About
Professor Ailsa Keating is a faculty member in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on symplectic geometry and homological mirror symmetry, with significant contributions to understanding symplectic structures, mapping class groups, and geometric topology.
- Current position: Professor, University of Cambridge
- Research areas: Symplectic Geometry, Homological Mirror Symmetry, Topology
Her research explores symplectic stabilisations, Dehn twists, Lagrangian submanifolds, and mirror symmetry for singularities and Calabi-Yau surfaces. She has published extensively on these topics, with recent work addressing four-dimensional manifolds, exotic discs, and Brieskorn-Pham hypersurfaces.
Notable scientific awards include the EPSRC Open Fellowship EP/W001780/1 and the ERC Starting Grant SingSymp (2023–24). Her work is supported by institutions like the London Mathematical Society and the University of Vienna.
- PhD Students: José Luis Narbona Valiente, Yoon Jae (Nick) Nho, Amanda Hirschi
- Grants: EPSRC Open Fellowship, ERC Starting Grant
She serves on editorial boards for Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure and Journal de l'École Polytechnique. Her office is located in E1.02 at DPMMS, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.
