The 2021 edition of the prize "Giovanni Paladin" of the Società Italiana di Fisica Statistica (Italian Society of Statistical Physics) for the best PhD thesis in the field of Statistical Physics and Complex Systems will be awarded to dr. Livio Nicola Carenza who studied in Bari for his PhD in Theoretical Physics under the surpervision of prof. Giuseppe Gonnella and graduated with the dissertation titled "Confined Active Fluids: Morphology, Topological defects and flow behaviors".
The award ceremony for the 2021 "Giovanni Paladin" Prize will take place online on 28th October at 2.45pm.
The 2021 Nobel Prize Prof. Giorgio Parisi will open the ceremony with a speech in commemoration of Giovanni Paladin.
A seminar from Livio Nicola Carenza, winner of the prize, will follow.
The ceremony will be broadcasted on the YouTube channel of the Società Italiana di Fisica Statistica.