Francesco De Pretis

FRANCESCO DE PRETIS is a science journalist and assistant professor of mathematical methods in economics and finance at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy).

In 2003, for an article on the German mathematician Riemann, he was awarded the "Scrivere la Scienza" writing prize, for which there were more than three thousands contestants. In 2005, he organized an exhibition entitled "Hamilton, the Quaternions and new Mechanics", in honour of the bicentennial of Sir William Rowan Hamilton's birth, which was shown in Genoa during the third annual "Festival della Scienza" and officially acknowledged by the Royal Irish Academy.

De Pretis is regular contributor to La Stampa and the Italian correspondent for Science Magazine.

Following his studies in economics, he is currently working on a postgraduate degree in mathematics. His current interests are the history of mathematics, complex analysis applied to number theory and quantum mechanics applied to information theory and cryptography.