Professional Preparation Postdoc in Commutative Algebra
Michigan State University, 1995-98

Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1995
Rutgers University
Advisor: Prof. Wolmer V. Vasconcelos.

BS in Mathematics, 1990
University of Padova (Italy)

Appointments 2011- Director of the Center for Mathematics at Notre Dame.
2010-2015 Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C Professor of Mathematics; University of Notre Dame.
2009- Professor at the University of Notre Dame.
2004-2009 Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame.
2002 General Member at MSRI (Fall Semester).
2001-2004 Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame.
2000-2001 Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon.
1998-2000 Assistant Professor at Hope College.
1995-1998 Visiting Research Instructor at Michigan State University.
1990-1995 Teaching Assistant at Rutgers University.

Scholarly Leave Fall 2005 Purdue University
Fall 2002 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley)

Research Interests Primary: Commutative Algebra.
Secondary: Computational Algebra, Homological Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.


Awards NSA conference grant Connections for Women: Joint Workshop on Commutative Algebra and Cluster Algebras (Co-Pi), 2012.
  NSA research grant, 2011-2013.
  NSA research grant, 2009-2011.
  IMA conference grant Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Conference at Purdue, 2011.
  NSF grant Special Algebra Meetings in the Midwest (Co-Pi), 2008-2011.
  NSF grant PASI: Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry (Co-Pi), 2009-2010.
  NSF research grant, 2006-2010.
  NSF research grant, 2002-2006.
  NSF research grant, 1999-2002.
  NSA research grant, 2006-2008.
  ONR grant to organize AWM Workshops (Co-Pi), 2007-2009.
  NSF EMSW21-MCTP grant (Co-Pi), 2006-2011.
  NSF-OISE grant: US-Brazil, 2006-2007.
  NSF conference grant, 2005.
  IMA conference grant, 2005.
  NATO/CNR fellow, 1997-1998.
  CNR postdoctoral fellow, 1995-1996.
  CNR fellow, 1991-1992.
  CNR dissertation fellow, 1989-1990.
  AWM-NSF Mentor Travel Grant, 2002.
  AWM travel grant, 1997.
  AWM postdoctoral award, 1996.

Postdoc Sponsored Yu Xie, 2009-2012.


Ph.D Students Bonnie Smith, 2010, Cores of monomial ideals
  Angela Kohlhaas, 2010, The core of an ideal and its relationship to the adjoint and the coefficient ideals}
  Jeffrey Madsen (current)
  Kathleen Ansaldi (current)


Undergraduate Student Advised Margaret Doig, 2005-06, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Indiana University

  Adam Boocher, 2006-08, currently graduate student at UC Berkeley
  Christina Jamroz, 2010-11, currently graduate student at Purdue


Professional Activities Co-organizer of the workshop Connections For Women: Cluster Algebras and Commutative Algebra, at MSRI, Berkeley, August 2012.
  Co-organizer of the conference Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2011.
  Co-organizer of the conference Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference, Purdue University, May 2011.
  Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Notre Dame, November 2010.
  Co-organizer of a Mathematics Research Communities in Commutative Algebra, Snowbird Resort, Utah, June 2010.
  Co-organizer of the conference Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference 2010, University of Notre Dame, April 2010.
  Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Lexington, March 2010.
  Co-organizer of the summer school: PASI: Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry, Olinda, Brazil, August 2009.
  Co-organizer of the conference: Undergraduate Work in Mathematics, Notre Dame, November 2008.
  Editorial Committee of the Journal of Commutative Algebra.
  Co-organizer of the conference: Undergraduate Work in Mathematics, Notre Dame, September 2007.
  Co-organizer of the panel: Graduate School, Notre Dame, April 2007.
  Co-organizer of the workshop Integral Closure, Adjoint Ideals and Cores at the American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, December 2006.
  Organizer of a seminar for undergraduate and graduate students: research in Commutative Algebra, academic years 2006-07 and 2007-2008.
  Panelist Teaching and Learning: What makes it a great experience for all involved?, Notre Dame, May 2006.
  Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Notre Dame, April 2006.
  Co-organizer of the conference Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference, University of Notre Dame, October 2005.
  Co-organizer of a Special Session at the AMS Meeting in Lawrenceville, April 2004.
  Co-organizer of a special session at the First International Joint Meeting of the AMS and UMI, Pisa, Italy, June 2002.
  Co-organizer of a special session at the First Joint Meeting of the AMS and SMF, Lyon, France, July 2001.
  Referee for various journals.
  Reviewer for NSF.
  Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews. Papers reviewed

