Exact cost of the Euclidean Maximum Traveling Salesman Problem in one dimension
Caracciolo, S., and Vanoni, C. (2026). "Exact cost of the Euclidean Maximum Traveling Salesman Problem in one dimension." arXiv:2610.26536.
CV
Work experience
Since Fall 2024: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, USA)
- Advisors: Paul J. Steinhardt and Salvatore Torquato
Education
Ph.D cum laude in Statistical Physics, SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, IT), 2024
- Advisors: Andrea Gambassi and Antonello Scardicchio
- Thesis: Non-equilibrium dynamics and localization in statistical quantum systems
Visiting PhD student, Boston University (Boston, MA, USA), 2023
- Advisor: Anushya Chandran
- Period: April - June 2023
Visiting PhD student, ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, IT), 2021-2024
- Advisor: Antonello Scardicchio
- Period: Sept 2021 - August 2024
M.S. cum laude in Physics, University of Milan (Milan, IT), 2020
- Advisors: Sergio Caracciolo and Antonello Scardicchio
- Thesis: Localization and Ergodicity in the Discrete non-linear Schroedinger Equation
B.S. cum laude in Physics, University of Milan (Milan, IT), 2018
- Advisor: Sergio Caracciolo
- Thesis: Monopartite Euclidean Travelling Salesman Problem in One Dimension
Publications
Quantum transmission in 1D disordered stealthy hyperuniform Kronig–Penney-like models
Yuan, S., Vanoni, C., Torquato, S. (2026). "Quantum transmission in 1D disordered stealthy hyperuniform Kronig--Penney-like models." arXiv:2610.02501 .
Inferring stealthy hyperuniform correlations from quantum transport
Costa, N. C., Ferreira, M. S., Lewenkopf, C., Pinheiro, F. A., Steinhardt, P. J., Torquato, S., Vanoni, C. (2026). "Inferring stealthy hyperuniform correlations from quantum transport." arXiv:2608.11188 .
Analysis of Conjectural Improvements to Minkowski’s Lower Bound on the Sphere Packing Density
Vanoni, C., Guo, A., Torquato, S. (2026). "Analysis of Conjectural Improvements to Minkowski’s Lower Bound on the Sphere Packing Density." arXiv:2608.00920 .
Semi-fractality and localization on a chiral Cayley tree
Vanoni, C., Kravtsov, V. E., Altshuler, B. L. (2026). "Semi-fractality and localization on a chiral Cayley tree." arXiv:2607.18179 .
Two-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform polycrystalline disk packings
Vanoni, C., Steinhardt, P. J., Torquato, S. (2026). "Two-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform polycrystalline disk packings." arXiv:2606.23628
Resonance Proliferation Across Localization Transitions
Vanoni, C., Long, D. M., Chandran, A. (2026). "Resonance Proliferation Across Localization Transitions." arXiv:2605.05445
Effective delocalization in the one-dimensional Anderson model with stealthy disorder
Vanoni, C., Karcher, J., Rechtsman, M. C., Altshuler, B. L., Steinhardt, P. J., and Torquato, S. (2026). "Effective delocalization in the one-dimensional Anderson model with stealthy disorder." Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 150404.
Quantifying when hyperuniformity of a many-particle system leads to uniformity across length scales
Vanoni, C., Steinhardt, P. J., and Torquato, S. (2025). "Quantifying when hyperuniformity of a many-particle system leads to uniformity across length scales." Physical Review E 112, 044142.
Scaling Theory of Fading Ergodicity
Światek, R., Hopjan, M., Vanoni, C., Scardicchio, A., and Vidmar, L. (2025). "Scaling Theory of Fading Ergodicity." Physical Review Letters 135, 170401.
Renormalization group analysis of the many-body localization transition in the random-field XXZ chain
Niedda, J., Bracci Testasecca, G., Magnifico, G., Balducci, F., Vanoni, C., and Scardicchio, A. (2025). "Renormalization group analysis of the many-body localization transition in the random-field XXZ chain." Physical Review B 112, 144201.
Renormalization group for Anderson localization on high-dimensional lattices
Altshuler, B. L., Kravtsov, V. E., Scardicchio, A., Sierant, P., and Vanoni, C. (2025). "Renormalization group for Anderson localization on high-dimensional lattices." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(35), e2423763122.
Dynamical properties of particulate composites derived from ultradense stealthy hyperuniform sphere packings
Vanoni, C., Kim, J., Steinhardt, P. J., and Torquato, S. (2025). "Dynamical properties of particulate composites derived from ultradense stealthy hyperuniform sphere packings." Physical Review E 112, 015406.
