About

Francesco Mancarella received his PhD in physics in 2012 from SISSA, where he investigated the thermodynamic features of a family of non-Abelian anyonic systems.

His previous research interests centered around the homological properties of the Chern-Simons theory defined over non-trivial topological 3-manifolds. After the PhD, he worked on transmission properties of density waves produced in 1D Bose-Einstein condensates, magnetic properties of nanometer-scale high-temperature superconductors, transport properties in graphene-based Josephson junctions, and the thermodynamics of low-dimensional scale-invariant quantum systems.

In Autumn 2014 he joined the group of John Wettlaufer to work on problems in soft matter. He investigated the role of surface effects on the mechanical properties of matrix-inclusion compliant solids. He is continuing to explore this research domain, with the aim of extending his contribution to the burgeoning direction of solid capillarity.

He is trying to apply his knowledge to systems of astrophysical interest, by addressing the mechanical behavior of the outer regions of compact objects.