email: marajatmpi-cbgdotde
Short Bio
Spring 2024 postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in Anna Seigal's group
Fall 2023 visiting scholar at IMSI, University of Chicago
Fall 2021-Fall 2023 postdoctoral assistant professor at the University of Michigan in Andrew Snowden's group, serving in 2022-2023 as an IBL Desapio fellow
June 2020-August 2021 postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute MiS. in Bernd Sturmfels's group
Fall 2015-Spring 2020 PhD in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky with advisor Uwe Nagel
My research has been supported by the NSF Grant DMS2306672 (PI) and a Simons Travel Grant.
I lead the mathematics group on Algebraic Statistics for Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (W2 professorship). I am also a Young Investigator in the Department of Mathematics at TU Dresden and affiliated with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tirana.
My work is on applied and asymptotic algebra and geometry. Applications include statistics and biology. Tools are from algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, combinatorics, formal language theory and symbolic computation.
August 10–September 18, 2026 (6 weeks) we will have a Dive into Research in Dresden, co-organized with Benjamin Hollering and Irem Portakal (MPI MiS Leipzig) funded by Combinatorial Synergies; see https://www.combinatorial-synergies.de/dives/ for a description and requirements. Email us for questions. More information to come.
MPI CBG Faculty, September 2024
Math at MPI CBG, December 2024
Algebraic Statistics in Munich, March 2025
Numerical Nonlinear Algebra in the Real World workshop at MPI CBG, February 2025; photo from article of Katrin Boes@MPICBG
2nd MPI (Dresden + Leipzig) Day in Dresden, June 2025
MPI CBG Math Retreat in Poland, May 2025
In July 18-29, 2022 we organized the international CIMPA* summer school Mathematical Methods in Data Analysis at the University of Tirana(UT), Albania. Among the topics, the program included applications of algebra, combinatorics, geometry and software for them. The school was generously supported by UT, the Albanian Academy of Sciences, CIMPA, INRIA, Company NinetyOne, the New York School of Science in Kosovo, The City Hall of Tirana and Tirana European Youth Capital '22**.
In January 20, 2023, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tirana held Alumni Day.
In May 16, 2024, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tetova held Women in Mathematics Day.
**Tirana was selected as the European Youth Capital for the year 2022
past events are found in my CV (last updated Oct. '23)