Scaling analysis and renormalization group on the mobility edge in the quantum random energy model
Balducci, F., Bracci Testasecca, G., Niedda, J., Scardicchio, A., and Vanoni, C. (2025). "Scaling analysis and renormalization group on the mobility edge in the quantum random energy model." Physical Review B 111, 214206.
Dynamical properties of dense disordered stealthy hyperuniform packings
Vanoni, C., Kim, J., Steinhardt, P. J., and Torquato, S. (2025). "Dynamical properties of dense disordered stealthy hyperuniform packings." APS March Meeting, Oral Presentation.
Investigating finite-size effects in random matrices by counting resonances
Kutlin, A. and Vanoni, C. (2025). "Investigating finite-size effects in random matrices by counting resonances." SciPost Physics 18, 090.
Renormalization group analysis of the Anderson model on random regular graphs
Vanoni, C., Altshuler, B. L., Kravtsov, V. E., and Scardicchio, A. (2024). "Renormalization group analysis of the Anderson model on random regular graphs." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(29), e2401955121.
Analysis of localization transitions using nonparametric unsupervised learning
Vanoni, C. and Vitale, V. (2024). "Analysis of localization transitions using nonparametric unsupervised learning." Physical Review B 110, 024204.
A hydrodynamic approach to Stark localization
Capizzi, L., Vanoni, C., Calabrese, P., and Gambassi, A. (2023). "A hydrodynamic approach to Stark localization." Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2023(7), 073104.
Interface dynamics in the two-dimensional quantum Ising model
Balducci, F., Gambassi, A., Lerose, A., Scardicchio, A., and Vanoni, C. (2023). "Interface dynamics in the two-dimensional quantum Ising model." Physical Review B 107, 024306.
Slow melting of a disordered quantum crystal
Balducci, F., Scardicchio, A., and Vanoni, C. (2023). "Slow melting of a disordered quantum crystal." Physical Review B 107, 024201.
Localization and Melting of Interfaces in the Two-Dimensional Quantum Ising Model
Balducci, F., Gambassi, A., Lerose, A., Scardicchio, A., and Vanoni, C. (2022). "Localization and Melting of Interfaces in the Two-Dimensional Quantum Ising Model." Physical Review Letters 129, 120601.
Localization in the Discrete Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation and geometric properties of the microcanonical surface
Balducci, F., Scardicchio, A., Arezzo, C., Vanoni, C., and Piergallini, R. (2022). "Localization in the Discrete Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation and geometric properties of the microcanonical surface." APS March Meeting Abstracts, N08.008.
Localization in the Discrete Non-linear Schrödinger Equation and Geometric Properties of the Microcanonical Surface
Arezzo, C., Balducci, F., Piergallini, R., Scardicchio, A., and Vanoni, C. (2022). "Localization in the Discrete Non-linear Schrödinger Equation and Geometric Properties of the Microcanonical Surface." Journal of Statistical Physics 186(2), 24.
Average optimal cost for the Euclidean TSP in one dimension
Caracciolo, S., Di Gioacchino, A., Malatesta, E. M., and Vanoni, C. (2019). "Average optimal cost for the Euclidean TSP in one dimension." Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 52, 264003.
Talks
Invited talk at the Workshop Quantum Matter Beyond Ergodicity and Thermalization
Talk at International Institute of Physics IIP, Natal, BR
Invited talk at the Program Quantum Matter Beyond Ergodicity and Thermalization
Talk at International Institute of Physics IIP, Natal, BR
Applied Statistical Mechanics: Tutorial and Seminar
Talk at Boston University, Boston, USA
Seminar for the Young Seminar Series of the Italian Society for Statistical Physics
Talk at Remote, Online
Short talk at the 129th Statistical Mechanics Conference
Talk at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Seminar for the MURI collaboration on Hyperuniformity
Talk at Remote, Online
Short talk at the 128th Statistical Mechanics Conference
Talk at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Seminar for the MURI collaboration on Hyperuniformity
Talk at Remote, Online
Contributed talk at the APS Global Physics Summit
Talk at APS Global Physics Summit, Anaheim, CA, USA
Talk at the Condensed Matter Theory Group Meeting
Talk at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Seminar for the Leeds-Loughborough-Nottingham Non-Equilibrium Seminars Series
Talk at Remote, Online
Seminar at the Condensed Matter Division
Talk at Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, DE
Seminar at the Condensed Matter Theory Group
Talk at Boston University, Boston, USA
Seminar at the Department of Mathematics
