Making the abstract human.

Ciao! My name is Simone (he/him), and I am a science communicator and recovering mathematician. I have a PhD in mathematics from the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster, where I was also doctoral representative and court jester. I am currently completing a specialization in science communication at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy.

I live somewhere in the triangle between Torino, Trieste, and Leipzig.I mostly work in publishing, public engagement, maths education, and visual content creation. During my internship at ICTP, I was also involved in the creation of fundraising campaigns, and more generally in strategic and institutional (science) communication.

Projects

Exhibit (Trieste Next 2025)

Forgotten contributions from the Global South

The theme of ICTP’s booth was Global Science for a Sustainable Future: in line with this idea, I assembled some names and contributions from the Global South that we often “forget” to include in the history of mathematics. The graphics were displayed on a cube, so that visitors and bystanders could engage with the content and learn more about those who too often get forgotten.

see the graphics!

Laboratorio didattico

OTTAVIA: i dati intorno a noi

I dati intorno a noi è un percorso di avvicinamento all’utilizzo dei dati per indagare la realtà. Unisce statistica, igiene dell’informazione e arte, per fornire a studentesse e studenti gli strumenti necessari a dissezionare e verificare gli input ricevuti dal mondo social. Nell’anno scolastico 2025/2026, il laboratorio verrà ospitato dal Liceo Artistico Statale “Enrico e Umberto Nordio” di Trieste, e finanziato dalla SISSA e dal Comune di Trieste.

SCOPRI DI PIÙ

Writing

23.09.2025
Aula di Scienze (Zanichelli)

Quando la scienza viene fermata

Se lo chiedete a lui, Ian Glomski vi dirà che il motivo per cui si è preso una pausa dalla ricerca scientifica è che non si stava più divertendo. Non ha mai smesso di amare la scienza, ma scienziate e scienziati, oggi, devono fare molto più che esperimenti. Devono anche competere per ottenere i finanziamenti necessari a condurre tali esperimenti…

29.08.2025
ICTP Website

Two Diploma Students Share 2025 Shafi Prize

Two of this year’s Postgraduate Diploma Programme’s top students have been chosen as recipients of the Qaisar and Monika Shafi Prize, an annual award given to the most outstanding scholars in the programme…

28.08.2025
DMV Mitteilungen

“You have to really care for the world”

Science communication is about building platforms to amplify the voices that might go unheard…

26.08.2025
ICTP website

Extreme Experiments on Solid Foundations

When ICTP alumni Keshav Shrestha began his PhD at the University of Houston in the autumn of 2010, he realized that his strong foundation in theoretical physics made both his coursework and research progress smoother…

20.08.2025
ICTP website

“There is nothing uninteresting in maths”

Abdilaziz Komilov’s interest in maths started before his university time, back when he was still in high school. “My interest was mainly in maths olympics,” he explains…

18.08.2025
ICTP website

“It wasn’t just maths or physics, it was about more”

Solafa Fadlallah’s studies have brought her to three different countries, four if you include Italy. She obtained a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at the University of Khartoum…

13.08.2025
ICTP website

Harmonic analysis in Eastern Africa

Every year, ICTP and the Eastern African Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP) come together to organize a summer school on important mathematical topics...

05.08.2025
ICTP website

Uniting African physicists

When G. Gebreyesus Hagoss joined the African School for Electronic Structure Methods and Applications (ASESMA) for the first time, he came from a completely different physics background. “For me, the principle was always straight. Science is about community…

12.06.2025
Newsletter

“Mathematics was never enough for me”

To some mathematicians, mathematics’ distance from reality is a coveted quality. Abstraction and elegance speak directly to them. To others, it leaves an intellectual itch that can’t quite be scratched by mathematics itself. Roberta Sirovich sits firmly amongst the latter...