| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| Scholarly Leave |
Fall 2005 Purdue University Fall 2002 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley) |
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| Research Interests |
Primary: Commutative Algebra. Secondary: Computational Algebra, Homological Algebra and Algebraic Geometry. |
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| Awards |
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NSA conference grant Connections for Women: Joint Workshop on Commutative Algebra and Cluster Algebras (Co-Pi), 2012. |
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NSA research grant, 2011-2013. | |
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NSA research grant, 2009-2011. | |
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IMA conference grant Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Conference at Purdue, 2011. | |
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NSF grant Special Algebra Meetings in the Midwest (Co-Pi), 2008-2011. | |
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NSF grant PASI: Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry (Co-Pi), 2009-2010. | |
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NSF research grant, 2006-2010. | |
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NSF research grant, 2002-2006. | |
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NSF research grant, 1999-2002. | |
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NSA research grant, 2006-2008. | |
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ONR grant to organize AWM Workshops (Co-Pi), 2007-2009. | |
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NSF EMSW21-MCTP grant (Co-Pi), 2006-2011. | |
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NSF-OISE grant: US-Brazil, 2006-2007. | |
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NSF conference grant, 2005. | |
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IMA conference grant, 2005. | |
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NATO/CNR fellow, 1997-1998. | |
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CNR postdoctoral fellow, 1995-1996. | |
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CNR fellow, 1991-1992. | |
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CNR dissertation fellow, 1989-1990. | |
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AWM-NSF Mentor Travel Grant, 2002. | |
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AWM travel grant, 1997. | |
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AWM postdoctoral award, 1996. |
| Postdoc Sponsored |
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Yu Xie, 2009-2012. |
| Ph.D Students |
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Bonnie Smith, 2010, Cores of monomial ideals
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Angela Kohlhaas, 2010, The core of an ideal and its
relationship to the adjoint and the coefficient ideals}
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Jeffrey Madsen (current)
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Kathleen Ansaldi (current)
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| Undergraduate Student Advised |
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Margaret Doig, 2005-06, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow
at Indiana University
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Adam Boocher, 2006-08, currently graduate student at UC Berkeley |
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Christina Jamroz, 2010-11, currently graduate student at Purdue
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| Professional Activities |
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Co-organizer of the workshop Connections For Women: Cluster
Algebras and Commutative Algebra, at MSRI, Berkeley, August 2012. |
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Co-organizer of the conference
Commutative Algebra and
Algebraic Geometry Conference, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, November 2011. |
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Co-organizer of the conference
Midwest Algebra, Geometry and
their Interactions Conference, Purdue University, May 2011. |
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Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Notre
Dame, November 2010. |
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Co-organizer of a
Mathematics Research Communities in Commutative
Algebra, Snowbird Resort, Utah, June 2010. |
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Co-organizer of the conference
Midwest Algebra, Geometry and
their Interactions Conference 2010, University of Notre Dame, April
2010. |
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Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Lexington, March 2010. |
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Co-organizer of the summer school: PASI: Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry, Olinda, Brazil, August 2009. |
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Co-organizer of the conference: Undergraduate Work in Mathematics, Notre Dame, November
2008. |
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Editorial Committee of the Journal of Commutative Algebra. |
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Co-organizer of the conference: Undergraduate Work in Mathematics, Notre Dame, September
2007. |
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Co-organizer of the panel: Graduate School, Notre Dame, April
2007. |
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Co-organizer of the workshop Integral Closure, Adjoint Ideals and
Cores at the American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto,
December 2006. |
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Organizer of a seminar for undergraduate and graduate students:
research in Commutative Algebra, academic years 2006-07 and 2007-2008. |
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Panelist Teaching and Learning: What makes it a great
experience for all involved?, Notre Dame, May 2006. |
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Co-organizer of a special session at the AMS Meeting in Notre
Dame, April 2006. |
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Co-organizer of the conference
Midwest Algebra, Geometry and
their Interactions Conference, University of Notre Dame, October
2005. |
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Co-organizer of a
Special Session at the
AMS Meeting in Lawrenceville, April 2004.
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Co-organizer of a special session at the First International Joint
Meeting of the AMS and UMI, Pisa, Italy, June 2002.
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Co-organizer of a special session at the First Joint Meeting of
the AMS and SMF, Lyon, France, July 2001. |
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Referee for various journals. |
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Reviewer for NSF.