Talk at University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Contributed talk at the Non-Equilibrium Quantum Workshop
Talk at IJS Institute, Krvavec, Slovenia
Short talk at the 124th Conference on Statistical Mechanics
Talk at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Seminar at the Condensed Matter Theory Group
Talk at Boston University, Boston, USA
Talk at the 8th Trieste–Ljubljana-Zagreb meeting
Talk at ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Talk at I Conference of the Italian Society of Statistical Physics - SIFS
Talk at Remote, Online
Collaborators
- Boris Altshuler (Columbia University)
- Claudio Arezzo (ICTP)
- Federico Balducci (CFT-PAN, Warsaw)
- Pasquale Calabrese (SISSA)
- Luca Capizzi (LPTMS)
- Sergio Caracciolo (INFN Milan)
- Anushya Chandran (Boston University)
- Natanael C. Costa (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
- Andrea Di Gioacchino (Phagos)
- Mauro S. Ferreira (Trinity College)
- Andrea Gambassi (SISSA)
- Alan Guo (OpenAI)
- Jaeuk Kim (KAIST)
- Vladimir Kravtsov (ICTP)
- Anton Kutlin (ICTP)
- Alessio Lerose (KU Leuven)
- Caio Lewenkopf (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
- David M. Long (Stanford University)
- Giuseppe Magnifico (University of Bari)
- Enrico Malatesta (Bocconi University)
- Felipe A. Pinheiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
- Antonello Scardicchio (ICTP)
- Piotr Sierant (BSC)
- Paul J. Steinhardt (Princeton University)
- Salvatore Torquato (Princeton University)
- Lev Vidmar (Josef Stefan Institute)
- Vittorio Vitale (Pasqal)
Awards
- (2023) Italian Physical Society “Augusto Righi” Prize for Scientific Achievements
- (2015) Bronze Medal at the national level of the Italian Physics Olympics
- (2014) Winner of the Valerio Filippini Physics Prize
- (2014) Selected for the scientific preparation of the Italian team at the International Physics Olympiads (IPhO) at ICTP
- (2014) Participant at the national level of the Italian Physics Olympiads
Extra activities
- 2023-2024: Students’ representative for the Statistical Physics group, SISSA
- 2022-2023: Website management for the Statistical Physics Group, SISSA
Conference Organization
- December 2026: Organizer of the Conference “Hidden Order in Disorder: The Expanding Landscape of Hyperuniformity”
- October 2022: Local Organizer of the Conference “The Many Facets of Statistical Field Theory”
Schools and Visiting periods
- Invited fellow, Program on Quantum Matter beyond Ergodicity and Thermalization, International Institute of Physics - Natal, RN, Brazil - Sept 2026
- Summer School, Software Engineering, Princeton University - Princeton, USA - Jun 2026
- Bootcamp, (2 days) Parallel Programming and GPU, Princeton University - Princeton, USA - Oct 2024
- Visiting, (1 week) Condensed Matter Division (prof. Marin Bukov), Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems - Dresden, Germany - Aug 2024
- Program: New Directions in far from Equilibrium Integrability and beyond, Simons Centre for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, New York - May 2024
- Visiting, (1 week) Condensed Matter Theory Group (prof. Anushya Chandran), Boston University, Boston, USA - Apr 2024
- Boulder Summer School: Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA - Jul 2023
- Visiting, (1 week) Physics Department (prof. David A. Huse and Sarang Gopalakrishnan), Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Jun 2023
- Visiting, (2 months) Condensed Matter Theory Group (prof. Anushya Chandran), Boston University, Boston, USA - Apr-Jun 2023
- The Beg Rohu Summer School - Non Equilibrium Dynamics, Saint-Pierre Quiberon, France - Jun 2022
- GGI Winter School in Statistical Field Theory, GGI - Florence, Online - Feb 2022
- GGI Winter School in Statistical Field Theory, GGI - Florence, Online - Feb 2021
- Disordered Serendipity: a Glassy Path to Discover. A workshop in honour of Giorgio Parisi’s 70th birthday, Univeristy of Rome - La Sapienza, Roma, Italy - Sep 2018
- Operational Issues in Radioactive Waste Management and Nuclear Decommissioning EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy - Sep 2014
- Ad un passo dalle IPhO 2014 (preparation school for the International Physics Olympiad), ICTP, Trieste, Italy - May 2014
- Quantum Mechanics and Measure of Planck’s constant, INFN Laboratories, Frascati, Italy - Jun 2014
Teaching
Guest Lecturer: Random Heterogeneous Materials
Mentor in the ReMatch program
Lesson on Electromagnetism
Lesson on Electromagnetism
Lesson on Classical Mechanics
Lesson on Classical Mechanics
Referee for Scientific Journals
- SciPost
- Physical Review A,
- Physical Review B,
- Physical Review R,
- Physical Review X,
- Physical Review Letters,
- Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment,
- Annals of Physics