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Giulio Tiozzo

Professor of Mathematics at University of Toronto; dynamical systems and ergodic theory
University of Toronto · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · academic

Giulio Tiozzo is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto working in dynamical systems and ergodic theory, with applications to complex analysis, probability, and geometric group theory. Represented Italy at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2001, 2002 and 2003, winning a bronze medal each year. He completed a Ph.D. at Harvard University and studied at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.

Mathematician working in dynamical systems and ergodic theory, with applications to complex analysis, probability and geometric group theory. Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto; previously Gibbs Assistant Professor at Yale and an ICERM postdoctoral fellow at Brown, after a Ph.D. at Harvard under Curtis T. McMullen. Three-time Italian IMO team member (2001-2003).

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LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Company siteutoronto.ca
UniversityHarvard University
Dynamical SystemsErgodic TheoryComplex DynamicsGeometric Group TheoryProbability TheoryDiophantine ApproximationMathematics
Notes
  • Promoted to full Professor at University of Toronto effective 2026, currently on leave 2025-27, after Associate Professor (2022-26) and Assistant Professor (2016-22).2026
  • Won the André-Aisenstadt Prize (2021), the premier early-career research award in Canadian mathematics.2021
  • Research profiled in Quanta Magazine ('Entropy Bagels and Other Complex Structures Emerge From Simple Rules', Feb 2024), reflecting mainstream reach of his core entropy and 'master teapot' work.Feb 27, 2024
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Mathematics (2018-2020) and Simons Foundation Fellowship (2026), signaling sustained support for his dynamics work.2018
  • Represented Italy at the IMO three straight years (2001, 2002, 2003), winning bronze each time; medal-level Olympiad record at the top of Italian high-school mathematics.2003
  • Ph.D. at Harvard (2013) under Curtis T. McMullen, an advisor lineage tied to the Mathematics Genealogy Project record. Thesis: Entropy, dimension and combinatorial moduli for one-dimensional dynamical systems.2013
  • Active on Mastodon (@tiozzo_giulio@mathstodon.xyz) since 2022; bio confirms he/him and links his Toronto site.2022

Competition record

Italy · IMO

2001 · Bronze · Rank 1992002 · Bronze · Rank 1912003 · Bronze · Rank 179