Edoardo Giovanni Tolotti

Postdoctoral researcher in Applied Analysis

Mathematics Cluster of Excellence, Münster

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Mathematics Cluster of Excellence in Münster, under the mentorship of Prof. Caterina Zeppieri. My main research interests lie in the field of the Calculus of Variations. Some of my recent works regard Γ-convergence problems related to dimension reduction models for ribbons and plates, shape optimization problems for anisotropic Riesz-type energies, and optimal dislocations arrangement.

To contact me, write to edoardo.tolotti@uni-muenster.de

Publications

Last update: 18/07/2025, reverse chronological order

Articles

E. G. Tolotti: Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions. ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 31,61(2025). Available in open access.
E. G. Tolotti: On the hierarchy of plate models for a singularly perturbed multi-well nonlinear elastic energy. Journal of Nonlinear Science 35,77(2025). Available in open access.

Preprints

M.G. Mora, L. Rondi, L. Scardia, E. G. Tolotti: Nonlocal anisotropic Riesz interactions with a physical confinement. Preprint arXiv:2507.07710 [math.AP], (2025).
E. Maggiorelli, F. Riva, E. G. Tolotti: A free boundary approach to the quasistatic evolution of debonding models. Preprint arXiv:2503.17023 [math.AP], (2025).

Thesis

E. G. Tolotti: Variational problems in materials science: thin structures and defect patterns. PhD Thesis, (2025).

Talks and Conferences

Forthcoming

XXXV Convegno Nazionale di Calcolo delle Variazioni, Riccione (IT), February 9-13, 2026.

Past

Seminar on Calculus of Variations, Wien (AT), December 15, talk with title: "A free boundary approach to the quasistatic evolution of debonding models".
Summer School "Mathematical Analysis and Applications", Como (IT), June 09-13, 2025, poster presentation: "Explicit minimizers of the confined anisotropic Riesz potential".
Singularities in Discrete Systems, Oberwolfach (GE), May 04-09, 2025, contributed short talk: "Explicit minimizers of the confined anisotropic Riesz potential".
XXXIV Convegno Nazionale di Calcolo delle Variazioni, Riccione (IT), February 10-14, 2025, contributed talk: "Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions".
The 14th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Abu Dhabi (UAE), December 16-20, 2024, invited speaker: "Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions".
Heriot-Watt Analysis Seminar, Edinburgh (UK), October 2, 2024, invited speaker: "Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions".
Italian-Japanese Workshop on Variational Perspectives for PDEs, Pavia (IT), September 9-13, 2024, poster presentation: "Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions".
Diffuse Interface Methods in Continuum Mechanics: Analysis, Singular Limits, and Alghoritm, Cetraro (IT), July 8-12, 2024, poster presentation: "Stability of the Von Kármán regime for thin plates under Neumann boundary conditions".
Lions-Magenes Days 2024, Pavia (IT), May 21-22, 2024, poster presentation: "On the hierarchy of plate models for a singularly perturbed multi‑well nonlinear elastic energy".
Variational and Geometric Structures for Evolution, Levico Terme (IT), October 8-13, 2023, contributed speaker: "On the hierarchy of plate models for a singularly perturbed multi-well nonlinear elastic energy".
Hausdorff School Analysis of PDEs: Variational and Geometric perspectives, Bonn (GE), July 10-14, 2023, poster presentation: "On the hierarchy of plate models for a singularly perturbed multi‑well nonlinear elastic energy".

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, Complementi di Analisi Matematica 2, Fisica, Università di Pavia, A.Y. 25/26.
Teaching Assistant, Analisi Matematica 2, Ingegneria elettronica e informatica, Università di Pavia, A.Y. 23/24.
Precourse, Real Analysis, Finance, Università di Pavia, A.Y. 22/23.
Teaching Assistant, Analisi Matematica 2, Bioingegneria, Università di Pavia, A.Y. 22/23.
Teaching Assistant, Analisi Matematica 2, Ingegneria elettronica e informatica, Università di Pavia, A.Y. 22/23.

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Università di Pavia (2022-2025)

Advisor: Professor Maria Giovanna Mora,
Main Research Topics: Dimension reduction, Γ-Convergence, Nonlinear Elasticity, Nonlocal energies, Dislocations,
Visiting: During my Ph.D. I had the pleasure to spend 3 months at the Heriot-Watt University in Edimburgh, visiting Professor Lucia Scardia.
Thesis: Variational problems in materials science: thin structures and defect patterns.

Master Degree in Mathematics, Università di Pavia (2020-2022)

Advisor: Professor Maria Giovanna Mora,
Thesis: On a strain gradient plasticity model accounting for the Burgers vector and plastic spin,
Grade: 110L/110.

Bachelor Degree in Mathematics, Università di Pavia (2017-2020)

Advisor: Professor Stefano Gualandi,
Thesis: Algoritmi per il trasporto ottimo semidiscreto e stampa 3D,
Grade: 110L/110.