About

Dr. Matteo Parisi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA) and Lectuer at the Department of Mathematics, Harvard University. In the last three years he was jointly a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton and Lecturer in Physics at Princeton University.

He obtained his DPhil (Ph.D) in Mathematics at the University of Oxford, Worcester College. He has been recipient of several honors and awards, among which the Daniel M. Sachs and the Della Riccia scholarships during his DPhil at Oxford, the DAAD scholarship during his MSc in Munich, and two Certificates of Merit by the Rector of his Alma Mater University of Bologna.

His research lies at the intersection of Algebraic Combinatorics and High Energy Physics. He has been working on a new program in which quantum mechanical observables in particle physics and cosmology arise from underlying novel mathematical objects. Physical properties purely emerge from their combinatorics and geometry. In particular, his research focuses on scattering amplitudes in quantum field theories, in relation to the (positive) Grassmannian, Amplituhedra, tropical geometry and cluster algebras.

Being one of the leading contributors in this program, he produced over a dozen publications in major peer-reviewed journals. These ranged from theoretical physics to mathematical physics and pure mathematics, with more than 450 total citations.

Teaching, outreach and advocating for inclusivity and diversity, within and beyond academia, are a key part of his identity. His teaching experiences ranged from holding Lectureships at two Oxford colleges (St. Peter’s and Keble), Princeton and Harvard University, to organizing and teaching teenagers at the first ever Math Camp in Cameroon. He has worked with equality and diversity units of the university; he is a trained LGBT+ Role Model and organized conferences and interacted with charities on LGBTIQ+ issues.

In his free time, he loves playing the piano, playing volleyball, experiencing the beauty of art (e.g., concerts, ballets, museums), travelling, and forging and fostering lifelong friendships.