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Pietro G. Fré nato ad Alessandria nel 1952, é Professore Emerito di Fisica Teorica all'Università di Torino. E' stato Decano del Dipartimento di Fisica fino al suo collocamento a riposo il 1° Novembre 2022. E' stato Direttore del Centro Arnold-Regge per l'Algebra, la Geometria e la Fisica Teorica dal 2017 al 2022. Dal 1996 al 2000 è stato Presidente della SIGRAV (Società Italiana di Relatività Generale e Fisica della Gravitazione). E' stato ordinario di Fisica Teorica e Direttore del Settore di Fisica delle Particelle alla SISSA dal 1990 al 1996. Fellow della Divisione Teorica del CERN, post-doctoral fellow al California Institute of Technology e all'Università di Bielefeld (Germania) nei primi anni della sua carriera. Autore di circa 380 pubblicazioni scientifiche tra cui 9 libri monografici ha dato contributi di rilievo nel campo delle Teorie di Supergravità e di Stringa con applicazioni alla
Cosmologia, ai Buchi Neri, alla Corrispondenza Olografica Gauge/Gravity e alle Strutture Algebriche sottostanti tali teorie. Si ricordano in particolare l'introduzione della formulazione reonomica (con R. D'Auria), l'invenzione indipendente dai matematici sotto il nome di "Cartan Integrable Systems" delle Algebre Differenziali Libere e la loro estensione con p-forme fermioniche, l'algebra D'Auria-Fré evoluta poi nelle A-infinity algebras, la formulazione geometrica della teoria in 11-dimensioni (M-teoria), la sistematizzazione geometrica della lagrangiana della Supergravità N=2 (con S. Ferrara et al), la scoperta di alcune delle varietà sasakiane omogenee in dimensione sette ed il primo sviluppo dei loro equivalenti olografici tramite quivers. Dal 2001,
il Prof. Fré ha iniziato un'intensa collaborazione con l'Ucraina e la Russia. Nel 2002 ha speso un anno sabbatico a Kiev e ha tenuto un lungo corso di Supergravità all'Istituto Bogoliubov dell'Accademia delle Scienze Ucraina. Frequente visitatore del Joint Institute of Nuclear Research di Dubna negli anni dal 2003 al 2008, è divenuto Addetto Scientifico dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Mosca nel 2009 e ha tenuto questo ruolo per 8 anni fino al settembre del 2017. Nel periodo in Russia, oltre all'attività diplomatica, ha continuato quella scientifica, collaborando in particolare con il Prof. Alexander Sorin, suo frequente coautore e quella didattica tenendo per tre anni successivi un corso avanzato di Fisica Matematica Moderna al MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physical Institute). E' stato anche insignito di due Lauree Honoris Causa: una dall'Università Statale Tecnico Chimica di Ivanovo, l'altra dal Joint Institute of Nuclear Research di Dubna. Il Prof. Fré, ha avuto un notevole numero di studenti di Ph.D. e di Dottorato, tra i quali molti sono Professori Ordinari ed Associati di varie Università. A latere dell'attività scientifica, il Prof. Fré si dedica anche alla Letteratura ed alla Storia, sia quella generale che quella della Matematica. E' autore di romanzi, saggi ed opere storico-filosofiche.
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I was born April 18th 1952 in Alessandria (Italy). I attended primary, secondary and high school in Alessandria where I graduated in 1970 from Liceo Classico. I enrolled as student at the University of Torino in 1970 and I obtained my Laurea degree in Physics in 1974. I married with Tiziana Spandonari May 29th 1976 and my first and only daughter Laura was born May 18th 1988. I am separated from my wife since Nov. 2002 and divorced from her since Dec. 2006. Since 2010 I am married with Olga Aleksandrovna Fre Kozlovskaya.
I am Full Professor of General Relativity in Torino since 1995.
From 1983 to 1985, in leave of absence from Torino, I was Research Fellow at CERN.
(U.S.A.)
In 1977-1978 I was PostDoc at CALTECH
In 1975 I was Research Fellow at the University of TORINO
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I got my ``laurea'' degree from Torino University in 1974
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From 1990 to 1994 I was Member of the Editorial Board of Classical and Quantum Gravity.
I was member of the Directive Council of ISASUT (International School of Advanced Studies, University of Torino) from 1998 to 2005
Since 1992 to 2004 I have been Local Coordinator for the Italian Nodes of the European RTN networks on the Quantum structure of Space--Time and predecessor networks.
From 2002 to 2004 I have been National Coordinator of the Italian String Network (Cofin Project)
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Pietro G. Frè, born in Alessandria (Italy) in 1952, is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the University of Turin. He has been Dean of the Department of Physics until his retirement, effective November 1st, 2022. He was Director of the Arnold-Regge Center for Algebra, Geometry and Theoretical Physics from 2017 to 2022. From 1996 to 2000 he was President of SIGRAV (Italian Society of General Relativity and Physics of Gravitation). He has been Full Professor of Theoretical Physics and Director of the Particle Physics Sector of SISSA from 1990 to 1996. Fellow of CERN Theoretical Division, post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology and Bielefeld University in the early years of his career. Author of about 380 scientific publications including 10 monographic books he has given significant contributions in the field of Supergravity and String Theories with applications to Cosmology, Black Holes, Holographic Gauge/Gravity Correspondence and Algebraic Structures underlying these theories. Of particular note are the introduction of the rheonomic formulation (with R. D'Auria), the independent invention under the name of "Cartan Integrable Systems" of Free Differential Algebras and their extension with fermionic p-forms, the D'Auria-Fré algebra later evolved into the A-infinity algebras, the geometric formulation of the theory in 11-dimensions (M-theory), the geometric systematization of the N=2 Supergravity lagrangian (with S. Ferrara et al), the discover of some of the homogeneous Sasaki-like varieties in dimension seven and the firstdevelopment of their holographic equivalents by quivers. Since 2001, Prof. Fré has begun intensive collaboration with Ukraine and Russia. In 2002 he spent a sabbatical year in Kiev and taught a long course on Supergravity at the Bogolyubov Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Frequent visitor to the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna during the years 2003 to 2008, Prof. Fré became Scientific Attachée of the Italian Embassy in Moscow in 2009 and held this position for 8 years until September 2017. During his time in Russia, in addition to his diplomatic activities, he continued his scientific activities, collaborating in particular with Prof. Alexander Sorin, his frequent co-author, and his teaching activities by giving an advanced course in Modern Mathematical Physics at the MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physical Institute) for three successive years. He was also awarded two honorary degrees: one by the Ivanovo State Technical-Chemical University, the other by the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna. Prof. Fré, who had a considerable number of Ph.D. students, among whom many are Full and Associate Professors at various Universities, also devotes himself to Literature and he has authored a number of novels and essays of philosophical-historical character.
