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Vera Fischer is an Associate Professor and Privatdozent in the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna. She has been an active researcher since 2008, with a strong publication record in mathematical logic and set theory.
Her research centers on set-theoretic combinatorics, focusing on cardinal characteristics of the continuum, forcing, definability, and structures such as maximal almost disjoint families, cofinitary groups, and independent families. She investigates foundational questions in independence, spectra of combinatorial objects, and the interplay between definability and generic extensions. Her work often involves constructing models to separate cardinal invariants or to realize specific spectra under forcing.
The recent publications show a consistent trend in combinatorial set theory, with a focus on tower spectra, tight families, mad families, and their behavior under various forcing notions like Cohen and Sacks forcing. Her research frequently explores the definability and destructibility of combinatorial families, often in collaboration with leading researchers such as Corey B. Switzer, Stefan Geschke, and Saharon Shelah.
- FWF START Prize, 2017
- Förderungspreis der ÖMG, 2018
- Förderungspreis, 2018
She leads and participates in research projects such as Comparing the Real Line to Combinatorics of the Uncountable and A Sacks-like model with large continuum, indicating active grant funding and supervision of research activities. She also organizes academic events like Colloquium Logicum and engages in public outreach on topics like infinity.
Her research is conducted within the Set Theory Group at the University of Vienna, where she collaborates with other logicians and contributes to the academic community through publications, conferences, and mentorship.
