
Lorenzo Sarnataro
Brauer Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto
I am a Brauer Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. My mentors are Robert Haslhofer and Yevgeny Liokumovich.
I received my PhD at Princeton University in 2024, where I was advised by Fernando Codá Marques.
Research interests: Geometric Analysis, Minimal Surfaces, Geometric Flows.
Department of Mathematics · University of Toronto40 St George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada
lorenzo.sarnataro@utoronto.ca
Research
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On the Gage–Hamilton–Grayson Theorem for free boundary curves
(Joint with Yueheng Bao) arXiv:2610.09557 – 14 pages -
Regularity and compactness theory of stable free-boundary minimal hypersurfaces
(Joint with Costante Bellettini, Martin Li, and Davide Parise) arXiv:2610.09596 – 61 pages -
Boundary behaviour of stable Allen–Cahn limit-interfaces in Riemannian manifolds
(Joint with Martin Li and Davide Parise) arXiv:2610.04833 – 60 pages -
Second order estimates on transition layers for the Allen–Cahn equation with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions: Part I - Boundary-orthogonal transition layers
(Joint with Akashdeep Dey, Wenkui Du, and Davide Parise) arXiv:2609.32829 – 107 pages -
Existence of free boundary minimal disks in convex regions
(Joint with Douglas Stryker, Zhichao Wang, and Xin Zhou) arXiv:2606.02396 – 22 pages -
Index, intersections, and multiplicity of min-max geodesics
(Joint with Jared Marx-Kuo and Douglas Stryker) arXiv:2410.02580 – Advances in Mathematics. Volume 502 (2026), Part C. Article 111193, pp. 1-46 -
Boundary behavior of limit-interfaces for the Allen–Cahn equation on Riemannian manifolds with Neumann boundary condition
(Joint with Martin Li and Davide Parise) arXiv:2312.07210 – Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 248, 124 (2024), pp. 1-43 -
Existence of closed embedded curves of constant curvature via min-max
(Joint with Douglas Stryker) arXiv:2306.04840 – Reine Angew. Math. (Crelle’s Journal), vol. 2026, no. 831, pp. 185-211 -
Optimal regularity for minimizers of the prescribed mean curvature functional over isotopies
(Joint with Douglas Stryker) arXiv:2304.02722 – Cambridge Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 13 (2025), no. 3, pp. 609-706
Talks
| November 2026 | Cornell University Analysis and Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| September 2026 | Columbia University Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| June 2026 | International geometric analysis conference in Milan II, Bocconi University |
| May 2026 | ETH Analysis Seminar |
| February 2026 | Stanford University Geometry Seminar |
| February 2026 | UC Berkeley Differential Geometry Seminar |
| January 2026 | Workshop on Connections among Spin Geometry, Minimal Surfaces and Relativity, BIRS-CMI |
| December 2025 | Canadian Mathematical Society meeting, Session on Geometric PDEs |
| October 2025 | QMUL Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation Seminar |
| September 2025 | University of Waterloo Geometry Seminar |
| August 2025 | CUHK Geometric Analysis Seminar (postponed, date TBD) |
| December 2024 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| September 2024 | University of Toronto Geometry and Topology Seminar |
| June 2024 | Fields Institute Geometric Analysis Colloquium |
| May 2024 | Northwestern University Informal Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| April 2024 | Notre Dame University PDE, Complex Analysis and Differential Geometry Seminar |
| March 2024 | CUNY Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| February 2024 | University of Pennsylvania Geometry and Topology Seminar |
| January 2024 | University of Copenhagen Geometry Seminar |
| December 2023 | ETH Analysis Seminar |
| December 2023 | UCSD Differential Geometry Seminar |
| December 2023 | Caltech Geometry and Topology Seminar |
| November 2023 | University of Chicago Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| November 2023 | MIT Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| November 2023 | Recent advances in geometric analysis at CIRM |
| October 2023 | Rutgers University Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| October 2023 | Rice University Geometry Seminar |
| September 2023 | Cornell University Analysis and Geometric Analysis Seminar |
| April 2023 | Princeton Graduate Student Seminar |
Teaching
University of Toronto
| Fall 2025 | Instructor for MATA31 (Calculus I for Mathematical Sciences) at UTSC |
| Winter 2025 | Instructor for MATA31 (Calculus I for Mathematical Sciences) at UTSC |
At Princeton University:
| Spring 2024 | Teaching assistant for MAT 355: Introduction to Differential Geometry |
| Fall 2023 | Teaching assistant for MAT 300: Multivariable Analysis I |
| Spring 2023 | Precept instructor for MAT 175: Mathematics for Economics and Life Sciences |
| Fall 2022 | Precept instructor for MAT 175: Mathematics for Economics and Life Sciences |
| Spring 2022 | Precept instructor for MAT 201: Multivariable Calculus |
| Fall 2021 | Precept instructor for MAT 201: Multivariable Calculus |
| Spring 2021 | Teaching assistant for MAT 201: Multivariable Calculus |
| Fall 2020 | Teaching assistant for MAT 300: Multivariable Analysis I |