Women outreach Chair of the organizing committee of the workshop for women graduate students and recent Ph.D's at the Joint Mathematical Meetings, January 2005, 2006, 2007.
  Effort in recruiting women for the Mathematics Undergraduate Program at Notre Dame: organizing lunches, talks, and creating a web page Women in Mathematics at Notre Dame.
  Faculty Advisor for the University student club AWM (Association of Women in Mathematics of the University of Notre Dame): a chapter of AWM at Notre Dame.
  Faculty Advisor for the University student club WAMND (Women in Applied Mathematics at Notre Dame).
  Panelist at the 7th Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, University of Nebraska, February 2005.
  Panelist: Balancing Career and Family, Women in Science Graduate Leadership Team, Purdue University, April 2004.
  Panelist at the Olga Taussky Todd Celebration of Careers in Mathematics for Women, MSRI, July 1999.

Selected Invited Conferences Commutative Algebra in the Southeast Meeting, Columbia, March 2011.
  International Conference on Commutative Algebra and its Interaction with Algebraic Geometry, CIRM (Centre International de Recontres Mathematiques), Luminy, France, November 2010, September 2008, May 2006, June 2003, June 2000.
  School and International Conference on Local Rings and Local Study of Algebraic Varieties, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), Trieste, Italy, May 2010.
  Pan-American Advances Study Institute in Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry, Olinda , Brazil, August 2009.
  Conference on Commutative Algebra, Oberwolfach, Germany, April 2009.
  GSU-USC Commutative Algebra Seminar, Columbia, November 2008.
  Commutative Algebra and its Interactions: A conference in honor of Mel Hochster, Ann Arbor, July 2008.
  International Conference Towards Establishing a Cutting-Edge Platform for Commutative Ring Theory in the 21st Century, Yokohama, Japan, March 2008.
  International Conference on Hilbert Functions and Syzygies in Commutative Algebra and Combinatorics, Cortona, Italy, September 2007.
  International Conference on Commutative Algebra and its Interaction with Algebraic Geometry, BIRS, Banff, Canada, June 2007.
  Symposium on Commutative Ring Theory, Tokyo, Japan, November 2006.
  Eighth Meeting on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, IMPA (Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada ), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 2006.
  International Conference on Commutative Algebra, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 2006.
  Conference on Commutative Algebra: Homological and Birational Theory, BIRS (Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery), Banff, Canada, September 2004.
  XVIII Escola De Algebra (XVIII Brazilian Algebra Meeting), Campinas, Brazil, July 2004.
  School on Commutative Algebra and its Interactions with Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), Trieste, Italy, June 2004.
  Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Meeting: A Conference in Honor of Joseph Lipman, Purdue University, May 2004.
  KUMUNU: 5th Algebra Day, University of Kansas, September 2003.
  Lisbon Conference on Commutative Algebra, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2003.
  Bluegrass Algebra Conference, University of Kentucky, April 2003.
  Workshop on Commutative Algebra: Local and Birational Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, December 2002.
  2002 Red Raider Mini-Symposium Series, Texas Tech University, November 2002.
  Conference on Zero-Dimensional Schemes and Related Topics, Acitrezza, Italy, June 2002.
  Colloque d'Algébre Commutative: Interactions avec la Géométrie Algébrique, Institut Fourier, Grenoble, France, July 2001.
  CAUL (Centro de Algebra da Universidade de Lisboa), series of four lectures, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1998.
  Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: a Conference in Honor of David Buchsbaum, University of Genova, Italy, June 1998.
  Encuentro Nacional de Algebra y Geometria Algebrica, CIMAT (Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas), Guanajuato, Mexico, August 1997.
  Summer School on Commutative Algebra, CRM (Centre de Recerca Matem� tica), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, July 1996.
  Workshop on Commutative Algebra and its Relation to Combinatorics and Computer Algebra, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), Trieste, Italy, May 1994.

Selected Invited Talks Purdue University, April 2011, November 2010, April 2008, December 2005, November 2005, February 2004, March 2003, April 2002, October 2001.
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2010.
  University of Illinois Chicago, October 2009.
  University of Nebraska, September 2009, December 2003
  University of Genova, Italy, June 2009, July 2002, June 2001, June 2000.
  Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, July 2002, July 2004, August 2005, August 2006
  University of Kentucky, April 2006, December 1999
  University of Zurich, April 2005.
  University of Kansas, March 2005.
  University of Notre Dame, February 2001.
  Rutgers University, November 2000.
  Michigan State University , February 2000, October 1998, September 1999.
  University of Oregon, January 2000
  University of Michigan, January 1997.