Barbara Fantechi

Barbara Fantechi is a Full Professor of Geometry at SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) in Italy since 2002. She previously held academic positions at the University of Udine (1999–2002) and the University of Trento (1990–1999).

Her educational background includes a PhD in Mathematics (1990) and an undergraduate degree (1988) from the Università di Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore, where her thesis focused on secant varieties and their projective applications.

Fantechi specializes in Algebraic Geometry, particularly moduli spaces, algebraic stacks, and obstruction theories. Her work intersects with enumerative geometry, symplectic structures, and cohomological methods. Notable contributions include foundational research on virtual fundamental classes and orbifold cohomology.

Her publications, including the influential 1997 article on The intrinsic normal cone and 2005 monograph Fundamental algebraic geometry, reflect trends in algebraic stacks, Hilbert schemes, and Gromov-Witten theory.

• Premio Romagnosi for young researchers (1999)
• Friedrich Hirzebruch Visiting Professor (2012)
• Chancellor Professor at MSRI/UC Berkeley (2018)
• Premio Tartufari per la matematica (2018)

Fantechi has advised numerous PhD students in algebraic geometry, with a record of her students maintained through mathematical genealogy databases. Her research has been supported by visiting positions at institutions like the Max-Planck-Institut and the Mittag-Leffler Institute.