Jacopo Borga
Research
probability theory and its connections to combinatorics and mathematical physics
Bio
Before joining MIT, he served as a Szegő Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department at Stanford University. He completed his Ph.D. at the Institut für Mathematik of the Universität Zürich under the supervision of Valentin Féray and Mathilde Bouvel.
His research interests lie at the intersection of probability theory, combinatorics, and mathematical physics. His work focuses on random combinatorial structures and their continuous limits, including random permutons, meanders, multi-dimensional constrained Brownian motions, Schramm-Loewner evolutions, and Liouville quantum gravity. Jacopo is always interested in finding connections between seemingly unrelated fields of research and mathematical objects.
He has been recognized for his contributions to the field of probability with some awards. In 2023, he received the Bruno de Finetti Award from the Unione Matematica Italiana, which is awarded to one Italian probabilist under 40 years of age. In 2022, he was honored with the Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award, recognizing his outstanding work in the fields of Statistics and Probability.