Gavril Farkas

Gavril Farkas is a Hungarian-Romanian-German mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. He is known for his work on algebraic curves, moduli spaces, and syzygies of algebraic varieties. Farkas is a professor of mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Education and career

Farkas earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, in 1995, specializing in geometry and topology. He obtained a Master of Science degree from the Mathematical Research Institute in the Netherlands in 1996 and completed his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2000. ^[1]

He has held academic positions at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, and the University of Texas ^[2] before becoming a full professor at Humboldt University in 2007. ^[3]

Honors

• 2023 Elected member of the Academy of Europe ^[4]
• 2022 Elected full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ^[5]
• 2019 ERC Advanced Grant SYZYGY ^{[6] [7]}
• 2014 Ad Astra Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research ^[8]
• 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship ^[2]

References

1. "First MATH+ Distinguished Fellow: Gavril Farkas (HU Berlin)". MATH+. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
2. Leahy, Cory (18 May 2005). "University of Texas at Austin faculty receive Sloan Research Fellowships". UT Austin News - The University of Texas at Austin.
3. "Prof. Dr. Gavril Farkas". Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
4. "Farkas Gavril". Academy of Europe.
5. "Neue Mitglieder der BBAW". BBAW.
6. "Zwei Millionen Euro für HU-Mathematiker Gavril Farkas - News - WISTA Management GmbH". WISTA (in German).
7. "Two Million Euros for HU Mathematician Gavril Farkas". Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
8. "Premiile Ad Astra: Despre dimensiunile matematicii cu Gavril Farkas". Adevărul (in Romanian). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2025.