Andrea Chiesa
I am currently an SFB Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Ulisse Stefanelli at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna.
Research
Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential EquationsModels in Continuum mechanics
Anisotropic mean curvature flow
Data-driven approach to the theory of elasticity and plasticity
Essential CV
Current Position
2025 – Present - Postdoc
University of Vienna
Education
2021 – 2025 - Ph.D. Student
University of Vienna
Thesis: Variational models for finite-strain viscoelastic materials 2019 – 2021 - Master in Mathematics
Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Matematica G. Peano 2016 – 2019 - Bachelor in Mathematics
Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Matematica G. Peano
Awards and Grants
October – November 2024 - Mobility Fellowships of the International Office of the University of Vienna,
two months research visit in the group of Prof. Keisuke Takasao,
University of Kyoto, Japan April – May 2023 - Mobility Fellowships of the International Office of the University of Vienna,
two months research visit in the group of Prof. Karel Svadlenka,
University of Kyoto, Japan
Publications and Preprints
A. Chiesa, U. Stefanelli. Existence for accreting viscoelastic solids at large strains.Preprint: ArXiv:2508.19923
A. Chiesa, K. Takasao. Brakke inequality and the existence of Brakke-flow for volume preserving mean curvature flow.
Preprint: ArXiv:2503.20524
A. Chiesa, K. Švadlenka. Convergence of thresholding energies for anisotropic mean curvature flow on inhomogeneous obstacle.
Preprint: ArXiv:2503.20524
A. Chiesa, U. Stefanelli. Viscoelasticity and accretive phase-change at finite strains. Z. Angew. Math. Phys. 76, 53 (2025)
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-025-02434-9
A. Chiesa, M. Kružík, U. Stefanelli. Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization. Math. Mech. Solids. (2024).
DOI: 10.1177/10812865241263788
Talks and Seminars
Viscoelasticity and Growth, Oberwolfach Workshop 2519 - Singularities in Discrete Systems (short talk), Oberwolfach, May 2025.Convergence of thresholding energies for anisotropic mean curvature flow on inhomogeneous obstacle, Applied Analysis Seminar, Heidelberg, April 2025.
Viscoelasticity and accretive phase-change at finite strains, 24th GAMM Seminar on Microstructures 2025, Berlin, January 2025.
Wetting and dewetting dynamics of anisotropic particles, Geometric Analysis and Phenomena, Kyoto, November 2024.
Dewetting dynamics of anisotropic particles: a preliminary result for a level-set approach, Calculus of Variations in Siena, Siena, February 2024.
Dewetting dynamics of anisotropic particles: a preliminary result for a level-set approach, 3rd Austrian Calculus of Variations Day, Vienna, November 2023.
Existence or non-existence of ground states for NLS on doubly periodic metric graphs: a dimensional crossover, PhD Discussion Group, Vienna, November 2023.
Dewetting dynamics of anisotropic particles: a preliminary result for a level-set approach, PDE Afternoon Seminar, Vienna, October 2023.
Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, July 2023.
Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization, Kyoto University Applied Mathematics Seminar (KUAMS), Kyoto, April 2023.
Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization, 21st GAMM Seminar on Microstructures, Vienna, January 2023.
Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization, 2nd Austrian Calculus of Variations Day, Salzburg, November 2022.
Variational methods in material sciences: the data-driven approach, PDE Afternoon Seminar, Vienna, January 2022.
Posters
Viscoelasticity and accretive phase-change at finite strains, 3rd SFB International Workshop 2025 "Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems", Vienna, February 2025.Wetting and dewetting dynamics of anisotropic particles, Italian-Japanese Workshop on Variational Perspectives for PDEs, Pavia, September 2024.
Finite-strain Poynting-Thomson model: Existence and linearization, Summerschool on Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Münster, September 2022.