About

My name is Daniel Profili, and I am a mathematics PhD candidate at NC State University. My advisor is Hoon Hong.

Contact

You can reach me at daprofil@ncsu.edu.

Research

My research interests are computer algebra and computational real algebraic geometry. My PhD research, with Hoon Hong and J. Rafael Sendra, is about generalizing Descartes’ rule of signs.

Publications

1. Hong, Hoon, Daniel Profili, and J. Rafael Sendra. “Conditions for eigenvalue configurations of two real symmetric matrices (signature approach).”. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (pending). (2026).
2. Hong, Hoon, Daniel Profili, and J. Rafael Sendra. “Conditions for eigenvalue configurations of two real symmetric matrices (symmetric function approach).” arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.00089 (2026).
3. Santiesteban, Daniela Y., Diego S. Dumani, Daniel Profili, and Stanislav Y. Emelianov. Copper Sulfide Perfluorocarbon Nanodroplets as Clinically Relevant Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Imaging Agents. Nano Letters 2017 17 (10), 5984-5989, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02105.