Sandra Di Rocco

Sandra Di Rocco (born 1967)[1] is an Italian mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. She works in Sweden as a professor of mathematics and dean of the faculty of engineering science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology,[2] and chairs the Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[3]

Education

Di Rocco earned a laurea from the University of L'Aquila in 1992,[4] and completed her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1996 at Notre Dame University in the US, supervised by Andrew J. Sommese.[5]

Career

After postdoctoral research at the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Germany, and short stints as an assistant professor at Yale University and the University of Minnesota, Di Rocco became an associate professor at KTH in 2003. She was named full professor in 2010, served as department chair from 2012 to 2019, and became dean in 2020.[4]

Service

Di Rocco was elected as chair of the Activity Group on Algebraic Geometry (SIAG-AG) of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in 2020.[3]

References

  1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2021-01-11
  2. "Sandra Di Rocco", Profiles, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, retrieved 2021-01-11
  3. "SIAM Activity Groups Election Results", SIAM News, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 6 January 2020, retrieved 2021-01-11
  4. Curriculum vitae (PDF), 2020, retrieved 2021-01-11
  5. Sandra Di Rocco at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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