Antonella Grassi
Current Employment
Professor of Mathematics, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
INFN, Bologna, Italy
Education
1990 PhD in Mathematics, Duke University
1984 Laurea in Matematica, con 110/110 e lode, Università di Torino
Professional Appointments And Research Groups
2022: Local PI PRIN2022, "Geometry of algebraic structures, moduli, invariants, deformations
2022-INFN, Bologna
2020- Professor Emerita of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
2006-2019 Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
2000-2005 Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1993-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1992-1993 Postdoctoral Fellow, M.S.R.I.
1990-1992 Assistant Professor, Tufts University
Others: Mathematical Science Research Institute, Berkeley; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; Università di Torino
2017-2019 Secondary Appointment as Full Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania
Professional Committee at the University of Bologna
2023-- Scientific Board, Collegio Superiore
2022-- Scientific Board, Istituto di Studi Avanzati
2022-- Committee Representative for the Mathematical Sector (University Research Valuation)
Honors (recent)
2019 Mathematical Science Research Institute Research Professor
2018 American Mathematical Society Fellow
2015 Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Endowed Lecture, Virginia Tech
2010 Distinguished Women in Mathematics Lecture Series University of Texas, Austin.
2008 Current Events Invited Speaker, American Mathematical Society National Meeting
Awards (recent)
2019 American Mathematical Society Programs that Make a Difference Award
2018 Simons Fellow in Mathematics, Simons Foundations
2017 Dean’s Leave Award, University of Pennsylvania.
Recent Invitations
2023
Conference on 100 years of Noetherian Rings, Institute for Advanced study, Princeton, USA
Seminario del Centenario UMI, Bologna
Banff International Research Center, Banff, Canada
Seminario di Geometria Algebrica, Università di Pavia
2022
Seminario di Geometria Algebrica, Università di Pisa.
Seminar Geometria em Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
MFO, Oberfolwach, Germany.
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Hodge Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Classical Elegance: the Geometry of Algebraic Varieties, Cortona, Italy.
Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry Conference, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
Colloquium, Joao Pessoa, Universidade Federal da Parìiba, Brazil
2021
Projective birational higher dimensional geometry International Workshop, Università di Trieste
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University California San Diego
Physics Seminar, Università di Bologna
2020
Workshop on elliptic fibred CY 3-folds and their singularities, Warwick, UK
Cambridge-Oxford-Warwick, Algebraic Geometry Seminar, UK
2019
MFO Oberwolfach Meeting on Toric varieties, Germany
Geometry and String Phenomenology, CERN, Switzerland
Geometry and Physics of Hitchin Systems, Simons Center of Geometry and Physics, USA
Colloquium, Mathematical Science Research Institute, USA
2018
Algebraic Geometry Workshop, Princeton , USA,
String Theory, Geometry and String Model Building, Mainz, Germany
String Math Conference, Plenary Talk, Sendai, Japan
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Rutgers University , USA
AMS Special Section on Toric Varieties, Northeastern University, USA
Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium, San Francisco, USA
2017
Princeton Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Princeton, USA
Matrix Factorizations in Mathematics and Physics, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, USA Colloquium, Courant Institute, New York University, USA
String Seminar, Harvard University, USA
Conference, Women at the Intersection of Mathematics and High Energy Physics, Mainz, Germany Conference, “Physics and Geometry of F-Theory”, ICTP, Italy
Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2016
Workshop, The Mathematics and Physics of F-theory Virginia Institute of Technology
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Università di Roma, Italy
Conference, Algebraic Geometry in the North East, Yale University, USA
MFO Oberwolfach Meeting on Toric varieties, Germany
2015
Fibrations, Mirror Symmetry and Calabi-Yau Geometry, Canadian Mathematical Society Winter meeting, Montreal, Canada
Aspen Center for Theoretical Physics, USA
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Università di Torino, Italy.
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Università di Pisa, Italy
Colloquium, Topics in Algebraic Geometry (Program for Women in Math), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Workshop, Stratified spaces in geometric and computational topology and physics University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Conference, “Physics and Geometry of F-theory”, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany
2014
G2 Workshop, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, USA
Colloquium, Haverford/Bryn Mawr College, USA
Singularities and Physics in Knoxville, AMS Special Session, USA
Geometry and Physics of String Compactifications at the Mathematics Center, Heidelberg, Germany
Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Università di Milano, Italy
Recent Special Courses
2020 Winter School “Geometry, Algebra and Combinatorics of Moduli Spaces and Configurations IV”, Dobbiaco, Italy
Editorial Activities
2022- Associated Editor, Journal of Geometry and Physics.
2019 Volume Edited: Geometric Representation Theory and Gauge Theory (A. Braverman, M.V. Finkel- berg, A. Negut, A. Oblomkov) Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 2248, CIME Cetraro 2018, 2019.
International Professional Committees (recent)
2022-- AMS-UMI Meeting in Palermo Program Committee
2021- Banff International Research Center Selection Committee
2021- American Mathematical Society Fellows Selection Committee
2020- Banff International Research Center Advisoring Board
2018- AWM Dissertation Prize Committee
2017-2018 String-Math Scientific Committee
2013- AGNES (Algebraic Geometry North Eastern Series) Steering Committee
2011, 2013–16 String-Math International Advisory Board
2008- European Mathematical Society/EWM Scientific Committee
1999-2015 Princeton/Institute for Advanced Study, Women and Mathematics
Conference Organized (recent)
2022 Glimpses of Mathematics, Now and Then: A Celebration of Karen Uhlenbeck 80th birthday, Princeton, USA
2020 Women in Algebraic Geometry Collaborative Research Workshop, Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, Providence, RI, USA
2019 MSRI 2019 Spring Special Program: Birational Geometry and Moduli Spaces, Berkeley, USA Workshop, Connections for Women at MSRI, Berkeley, USA
2018 Geometry and Physics of F-theory, Banff International Research Station, Canada
2018 School on Geometric Representation Theory and Gauge Theory, CIME, Cetraro, Italy
2016 Connection for Women@AGNES (Algebraic Geometry North Eastern Series), Inaugural event, Yale, USA
2016 F-theory@20 , California Institute of Technology, USA
2015 Aspects of Algebraic Geometry, Women and Mathematics Program, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
2014 Algebraic Geometry North Eastern Series (AGNES), University of Pennsylvania, USA
2012 F-theory Workshop, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, USA
