Biography:Barbara Fantechi

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Short description: Italian mathematician
Barbara Fantechi
Barbara Fantechi on Algebraic Geometry at Stanford.jpg
Fantechi lectures in 2021
Born1966 (age 57–58)
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
AwardsProf. Luigi Tartufari award
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic Geometry
InstitutionsSISSA, Italy
ThesisSecanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni (1988)
Doctoral advisorFabrizio 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.

Early life and education

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]

Research and career

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]

Honours and awards

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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