Current Position
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Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
SNSF Postdoc.mobility fellowship , return phase, Université de Genève,
Section de Mathématiques, hosted by Prof. Anton Alekseev.
Past Positions
Feb 2022 - Jan 2024
SNSF Postdoc.mobility fellowship
- Feb 2022 - Jan 2023: Centre de Physique Theorique, Aix-Marseille Université. Host Prof. Simone Speziale.
- Feb 2023 - Jan 2024: University of Wien. Host Prof. Nils Carqueville.
May 2021 - Dec 2021
Postdoc in Mathematics , University of Zürich, Switzerland. Group of Prof. Dr. Alberto S. Cattaneo.
Sep 2016 - May 2021
Teaching assistant , Institüt für Mathematik, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
Education
2021, Mar 1
PhD thesis: Title: General Relativity on Stratified Manifolds in the BV-BFV Formalism; Supervisor: Prof. Alberto S. Cattaneo (University of Zurich)
Sep 2016 - Mar 2021
PhD student in Mathematics, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alberto S. Cattaneo.
2017, May 9
Second level Diploma (IUSS) Title: BV-BFV formalism and AKSZ construction for gravity; Supervisor: Prof. Alberto S. Cattaneo (University of Zurich) and Dr. Andrea Tiengo (IUSS Pavia).
2016, Jul 21
MSc thesis: Title: An Ideal characterization of FLRW space-times; Supervisor: Prof. Claudio Dappiaggi (University of Pavia) and Dr. Igor Khavkine (University of Rome); Mark: 110/110 cum laude.
Oct 2014- Jul 2016
MSc in Physics, curriculum in theoretical physics, Pavia University, Italy.
2014, Oct 17
First level Diploma (IUSS) Title: Riesz Potentials and Propagators in Wave-like Equations; Supervisor: Prof. Claudio Dappiaggi (University of Pavia).
2014, Jul 24
BSc thesis: Title: An introduction to twistor theory; Supervisor: Prof. Mauro Carfora (University of Pavia); Mark: 110/110 cum laude.
Oct 2011- May 2017
Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) of Pavia: Sciences and Technologies class.
Oct 2011- Jul 2016
Fellow of the Almo Collegio Borromeo, Pavia.
Oct 2011- Jul 2014
BSc in Physics, Pavia University, Italy.
Publications
Published
- Giovanni Canepa, Claudio Dappiaggi, and Igor Khavkine. IDEAL characterization of isometry classes of FLRW and inflationary spacetimes. Classical and Quantum Gravity 35.3 (Jan. 2018), p. 035013. issn: 1361-6382. doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa9f61.
- G. Canepa, A. S. Cattaneo, and M. Schiavina. Boundary structure of general relativity in tetrad variables . Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 25.2 (2021), pp. 327-377. doi: 10.4310/atmp.2021.v25.n2.a3.
- Giovanni Canepa, Alberto S. Cattaneo, and Michele Schiavina. General Relativity and the AKSZ construction. Communications in Mathematical Physics (Aug. 2021). doi: 10.1007/s00220-021-04127-6.
- Giovanni Canepa, Alberto S. Cattaneo, and Manuel Tecchiolli. Gravitational Constraints on a Lightlike boundary. Annales Henri Poincaré (Mar. 2021). doi: 10.1007/s00023-021-01038-z.
- Giovanni Canepa, Alberto S. Cattaneo, and Filippo Fila-Robattino. Boundary structure of gauge and matter fields coupled to gravity (2022). To appear in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics doi: 10.48550/ARXIV.2206.14680.
- G. Canepa and M. Schiavina. Fully extended BV-BFV description of General Relativity in three dimensions . Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 26.3 (2022), pp. 595-642. doi: 10.4310/atmp.2022.v26.n3.a2.
- Giovanni Canepa and Alberto S. Cattaneo. Corner Structure of Four-Dimensional General Relativity in the Coframe Formalism (2022). Annales Henri Poincaré. doi: 10.1007/s00023-023-01360-8.
Preprints
- Giovanni Canepa, Alberto S. Cattaneo, Filippo Fila-Robattino, and Manuel Tecchiolli. Boundary structure of the standard model coupled to gravity (2023). doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2307.14955.
Other
- Giovanni Canepa. General Relativity on Stratified Manifolds in the BV-BFV Formalism. PhD Thesis. University of Zurich, Mar. 2021. Available online .
Selected Talks
2023, Mar
Invited talk Three-dimensional gravity in the BV-BFV formalism, University of Vienna, Vienna (A)
2022, Nov
Invited talk Boundary structure of gauge and matter fields coupled to gravity, University of Pavia, Pavia (I)
2022, Oct
Short talk Classical BV-BFV construction on corners for General Relativity, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo (CA)
2022, Spring
Talk series The BV-BFV formalism and General Relativity, CPT, Marseille (F)
2021, Sep
Invited talk The reduced phase space of General Relativity, A gauge summer in BV, Scalea, (I)
2021, Jul
Invited talk AKSZ construction for General Relativity, Higher Structures in QFT and String Theory (Online)
2019, Jul
Invited talk BV-BFV description of General Relativity in three dimensions, University of Genova, Genova (I)
2018, Oct
Invited talk General Relativity on manifolds with corners in the BV-BFV formalism, University of Berkley, California.
2018, Sep
Conference talk General Relativity on manifolds with corners in the BV-BFV formalism, SwissMAP General Meeting 2018, Grindelwald (CH)
2016, Nov
Invited talkWhat is a cosmological spacetime?, Zurich Graduate Colloquium, Zürich (CH)
Grants, awards and scholarships
Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Grant, return phase, PI
Feb 2022 - Jan 2024
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Grant, PI
Oct 2018
Graduate Campus Travel Grant, a grant for a research visit at UC Berkley.
Oct 2011-Jul 2016
Giulio Rampa Scolarship, a full-tuition five-year scholarship granted by Almo Collegio Borromeo to the best students of Physics of the college.
Oct 2011-Jul 2016
IUSS Scholarship, a five-year scholarship granted by the Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS).
Teaching
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