Scientific Interests

My scientific interests cover space sciences with special focus on mathematical problems in celestial mechanics and nonlinear dynamics.

• Celestial Mechanics & Nonlinear Dynamics
• Chaos & Role of Resonances
• Orbital & Rotational Problems in Space Science
• Gravitational & non-gravitational effects (gravity, tides, interaction with the solar wind, radiation, magnetic fields)

Celestial Mechanics (motion of celestial bodies in space)

• Orbital motion of asteroids ([A1], [A2], [A3], [A4]), dust ([D1], [D2], [D3]), the planets ([P1]), space debris ([D2]), and the Sitnikov problem ([S1], [S2], [S3], [S4])
• Rotational dynamics of asteroids ([A5], [A6], [A7], [A8]), comets ([C1]), planetary moons and planet Mercury ([P1], [P2], [P3])

Dynamical systems in general (numerical simulations and analytical methods)

• Computer assisted perturbation theory in general mathematical problems ([M1], [M2]) applied to the Sitnikov problem ([M3], [M4]), Trojan asteroids [M5], [M6], the spin-orbit problem [M7], [M8], [M9], and the motion of dust in our solar system ([M10], [M11], [M12])
• Symplectic mapping methods in general mathematical problems (M13]), applied to the Lagrange problem ([M5], [M14], [M15], [M16]), and the Cassini state problem ([M17])

Charged dust in space ([P2])

• charging mechanisms in space: theory & application to spacecraft potentials ([D4])
• charged dust orbits in the interplanetary medium: the first approach ([D3]), dynamics close to outer mean motion resonances with Jupiter ([D5]), in the orbit of Venus ([D6], [D7]), Jupiter ([D8]), with special focus on latitudinal dynamics ([D9],[D10])

Other contributions

• excursions to: modellization of interplanetary magnetic fields ([Z1]), plasma particles in regions of magnetic reconnection ([Z2]), space-weathering effects on Earth-atmosphere (Z3)
• review: Bepi-Colombo mission (Z4)

I am currently studying the orbital and rotational dynamics of the Galilean moons, focusing on how their composition affects their long-term evolution.

A pdf with combined CV and publication list can also be downloaded from here.