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- Cambridge University Press | Cambridge | | 2023-03-01 - present
- Nora - Center for Science Communication | Amsterdam | Directeur | 2025-12-12 - present
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Raffaella Mulas is an Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) in Mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before, she was a Group Leader and a Minerva Fast Track Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, where she is still affiliated. She is an Elected Member of the Inaugural Cohort of the European Mathematical Society Young Academy (EMYA), and an Elected Member of the Elisabeth-Schiemann-Kolleg of the Max Planck Society. She holds a VU Startpremie Grant.
Research
- Spectral theory of graphs and hypergraphs
- Discrete Laplacians
- Non-backtracking operators
- Applications to network science
- Extremal combinatorics
- Coloring numbers
- Turán problem
Teaching
- Linear Algebra
- Combinatorics
- Calculus
- Network analysis
- Non-backtracking operators
- Spectra of tensors
Academic qualification
Mathematics, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Coloring outside the lines: Spectral bounds for generalized hypergraph colorings
Beers, L. & Mulas, R., 1 Jun 2026, In: Linear Algebra and its Applications. 738, p. 88-124 37 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Hypergraphs and simplicial complexes in focus: a roadmap for future research in higher-order interactions
Abiad, A., Arenas, A., Backhausz, Á., Balogh, J., Banerji, C. R. S., Barbarossa, S., Bianconi, G., Bick, C., Botnan, M., Carletti, T., Cavallaro, L., Civilini, A., Eliassi-Rad, T., Gong, X., Guo, K., Harrington, H., Jost, J., Krapivsky, P. L., Liò, P. & MacArthur, B. D. & 14 others, , Jun 2026, In: Journal of Physics: Complexity. 7, 2, p. 1-35 35 p., 022501.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Uniform density in matroids, matrices and graphs
Devriendt, K. & Mulas, R., Feb 2026, In: The Australasian Journal of Combinatorics. 94, 1, p. 145-176 32 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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At the end of the spectrum: chromatic bounds for the largest eigenvalue of the normalized Laplacian
Beers, L. & Mulas, R., Jun 2025, In: JPhys Complexity. 6, 2, p. 1-24 24 p., 025006.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Breaking Stereotypes: Lisa Sauermann’s Mathematical and Social Insights
Mulas, R., 2025, Stories Behind Theorems: Conversations with Mathematicians. Springer Nature, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Popular