Alessandro Michelangeli is at present a von Humboldt Experienced Researcher at the Institute of Applied Mathematics and at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics at the university of Bonn. His research is at the interface of mathematical physics, functional analysis, partial differential equations, and operator theory, with a special focus on problems and methods for quantum mechanics. He graduated in theoretical physics in Pisa and in mathematical physics at SISSA Trieste, held faculty positions at the LMU Munich and SISSA Trieste, and visiting positions at the University of Cambridge, SISSA Trieste, and Bilkent.