Ketnotes

About me

I'm a theoretical physics PhD candidate at the IFW in Dresden.
My main research focus right now is on topological insulators and superconductors. I am also particoularly interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics and in general in the history and philosophy of science.
My other big passions, outside of physics, are drawing, photography and anything sea related (swimming, freediving, scuba diving, surfing...).

Here is a short version of my full CV:

2001 : Born in Rome
2003-2005: Kindergarten in Berlin
2015-2020: High School (Liceo scientifico) "Amedeo Avogadro" in Rome
2020-2023: BSc (Laurea triennale) in physics, Sapienza Università di Roma
2023-2025: MSc (Laurea magistrale) in theoretical physics, Sapienza Università di Roma (4 months spent at the LPENS in Paris).
2026- nbsp; : PhD in theoretical condesed matter physics, IFW Dresden

You can get a rough idea of what I'm like from this list of heroes of mine: Pierre Gilles de Gennes, Enrico Fermi, Marie Curie, Alan Turing, Quentin Blake, Kim Jung Gi, Paul Klee.

And from this list of some of my favourite books: The lord of the rings, American pastoral, IT, Maus, Enigma: la strana vita di Alan Turing.

Here are some links I found while surfing the web:

A beautiful video on the life and science of Pierre Gilles de Gennes.
The extremely famous article "More is different" by Philip W. Anderson.
Another article, this one not written by a physicist but instead by the (Nobel prize winning) economist Paul Krugman. It is not hard to draw analogies between his domain and the hard sciences, and he offers refreshingly grounded views on the relationship between mathematics (models) and reality.
A wonderful video (in italian) on the science of complexity featuring Giorgio Parisi.