Professional Experience
• Postdoctoral Researcher
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, SACRA (2025/11 – present) Kyoto, JapanImage-Informed Mechanical Modeling of Lungs for Early Diagnosis and Mechanistic Elucidation of COPD.
• Computational Chemistry (internship)
Daicel Corporation, R&D department, Innovation Park (2023/10) Himeji, JapanImproved internal software used to optimize ring-opening reactions in lactone derivatives, deploying calculations on Daicel’s computing clusters (Python, ASE, RDKit, Gaussian16).
• Teaching Assistant
Kyushu University (2023/4 - 2023/8) Fukuoka, JapanTeaching assistant for an introductory first-semester course on the theory of linear partial differential equations, as well as an introductory course on control systems theory.
• Research Assistant
Kyushu University (2022/11 - 2023/8) Fukuoka, JapanDeveloped a Python-based computational platform to optimize the properties of functional organic molecules.
• Software Engineer (permanent position)
Alten Italy (2022/9 - 2023/3) Milan, ItalyDeveloped a plugin for tracking celestial bodies (C++/Qt). Designed and performed software tests using Klaros Test Management.
• Aerospace Software Engineer (permanent position)
TxT Group, assigned to Leonardo Aircraft Division (2021/9 - 2022/3) Milan, ItalyMigrated avionics code for the M-346 aircraft and developed on-board display systems (C++, Ada).
Education
• Ph.D. in Mathematics
Kyushu University, Graduate School of Mathematics (2022/10 - 2025/9) Fukuoka, JapanThesis: Analysis and Numerics of Variational Models for Kinematically Incompatible Elasticity.
• Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering (GPA: 3.8/4.0, Summa Cum Laude)
Roma Tre University, department of Civil, Computer Science and Aeronautical Engineering (2017/10 - 2021/3) Rome, ItalyThesis: Stability Analysis of Rotors in Axial Flight Using the Boundary Element Method for Compressible Flows in the Frequency Domain.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.2/4.0)
Roma Tre University, department of Industrial, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (2012/10 - 2016/12) Rome, ItalyFellowships & Scholarships
• 2023/4 – 2025/9: JST SPRING MIRAI Scholar. Recipient of the JST SPRING MIRAI Scholarship (Grant Number JPMJSP2136). 2,750,000¥/year (~17,699€/year).
• 2022/11 – 2023/5: Research Assistant at Kyushu University, sponsored by Daicel Corporation.
• FY 2024: Kyushu University Fund Study Abroad Scholarship, 250,000¥ (~1,609€).
Research Papers
[4] L. Nguyen, E. Fabbrini, A. Olenko, P. Cesana. Machine-learning-based closed loop for optimizing energy bandgaps in diarylethenes (submitted, 2025).
[3] P. Cesana, E. Fabbrini, M. Morandotti. Variational Formulation of Planar Linearized Elasticity with Incompatible Kinematics. J Elast. 157, 71 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-025-10161-5.
[2] E. Fabbrini, A. León Baldelli, P. Cesana. Kinematically incompatible Föppl-von Kármán plates: analysis and numerics. Appl. Math. Model., Vol. 148: 116234 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2025.116234.
[1] E. Fabbrini, L. Nguyen, Y. Fukumoto, Y. Kaneko, P. Cesana. Automatized Platform for Bandgap Optimization in Diarylethene Derivatives via Structural Substitutions. Int. J. Quantum Chem., Vol. 125: e70052 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.70052.
Research in progress
[5] E. Fabbrini, P. Cesana, A. León Baldelli, M. Morandotti. Numerical analysis of planar linearized elasticity with incompatible kinematics (manuscript in an advanced stage).
[6] T. Hao, J. Y. Fan, J. Diao, A. Le, J. McGee-Odger, P. Bal, E. Fabbrini, J. Xian, D. Vukcevic, J. A. Flegg. Cost Effectiveness Modelling of Present and Future Exotic Mosquito Control Strategies: A Mathematics in Industry Study Group Report for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (manuscript in an advanced stage).
[7] Y. Kousei, L. Nguyen, A. Staykov, E. Fabbrini, P. Cesana. Prediction of ring-opening activation energy barrier in Diarylethene molecules via two steps Machine learning (manuscript in preparation).
[8] E. Fabbrini, P. Cesana, M. Morandotti. Analysis of regularized kinematically incompatible von-Kármán plates with wedge disclinations and edge dislocations (in progress).
Talks
- Poster presentation: 3rd Bio-Mathematics Joint Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2025/12/4. Defect-Driven Shape Changes in Elastic Membranes: Analysis and Simulation.
- Poster presentation: International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Medicine 2025, Tokyo, Japan, 2025/11/19. Modeling Topological Defects in Elastic Membranes: Analysis and Numerics of von Kármán Plates.
- Invited talk: INRS, Montreal, Canada, 2025/8/28. Material Design at the Nano- and Mesoscales.
- Contributed talk: Short-term Joint Research, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2025/4/28. Finite Element Solver for Kinematically Incompatible Non-Simply Connected Föppl–von Kármán Plates.
- Invited talk: CEMDI–PAIMS Symposium, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2025/4/25. Modeling, Analysis, and Finite Element Simulations of Kinematically Incompatible von Kármán Plates.
- Poster presentation: Rencontre du Non Linéaire, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, 2025/3/26. Analysis and Finite Element Simulations of von Kármán Plates with Crystalline Defects.
- Contributed talk: ANZIAM, Coffs Harbour, Australia, 2025/2/3. Modeling, Analysis, and Finite Element Simulations of Kinematically Incompatible von Kármán Plates.
- Invited talk: Seminario Congiunto di Analisi Matematica, Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy, 2024/12/4. Kinematically Incompatible von Kármán Equations: Analytical Results.
- Invited talk: Séminaire Mécanique des Solides, Institut Jean le Rond d’Alembert, Paris, France, 2024/11/19. Kinematically Incompatible von Kármán Equations: A Finite Element Solver.
- Contributed talk + poster presentation: Ajou–Kyushu–NIMS Workshop, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, 2024/9/28. Finite Element Analysis of Kinematically Incompatible von Kármán Plates.
- Poster presentation: Forum Math-for-Industry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2023/8/31. Energy Scaling Factors of Systems of Disclinations in a Periodic Two-Dimensional Material.
- Contributed talk: ANZIAM, Cairns, Australia, 2023/2/5. Aeroelasticity of Rotors in Axial Flight Through the Boundary Element Method for Compressible Flows in the Frequency Domain.