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Alexandra Seceleanu

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Alexandra Seceleanu
Seceleanu at Oberwolfach, 2015
NationalityRomanian
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
AwardsRuth I. Michler Memorial Prize (2024-5)
Scientific career
FieldsCommutative algebra, algebraic geometry, computational algebra
InstitutionsUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Thesis The Syzygy Theorem and the Weak Lefschetz Property  (2011)
Doctoral advisorHal Schenck

Alexandra Seceleanu is a Romanian mathematician specializing in commutative algebra. She is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She was awarded the 2024-2025 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize.

Education and career

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Seceleanu graduated from the University of Bucharest, and in 2005 obtained a master's degree in mathematics from the Bucharest Superior Normal School [ro] with a focus on algebra, geometry, and topology.[1] She completed a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 2011, supervised by Hal Schenck.[2]

Seceleanu started working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2011, where in 2015 she became an assistant professor, and in 2021 an associate professor.[3] She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Commutative Algebra.[4]

Research

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Seceleanu's research within the field of commutative algebra concerns both theoretical and computational problems.[5] She has an interest in algebraic geometry, in particular in how it can be studied via methods from homological algebra.[1] She also works on computational algebra, and has contributed to Macaulay2.[5]

Recognition

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In 2018 Seceleanu won the Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award, which is awarded annually by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to a junior faculty member demonstrating "creative research, extraordinary teaching abilities, and academic promise".[6] She was awarded the 2024-2025 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2024-03-24
  2. ^ Alexandra Seceleanu at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Alexandra Seceleanu, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, retrieved 2024-03-24
  4. ^ "Journal of Commutative Algebra editorial board", rmmc.asu.edu, Journal of Commutative Algebra, retrieved 2024-03-24
  5. ^ a b c Ruth I. Michler Prize 2024-2025, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2024-03-24
  6. ^ Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, retrieved 2024-03-24
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