Barbara Fantechi | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Awards | Prof. Luigi Tartufari award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Algebraic Geometry |
Institutions | SISSA, Italy |
Thesis | Secanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Fabrizio Catanese |
Barbara Fantechi is an Italian mathematician and Professor at the International School for Advanced Studies. Her research area is algebraic geometry. She is a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
Fantechi received her Laurea from the University of Pisa in 1988, with thesis Secanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni. [1] [2] [3] Her doctoral advisor was Fabrizio Catanese. [3]
Her research considers algebraic geometry. [4] She has developed the mathematical theories that underpin algebraic stacks. Stacks were first introduced to understand the moduli space of curves. [5] [6]
In 2018, Fantechi received the Prof. Luigi Tartufari award from the Accademia dei Lincei. [7] She was awarded the MSRI Chancellor's Professorship for 2017-2018, and spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley. [1] In 2022, Fantechi was the first woman mathematician to become a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. [8] [9]
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