Pietro De Lellis is an Associate Professor of Complex Dynamical Systems and Control Theory at the University of Naples Federico II. He is the National Coordinator of the PRIN (Project of Relevant National Interest) project entitled "The structure, dynamics, and control of network systems with higher-order interactions," funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
Research focus
Pietro's main research focus is on the theoretical underpinnings of collective behaviors in complex dynamical systems. Notable contributions include the first edge-based adaptive approach for synchronization in complex networks and the extension of the master stability function approach to study the emergence and control of synchronization in the presence of directed higher-order interactions. Beyond modeling, analyzing, and controlling complex systems, his research interests include formation control, decentralized estimation, dynamics of financial markets, and epidemic modeling.
His current topics of interest are:
i) Designing control strategies to steer the behavior of network dynamical systems in the presence of higher-order interactions;
ii) Developing inequality-aware model-based approaches to study the dynamics of complex human migrations, with tools at the interface of network science, physics-inspired modeling, and social sciences;
iii) Developing methods grounded in dynamical systems theory for early warning of critical transitions in psychopathology.