Lorenzo Brasco

Lorenzo Brasco is a Full Professor at the University of Ferrara, specializing in Calculus of Variations, Partial Differential Equations, and Spectral Geometry. His research focuses on functional inequalities, geometric optimization, and nonlinear analysis. He has authored a textbook, Handbook of Calculus of Variations for Absolute Beginners, and contributed to over 70 publications in leading journals.

Key research areas include spectral geometry, Poincaré-Sobolev inequalities, fractional Laplacian, and geometric analysis. His work explores topics like topological constraints, symmetry properties, and optimal constants in functional spaces. Recent studies address capacitary inradius, Steiner symmetric sets, and fractional spectral bounds.

Dr. Brasco is actively involved in academic activities, organizing workshops and contributing to conferences on variational methods, nonlinear PDEs, and geometric analysis. He has collaborated with institutions worldwide and maintains an extensive publication record across diverse mathematical disciplines.