Barbara Fantechi is an Italian mathematician and Professor at the

International School for Advanced Studies The International School for Advanced Studies (Italian: ''Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati''; SISSA) is an international, state-supported, post-graduate-education and research institute in Trieste, Italy. SISSA is active in th ...

. Her research area is

algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometry, geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zero of a function, zeros of multivariate polynomials; th ...

. She is a member of the

Accademia dei Lincei The (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in ...

Early life and education

Fantechi received her

Laurea In Italy, the ''laurea'' is the main post-secondary academic degree. The name originally referred literally to the laurel wreath, since ancient times a sign of honor and now worn by Italian students right after their official graduation ceremo ...

from the

University of Pisa The University of Pisa (, UniPi) is a public university, public research university in Pisa, Italy. Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Together with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced S ...

in 1988, with thesis ''Secanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni''. Her doctoral advisor was Fabrizio Catanese.

Research and career

Her research considers algebraic geometry. She has developed the mathematical theories that underpin algebraic stacks. Stacks were first introduced to understand the moduli space of curves.

Honours and awards

In 2018, Fantechi received the Prof. Luigi Tartufari award from the

. She was awarded the MSRI Chancellor's Professorship for 2017-2018, and spent a year at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. In 2022, Fantechi was the first woman mathematician to become a member of the

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* * 1966 births Living people 20th-century Italian mathematicians Italian women mathematicians 20th-century women mathematicians 21st-century women mathematicians 21st-century Italian mathematicians University of Pisa alumni Algebraic geometers 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women scientists {{Italy-mathematician-stub