Ana Cannas Da Silva

Ana Cannas da Silva is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). She specializes in Symplectic Geometry, Geometric Topology, and Geometric Analysis. Her academic work includes research on symplectic toric manifolds, folded symplectic structures, and geometric quantization, with notable publications in journals like Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly and Mathematical Research Letters.

Research Interests

• Symplectic Geometry
• Geometric Topology
• Geometric Analysis
• Hamiltonian Group Actions
• Toric Manifolds

Recent Academic Activities

• Co-organized Symplectic Geometry Seminar (2021-2023)
• Supervised student theses on topics like contact toric manifolds, Hamiltonian actions, and symplectic linear algebra
• Authored research on Dedekind sums via Atiyah-Bott-Lefschetz theory (2023) and symplectic origami (2011)

Teaching

• Lecturer for Mathematics I (2024), covering differential calculus and linear algebra
• Lecturer for Mathematics II (2024), focusing on multivariable calculus and partial differential equations
• Co-taught seminars on symplectic/contact geometry with Bahar Acu

Academic Contributions

• Advised 20+ MSc/BSc theses at ETH Zurich since 2012
• Co-organized conferences like D-Days (2013) and LP-60 (2023)
• Authored outreach book: Step by Step Symmetry (2016)