Umberto Zannier

Umberto Zannier is a Professor of Geometry at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa since 2004. Previously, he held academic positions at Università IUAV di Venezia (1991-2003), University of Salerno (1987-1991), and Università di Padova (1983-1987). His research focuses on Diophantine Geometry, Diophantine Approximation, Heights of Algebraic Numbers, Integral Points on Algebraic Varieties over Number Fields and Function Fields, Field Arithmetic, Arithmetic and Algebra of Polynomials, and Algebraic Dynamics.

• 2011 - ERC Advanced Grant recipient
• 2005 - Medal for Mathematics by Italian National Academy of Sciences
• 2004 - Member of Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
• 2006 - Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
• 2010 - Invited to deliver Hermann Weyl Lectures at IAS Princeton

He has authored over 140 research papers in prestigious journals and serves on multiple journal editorial boards, including as Director of Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa since 2012.