Barbara Fantechi

Barbara Fantechi is an Italian mathematician and Professor at the International School for Advanced Studies. Her research area is algebraic geometry. She is a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

Barbara Fantechi
Fantechi lectures in 2021
Born	1966 (age 58–59)
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Awards	Prof. Luigi Tartufari award
Scientific career
Fields	Algebraic Geometry
Institutions	SISSA, Italy
Thesis	Secanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni  (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Fabrizio Catanese

Early life and education

Fantechi received her Laurea from the University of Pisa in 1988, with thesis Secanti di varietà proiettive e applicazioni.^[1][2][3] Her doctoral advisor was Fabrizio Catanese.^[3]

Research and career

Her research considers algebraic geometry.^[4] She has developed the mathematical theories that underpin algebraic stacks. Stacks were first introduced to understand the moduli space of curves.^[5][6]

Honours and awards

In 2018, Fantechi received the Prof. Luigi Tartufari award from the Accademia dei Lincei.^[7] She was awarded the MSRI Chancellor's Professorship for 2017-2018, and spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] In 2022, Fantechi was the first woman mathematician to become a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.^[8][9]

Publications

• K. Behrend; B. Fantechi (19 March 1997). "The intrinsic normal cone". Inventiones Mathematicae. 128 (1): 45–88. arXiv:alg-geom/9601010. doi:10.1007/S002220050136. ISSN 0020-9910. Zbl 0909.14006. Wikidata Q60307086.
• Fantechi, Barbara; Göttsche, Lothar (April 2003). "Orbifold cohomology for global quotients". Duke Mathematical Journal. 117 (2): 197–227. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-03-11721-4. ISSN 0012-7094. S2CID 8407691.
• Fundamental algebraic geometry : Grothendieck's FGA explained. Barbara Fantechi. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. 2005. ISBN 0-8218-3541-6. OCLC 61362228.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)