Marco Baity-Jesi (he/him)

My professional interests

I am a Group Leader at Eawag, a research institute of the ETH domain (Switzerland). In my group, we use methods from machine learning and statistical physics to approach problems related to water quality and ecology. In addition, we are interested in understanding the dynamics of high-dimensional systems (such as deep neural networks, glasses or ecological networks) in the presence of a large number of constraints.

Career path

• 2019-present: Group Leader @ Eawag
• 2017-2019: Postdoc @ Columbia University (New York, USA) with David R. Reichman
• 2016-2017: Postdoc @ CEA Saclay & ENS (Paris, France) with Giulio Biroli
• 2015: Research Intern @ University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA) with Andrea J. Liu
• 2014: Research Intern @ New York University (New York, USA) with Matthieu Wyart
• 2012-2015: PhD student @ Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) with Víctor Martín-Mayor
• 2012-2015: PhD student @ Sapienza, Università di Roma (Italy) with Giorgio Parisi

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More things I care about

Stuff that occupies my brain, which I am currently not payed for.

• Inaction in anthropogenic climate change
• Imbalance of power in our society
• How science, as an instrument of knowledge and power, can be used both to improve our lives and to perpetrate injustice
• Dancing
• Life and its relationship with emergent behaviors
• Intrinsic motivation
• Playing
• Community creation and mutual aid
• Social justice
• Art in its more general sense, intended as creative activities that stimulate our thought or feelings
• Empathic communication
• Academic publishing system and knowledge as a common good which should not belong to anyone