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Key highlights

  • 1985–1986: Military service as junior naval officer — first in Intelligence Services, then as mathematics teacher for cadets aboard Nave Vespucci (1986 summer voyage: Bermuda, New York, Baltimore, Charleston, Boston, Azores, Cádiz, Balearic Islands).
  • 1999–2001: Scientific Secretary and Treasurer of the CIME Foundation.
  • Since 2005: listed among national experts of MUR and MIMIT.
  • 2011–2015: Member of the INdAM Board of Directors (appointed by the Minister).
  • 2018–2019: Collaborator of Giuseppe Valditara, Head of Department at MIUR.
  • 2019: Sherpa for Science and Carnegie Group at the G7-Science summit in Paris.
  • Since November 2022: Adviser to the MIM on STEAM education and coordinator of the national curriculum revision commission.
  • Since 2022: Probiviro for the cryptography association De Cifris.
  • Since 1 March 2023: Member of the Evaluation Board of the University of Salerno.
  • President of the national commission for the 200th anniversary of Alessandro Volta's death.
  • Registered on the MIMIT official register of tax-credit certifiers for R&D, innovation and design.
  • Since 15 December 2025: collaboration with the Department for Digital Transformation.
  • Since 2026: Scientific Committee and Editorial Board of the INDIRE scientific series.
  • Corresponding member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino and the Accademia Peloritana.

Scientific activity

  • Author of more than 170 scientific publications on nonlinear equations, Mathematical Physics, Functional Analysis, Finance, Industrial Mathematics, Blockchain, and — in recent years — pedagogy of mathematics and Dantean cosmology.
  • Google Scholar: 3,913 citations, h-index 32 · MathSciNet: 2,146, h-index 23 · Scopus: 1,991, h-index 22.
  • Editor in Chief of Open Mathematics.
  • More than 20 evaluation committees for permanent academic positions.
  • More than 30 European project evaluations; more than 100 national MUR/MIMIT; more than 100 regional.
  • Taught uninterruptedly since 1982–83 at all levels: bachelor, master, doctoral, professional training, and continuing education.

15 most significant papers

  • G. Gentili, L. Simonutti, V. Vespri — Locke on the Epistemology of Money and Economics. Brepols (2026, in press).
  • V. Vespri — Dante e i numeri. Studi Danteschi LXXXIX, Le Lettere, Florence (2024) pp. 207–231.
  • A. Bracciali, V. Vespri — The technological factor in the conception of Central Bank digital currencies. Giappichelli (2024) pp. 18–31.
  • C. D'Apice, R. Manzo, B. Piccoli, V. Vespri — Lyapunov stability for measure differential equations. Math. Control Related Fields 14 (2024) pp. 1391–1407.
  • A. Bonadio, F. Chiti, R. Fantacci, V. Vespri — Blockchain-inspired Fog Communications in IoV. J. Amb. Intelligence Human. Computer. 11 (2020) 755–762.
  • S. Di Pierro, E. Valdinoci, V. Vespri — Decay estimates for fractional time-diffusion. J. Evolution Equations 19 (2019) 435–462.
  • G. Ciraolo, R. Magnanini, V. Vespri — Hölder stability for Serrin's overdetermined problem. Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. 195 (2016) 1333–1345.
  • E. DiBenedetto, U. Gianazza, V. Vespri — Forward, Backward and Elliptic Harnack Inequalities. Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa 11 (2010) 385–422.
  • F. Santambrogio, V. Vespri — Continuity in two dimensions for a very degenerate elliptic equation. Nonlinear Anal. 73 (2010) 3832–3841.
  • E. DiBenedetto, U. Gianazza, V. Vespri — Harnack estimates for quasi-linear degenerate parabolic equations. Acta Math. 200 (2008) 181–209.
  • G. Da Prato, V. Vespri — Maximal Lp regularity for elliptic equations. Nonlinear Anal. 49 (2002) 747–755.
  • E. Barucci, S. Polidoro, V. Vespri — PDEs and Asian options. Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci. 11 (2001) 475–497.
  • M.M. Porzio, V. Vespri — Hölder estimates for doubly nonlinear parabolic equations. J. Differential Equations 103 (1993) 146–178.
  • E. DiBenedetto, Y.-C. Kwong, V. Vespri — Local space-analyticity of singular parabolic equations. Indiana Univ. Math. J. 40 (1991) 741–765.
  • P. Cannarsa, V. Vespri — Maximal Lp regularity for the abstract Cauchy problem. Boll. Un. Mat. Ital. B (6) 5 (1986) 165–175.

Major grants

  • 1999: National PI, CNR project "Mathematical modelling of economic phenomena" (~50 K€).
  • 2012: CUDA Computing Lab, Unifi + Unisa, funded by Cassa di Risparmio Firenze (10 K€).
  • 2015: National lead, S.I.E.S. project (INdAM–INGV), budget 1.3 M€.
  • 2018: PI, Fabolous blockchain project, funded by Cassa di Risparmio Firenze, 125 K€.
  • 2021: Consultant for Cosmo Service SrL — AI for electrical plant management (~20 K€).
  • 2022: Unifi unit leader, MISE project on AI applied to yarn spinning (Size4me), ~400 K€.
  • 2022: Leader, Tuscany Region project "SafeChange", ~70 K€.
  • 2022: Leader, industrial contract ISOLDE, Politecnico di Torino / DIST, ~40 K€.

Books and edited volumes

Books

Edited volumes (selection)

  • Special Issue "Harnack Estimates…" — Boundary Value Problems (2007), co-editor with DiBenedetto, Gianazza, Safonov, Urbano.
  • Special Issue "Qualitative and Quantitative Properties…" — NonLinear Analysis 131 (2016), co-editor with Coulhon and Trudinger.
  • Harnack Inequalities and nonlinear operators, Springer (2021), co-editor with Andreucci, Gianazza, Monticelli and Punzo.
  • Mathematical Problems applied to GeoPhysics, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2308, CIME (2022), co-editor with M. Chiappini.
  • Special Issue "Future Directions in Mathematics" — Open Mathematics 21 (2023), co-editor with Marano.
  • Special Issue in memory of Emmanuele DiBenedetto — NonLinear Analysis (2024), co-editor with Gianazza.
  • S. Barsella and V. Vespri, "Geometrical Model for the Cosmology of the Commedia" — Digital Dante, Columbia University Libraries, 2022.

International research stays

  • Northwestern University — 18 months
  • Vanderbilt University (Nashville) — 12 months
  • University of New South Wales — 3 months
  • Australian National University (Canberra) — 3 months
  • Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito) — 2 months
  • Accademia delle Scienze di San Pietroburgo, University of Haifa–Technion, Mittag-Leffler Institut (Stockholm), Université Marne-la-Vallée, Universidad de Rosario, Universidad de Cuyo (Mendoza), University of Coimbra, University of Ulm, University of Melbourne, UAM Mexico City — 1 month each.

Education and career

Education

  • 1978–1982: University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore.
  • 1982: Degree in Mathematics, University of Pisa, summa cum laude, and Diploma from the Scuola Normale Superiore.
  • 1982–1984: Advanced studies in Mathematics, Scuola Normale Superiore.

Academic career

  • 1997–present: Full Professor of Mathematics, University of Florence.
  • 1994–1997: Extraordinary Professor of Mathematics, University of L'Aquila.
  • 1991–1994: Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Pavia.
  • 1988–1991: Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Milan.
  • 1984–1988: Researcher in Mathematics, University of Tor Vergata.
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