Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 09/09/1991
Place of birth: Umbertide (PG), Italy
CURRENT ACCADEMIC APPOINTMENT (from June 2021)
Associate Professor
Technical University of Denmark
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
PREVIOUS ACCADEMIC/RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor (from 01/04/2019 to 31/05/2021)
Department on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark
Postdoctoral Researcher (from 01/11/2018 to 28/02/2019)
Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova
Project title: Linear sets, MRD codes and algebraic curves over finite fields
Supervisor of the Project: Corrado Zanella
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mathematics [Doctor Europaeus] (from 01/11/2015 to 30/11/2018)
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Grade: Excellent cum Laude
Thesis Title: Algebraic curves over finite fields
Supervisor: Gábor Korchmáros
M.S in Mathematics (from 27/09/2014 to 16/07/2015)
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Grade: 110/110 cum Laude
Thesis Title: Algebraic curves in positive characteristic
Supervisor: Massimo Giulietti
B.S in Mathematics (from 15/10/2010 to 18/07/2013)
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Grade: 110/110 cum Laude
Thesis Title: Algebraic Function Fields and their Applications
Supervisor: Massimo Giulietti
Conservatory degree (M.S.) in flute performance (from 04/11/2004 to 14/09/2010)
Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia
Grade: 10/10
Thesis Topic: Pierre Sancan, Sonatina for flute and piano (1946)
Supervisor: Pierluigi Tabachin
QUALIFICATIONS
Habilitation (ASN) as Associate Professor in Algebra and Geometry A1/02 at Italian universities.
Qualification for the Assistant Professor position 201806 in Algebraic Coding Theory and Code-based Cryptography at Aalborg University. Excerpt from the evaluation:
"The applicant is evaluated as professionally qualified for this position. The applicant is
a young exceptionally strong researcher with a high potential to become a world leading
expert within any fields she chooses to study."
COURSES AND CONFERENCES ON UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Participation to the course Education in University Teaching at DTU (UDTU)
Technical University of Denmark
Module 1 "Teaching and Learning",
Module 2 "Teaching Methods and Course Design",
Module 3 "Teaching and Teacher Development",
Module 4 "Teaching Development Project"
Excerpt from the evaluation:
"Maria has proven to be a dedicated and competent teacher able to understand all the important factors in teaching which support student learning in an effective way. Her teaching has lifted the students into completely unexpected levels of study intensity and deep learning way beyond any normal teacher. Maria is absolutely a very strong candidate for the “teacher of the year” award in the near future!"
Participation to the course Supervision of PhD Students at DTU (February 2020)
Participation to Mathematical skills and competences @ DTU: Progression or regression (November 2019)
Technical University of Denmark
LANGUAGES
Italian (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Danish (intermediate, certified level PD3)
GRANTS
FFTA travel grant for early career researchers (June 2017)
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
Member of the Nordic Number Theory Network
(from 01-04-2019 to present).
Member of the funded national project PRIN 2012 (Research Projects of National Relevance, Italy)
Name of the project: Strutture Geometriche, Combinatoria e loro Applicazioni
(from 01-12-2015 to 31-12-2017).
Member of the Italian research institution Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi (INdAM)
Group: algebraic, geometric structures and their applications
(from 01-01-2016 to present).
REFEREE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Combinatorica, Journal of Algebra, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, IEEE transaction on information theory, Finite Fields and Their Applications, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, Communications in Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Advances in Geometry, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Tokyo Journal of Mathematics, AIMS Mathematics, Advances in Mathematics of Communications, Research in Number Theory, Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing, Matematica, Cultura e Società (UMI)
REVIEWER FOR
Zentralblatt MATH
MathSciNet- American Mathematical Society
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER FOR
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A