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Alessandro Lonardi

Postdoctoral researcher
Queen Mary University of London

About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Complex Systems, within the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, where I work with Christian Beck. Previously, I completed my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems under the supervision of Caterina De Bacco and supported by the International Max Planck Research School for Intelligent Systems. After my PhD, I also interned at Sony AI. I earned my Master's in Mathematical Engineering and my my Bachelor's in Physics at the University of Padova.

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Research

My research focuses on complex systems. I am particularly passionate about researching society, technological infrastructures, and their interaction, with the goal of guiding policymakers toward equitable development. At present, I am working on power grids and statistical physics for the project Stability of the South African Power Grid — A data driven statistical physics approach. In the engineering domain, I have also spent some years studying urban mobility [Phys. Rev. Lett. (2023), J. R. Soc. Interface (2025)].

I am also fond of fundamental research topics related to complex systems, such as Bayesian inference and generative models [J. Stat. Mech. (2024)]. In industry, I worked on explainable machine learning for scientific discovery.

While I truly like technical work involving mathematical modeling, I believe empirical observations should always drive research. Therefore, my research puts data first, whether for training algorithms, analyzing and interpreting their hidden patterns, or establishing complex optimization problems I then enjoy solving.

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