Alina Bucur

Alina Bucur is Associate Professor of Mathematics at UC San Diego. She received her PhD from Brown University and held postdoctoral positions at the Institute for Advanced Study and MIT. Her research focuses on analytic number theory, particularly arithmetic statistics, multiple Dirichlet series, and moments of L-functions.

Bucur investigates distribution patterns in number theory using tools from arithmetic geometry and automorphic forms. Her work includes studies of point counts on curves over finite fields, Artin-Schreier covers, and zero distributions of zeta functions. She co-directs the Southwest Center for Arithmetic Geometry and co-organized the Women in Numbers research network.

Her publications demonstrate innovations in finite field arithmetic, effective Sato-Tate applications, and Li-type criteria for L-functions. Collaborative projects emphasize interdisciplinary approaches bridging number theory, geometry, and statistical modeling.

Bucur received an NSF FRG grant, Hellman Fellowship, and Simons Collaboration Grant. She mentors students in arithmetic geometry and coordinates the Arizona Winter School.