Catherine Cannizzo

NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Scholar
Dept. of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley
987 Evans Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3840
ckacannizzo@berkeley.edu
she/her
California Relay Service 711

About Me

Image credit: Claudia Landgrover, SCGP, November 2021

I am currently seeking tenure-track faculty positions in mathematics.

I am a National Science Foundation MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. My research focuses on symplectic geometry and homological mirror symmetry, in particular extending Fukaya categories of Landau-Ginzburg models to non-exact and non-Lefschetz settings. Previously, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside and a Research Assistant Professor at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University. I received my PhD in 2019 from UC Berkeley under Professor Denis Auroux and earned my BA and Master of Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.

My work also aims to broaden participation among underrepresented minority groups in mathematics and engage the general public. Here's a general-audience elevator pitch I created in grad school, and here's an AMS article by AMS Mass Media Fellow Maxine Calle covering a talk I gave on wrapping in the Fukaya category.

On a personal note, I enjoy ballet and am part of the LGBTQ+ community. You can find more about me on MΣΣT a Mathematician! and the UC Berkeley math department's Peer Advisors Podcast. Here’s how to pronounce my name.

Conference photos

2024 ASCEND Fellowship Conference
October 2024, Vanderbilt University

Beautiful artwork I saw during the 2017 Oakland Women's March 

Banner image credit: Shutterstock