Antonella Grassi

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Antonella Grassi
Alma mater Duke University, 1990
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Pennsylvania Providence
University of Bologna
Doctoral advisor David R. Morrison

Antonella Grassi is an Italian [1] mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry and string theory. She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

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Education

Grassi received her Ph.D. from Duke University under the supervision of David R. Morrison. Her dissertation was entitled "Minimal Models of Elliptic Threefolds." [2]

Career and Service

Grassi is currently Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has supervised two doctoral students, one at the University of Pennsylvania and the other at Università di Torino in Torino. [2] She is an active participant in Women in Math at the University of Pennsylvania. [3]

Grassi has been a leader and mentor in the Institute for Advanced Study Program for Women in Mathematics; in particular, she organized the 2007 program on Algebraic Geometry and Group Actions. [4]

Honors

Grassi was elected to the 2018 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society. Her citation read "For contributions to algebraic geometry and mathematical physics, and for leadership in mentoring programs." [5]

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References

  1. "Antonella Grassi – European Women in Mathematics" . Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  2. 1 2 Antonella Grassi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Women in Math at the University of Pennsylvania". www.math.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  4. "Program History". www.math.ias.edu. Institute for Advanced Study. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. "Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". ams.org. American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 6 November 2017.