
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
Serra Group - Nonlinear Dynamics and Mathematical Modeling of complex systems
Mattia Serra

PhD and Postdoc positions available!
EMAIL: mserra{at}ucsd.edu
Imola, 7635.
Mattia Serra (PI)
Mattia Serra was born in Torrevecchia Teatina, a small village in Abruzzo, Italy. His path crossed Milano, Shanghai, Delft, Zurich, Boston, and San Diego!
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego
Department of Physics
Sep. 2020 -
Schmidt Science Fellow - Applied Mathematics
Harvard University
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Mentor: Prof. L. Mahadevan
Oct. 2017 - Aug. 2020
EDUCATION
Dec. 2013 - Jun. 2017
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics
Politecnico di Milano
Advisors: Prof. Ferruccio Resta & Dr. Francesco Ripamonti
Score: 110 /110 cum Laude
Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2012
Double B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Politecnico di Milano & Politecnico di Torino
Score: 110 /110 cum Laude
Sep. 2007 - Jul. 2010
SELECTED AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
Steering committee member of the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Exoplanet/Astrobiology 2020 -
Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship - Swiss National Science Foundation (90.000 CHF) 2019
ETH Medal Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 2018
Inaugural Schmidt Science Fellowship - in partnership with the Rhodes Trust (100.000 $) 2018
(14 fellowships available worldwide)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Inspire AG & ETH Zürich
R&D project: Doubling the closed-loop bandwidth of a complex mechatronic system
Advisors: Prof. Paolo Ermanni (ETH) & Dr. Markus Zogg
Apr. 2013 - Nov. 2013
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Milan)
Projects: Quantitative finance
Nov. 2012 - Mar. 2013