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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 and Education

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 - 2020

Ph.D. Nonlinear Dynamics                                  

ETH Zürich

Advisor: Prof. George Haller

2014 - 2017

MSc. Mechanical Engineering, Control Theory                                   

Politecnico di Milano, 110/110 cum laude 

2010 - 2012

BSc. Mechanical Engineering                       

Politecnico di Milano & Politecnico di Torino, 110/110 cum laude 

2007 - 2010

Selected Awards

NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35)                                                  (2025)
NSF CAREER Award                                                                                                                          (2024)

Human Frontier Science Program (HSFP) Early Career Research Award                                          (2024)

Hellman Fellowship in Physics                                                                                                            (2023)

Postdoc Mobility Fellowship - Swiss National Science Foundation                                                   (2019)

Schmidt Science Fellow                                                                                                                       (2018) 
ETH Medal Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis                                                                           (2018)

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