Dr. Michele Buzzicotti | Physics and Astronomy | Best Paper Award

University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy

Dr. Michele Buzzicotti is an accomplished physicist whose research bridges turbulence modeling, data-driven fluid dynamics, and machine learning applications in complex systems. He has authored 39 scientific documents, accumulating 703 citations across 513 records with an h-index of 17, reflecting his consistent scientific influence in computational physics and atmospheric modeling. Holding a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (2017), his doctoral work focused on the effects of Fourier mode reduction in turbulence. Currently serving as a tenure-track faculty member at the Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Dr. Buzzicotti has held visiting research appointments at the Technical University of Eindhoven and the University of Rochester. His projects, such as the €1.3 million Italian Ministry of Research–funded “Data-driven and Equation-based Tools for Complex Turbulent Flows,” showcase his leadership in advancing AI-integrated turbulence studies. His publications in Nature Machine Intelligence, Physical Review Letters, and Europhysics Letters highlight pioneering contributions to stochastic modeling and generative AI for fluid dynamics. A reviewer for top-tier journals and a member of EUROMECH and APS, Dr. Buzzicotti continues to shape the future of theoretical and applied turbulence research through innovative interdisciplinary approaches.

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Featured Publications

Li, T., Biferale, L., Bonaccorso, F., Buzzicotti, M., & Centurioni, L. (2025). Stochastic reconstruction of gappy Lagrangian turbulent signals by conditional diffusion models. Communications Physics.

Freitas, A., Um, K., Desbrun, M., Buzzicotti, M., & Biferale, L. (2025). Solver-in-the-loop approach to closure of shell models of turbulence. Physical Review Fluids.

Martin, J., Lübke, J., Li, T., Buzzicotti, M., Grauer, R., & Biferale, L. (2025). Generation of cosmic-ray trajectories by a diffusion model trained on test particles in 3D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

Li, T., Tommasi, S., Buzzicotti, M., Bonaccorso, F., & Biferale, L. (2024). Generative diffusion models for synthetic trajectories of heavy and light particles in turbulence. International Journal of Multiphase Flow.

Khatri, H., Griffies, S. M., Storer, B. A., Buzzicotti, M., Aluie, H., Sonnewald, M., Dussin, R., & Shao, A. (2024). A scale‐dependent analysis of the barotropic vorticity budget in a global ocean simulation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

Li, T., Biferale, L., Bonaccorso, F., Scarpolini, M. A., & Buzzicotti, M. (2024). Synthetic Lagrangian turbulence by generative diffusion models. Nature Machine Intelligence.

Li, T., Lanotte, A. S., Buzzicotti, M., Bonaccorso, F., & Biferale, L. (2023). Multi-scale reconstruction of turbulent rotating flows with generative diffusion models. Atmosphere, 15(1), 60.

Storer, B. A., Buzzicotti, M., Khatri, H., Griffies, S. M., & Aluie, H. (2023). Global cascade of kinetic energy in the ocean and the atmospheric imprint. Science Advances.

Li, T., Buzzicotti, M., Biferale, L., Bonaccorso, F., Chen, S., & Wan, M. (2023). Multi-scale reconstruction of turbulent rotating flows with proper orthogonal decomposition and generative adversarial networks. Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Buzzicotti, M., Storer, B. A., Khatri, H., Griffies, S. M., & Aluie, H. (2023). Spatio‐temporal coarse‐graining decomposition of the global ocean geostrophic kinetic energy. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

Michele Buzzicotti | Physics and Astronomy | Best Paper Award

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