Maria Giovanna Mora

Maria Giovanna Mora is Professor of Mathematical Analysis at the University of Pavia, Italy. Her research explores calculus of variations with applications to materials science, including plasticity, dislocation dynamics, and nonlinear elasticity. She leads projects on multiscale material modeling funded by national grants.

Her work develops variational methods for rate-independent processes and nonlocal interaction problems, with applications to solid mechanics. Recent investigations focus on anisotropic nonlocal energies and dislocation patterning in crystalline materials.