Mathematical Aspects in Non Equilibrium Systems from Micro To Macro, 30 October - 4 November 2024, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Trapani), Italy (local organizer, ongoing).
  • ECMI Modelling Week 2024, 23 June - 29 June 2024, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy (local organizer, ongoing).
  • CIMAT DAYS 2021, 29 September - 1 October 2021, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy (member of the scientific committee).
  • Minisimposium "Charge transport in low dimensional structures" presso il convegno SIMAI 2020+2021, 30 August - 3 September 2021, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy.
  • SCEE 2018, The 12th International Conference on Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, 23--27 September 2018, Taormina (ME), Italy (local organizer).
  • AMATH 2017, Advance in Mathematics for Technology 2017, 9 - 11 October 2017, Catania, Italy (local organizer).

​Research projects


  • Principal investigator of the project ”Progetto GNFM 2023” by the National Group of Mathematical Physics (GNFM), INdAM: ”Uncertainty quantification for kinetic models describing physical and socioeconomical phenomena”. From 17-01-2023 to 31-12-2023.
  • Principal investigator of the project ”Progetto Giovani GNFM 2020” of Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica (GNFM), INdAM: ”Trasporto di cariche e fononi in strutture a bassa dimensione”. From 01-02-2021 to 31-07-2022.
  • Participation to the project ”Pia.ce.ri 2020/2022”, University of Catania, Italy. Title: ”Developing a Computational Framework for Quantum Information and Communication Technologies” (Q-ICT). PI: Prof. Giuseppe Falci, University of Catania, Italy. Department PI: Prof. Vittorio Romano, University of Catania, Italy. From 01-06-2020 to now.
  • Participation to the project ”Progetto Giovani GNFM 2019” of Gruppo Nazionale di Fisica Matematica (GNFM), INdAM: ”Modelli matematici, numerici e simulazione del trasporto di cariche e fononi in grafene e strutture a bassa dimensione”. Coordinator: Dr. Marco Coco, University of Florence, Italy, From 27-07-2019 to 01-11-2020.
  • Participation to the project ”Galileo 2018” of Università Italo Francese. Title: ”Modelli cinetici classici e quantistici e loro limiti idrodinamici: aspetti tecnici e applicativi”. Progect Number: G18-296. Italian coordinator: Prof. Luigi Barletti, University of Florence. French coordinator: Prof. Claudia Negulescu, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier. From 01-01-2018 to 31-12-2019.
  • Participation to the project ”Piano della Ricerca 2016/2018 - Linea di intervento 2”, University of Catania, Italy. Title: ”Metodi gruppali e umbrali per modelli di diffusione e trasporto”. Coordinator: Prof. Rita Tracinà, University of Catania, Italy. From 01-12-2017 to 06-07-2020.

Academic recruitment field

01/MATH-04

Scientific Disciplinary Sector

MATH-04/A

Areas of interest scientific

Giovanni Nastasi's research interests concern mathematical models and simulations for charge transport in low-dimensional structures and for field effect transistor type devices.
In particular, he deals with semiclassical Boltzmann equations, drift-diffusion models, hydrodynamic models and the study and simulation of quantum effects in nanoscale devices.
Furthermore, he deals with simulations with Monte Carlo, Discontinuous Galerkin and finite difference methods.
The methodologies mentioned above find application in the simulation of electronic devices such as field effect transistors.
Furthermore, he deals with deterministic and stochastic models with simulations for the study of epidemics.

Publications

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