Riccardo Muolo

I obtained a BSc in Physics and a MSc in Applied Mathematics, both from Università di Firenze (Italy). My Master thesis work was in Complex Systems and it was carried out at naXys, the Namur Institute for Complex System (Belgium). I worked one year in Systems Biology as an Early Stage Researcher (VU Amsterdam) and then started a PhD in Applied Mathematics at naXys, Université de Namur (Belgium), that is my actual position. I study dynamical systems on networks, in particular patterns obtained by destabilizing a homogeneous stable state (a fixed point or a limit cycle), i.e., a generalization of Turing's mechanism. I am mainly interested in how the network topology (e.g., non-normal networks) affects such processes. I enjoy collaborating with people of different backgrounds and working in interdisciplinary projects. My research is mostly theoretical and numerical, but I aim to apply my results in biology and neuroscience in the last part of my PhD.