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Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews.
Papers reviewed
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| Women outreach |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Faculty Advisor for the University student club WAMND (Women in
Applied Mathematics at Notre Dame).
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Panelist at the 7th Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in
Mathematics, University of Nebraska, February 2005.
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Panelist: Balancing Career and Family, Women in Science
Graduate Leadership Team, Purdue University, April 2004.
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Panelist at the Olga Taussky Todd Celebration of Careers in
Mathematics for Women, MSRI, July 1999.
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| Selected Invited Conferences |
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Commutative Algebra in the Southeast Meeting, Columbia, March 2011. |
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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. | |
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School and International Conference on Local Rings and Local Study of Algebraic Varieties, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), Trieste, Italy, May 2010. | |
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Pan-American Advances Study Institute in Commutative Algebra and its Connections to Geometry, Olinda , Brazil, August 2009. | |
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Conference on Commutative Algebra, Oberwolfach, Germany, April 2009. | |
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GSU-USC Commutative Algebra Seminar, Columbia, November 2008. | |
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Commutative Algebra and its Interactions: A conference in honor of Mel Hochster, Ann Arbor, July 2008. | |
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International Conference Towards Establishing a Cutting-Edge Platform for Commutative Ring Theory in the 21st Century, Yokohama, Japan, March 2008. | |
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International Conference on Hilbert Functions and Syzygies in Commutative Algebra and Combinatorics, Cortona, Italy, September 2007. | |
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International Conference on Commutative Algebra and its Interaction with Algebraic Geometry, BIRS, Banff, Canada, June 2007. | |
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Symposium on Commutative Ring Theory, Tokyo, Japan, November 2006. | |
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Eighth Meeting on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, IMPA (Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada ), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 2006. | |
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International Conference on Commutative Algebra, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 2006. | |
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Conference on Commutative Algebra: Homological and Birational Theory, BIRS (Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery), Banff, Canada, September 2004. | |
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XVIII Escola De Algebra (XVIII Brazilian Algebra Meeting), Campinas, Brazil, July 2004. | |
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School on Commutative Algebra and its Interactions with Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), Trieste, Italy, June 2004. | |
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Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Meeting: A Conference in Honor of Joseph Lipman, Purdue University, May 2004. | |
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KUMUNU: 5th Algebra Day, University of Kansas, September 2003. | |
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Lisbon Conference on Commutative Algebra, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2003. | |
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Bluegrass Algebra Conference, University of Kentucky, April 2003. | |
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Workshop on Commutative Algebra: Local and Birational Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, December 2002. | |
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2002 Red Raider Mini-Symposium Series, Texas Tech University, November 2002. | |
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Conference on Zero-Dimensional Schemes and Related Topics, Acitrezza, Italy, June 2002. | |
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Colloque d'Algébre Commutative: Interactions avec la Géométrie Algébrique, Institut Fourier, Grenoble, France, July 2001. | |
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CAUL (Centro de Algebra da Universidade de Lisboa), series of four lectures, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1998. | |
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Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: a Conference in Honor of David Buchsbaum, University of Genova, Italy, June 1998. | |
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Encuentro Nacional de Algebra y Geometria Algebrica, CIMAT (Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas), Guanajuato, Mexico, August 1997. | |
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Summer School on Commutative Algebra, CRM (Centre de Recerca Matem� tica), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, July 1996. | |
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Workshop on
Commutative Algebra and its Relation to Combinatorics and Computer
Algebra, ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics),
Trieste, Italy, May 1994.
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| Selected Invited Talks |
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Purdue University, April 2011, November 2010, April 2008, December 2005, November 2005, February 2004, March 2003, April 2002, October 2001. |
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2010. | |
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University of Illinois Chicago, October 2009. | |
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University of Nebraska, September 2009, December 2003 | |
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University of Genova, Italy, June 2009, July 2002, June 2001, June 2000. | |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, July 2002, July 2004, August 2005, August 2006 | |
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University of Kentucky, April 2006, December 1999 | |
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University of Zurich, April 2005. | |
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University of Kansas, March 2005. | |
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University of Notre Dame, February 2001. | |
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Rutgers University, November 2000. | |
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Michigan State University , February 2000, October 1998, September 1999. | |
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University of Oregon, January 2000 | |
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University of Michigan, January 1997. |