Ragni Piene

Ragni Piene (born 18 January 1947, Oslo)[1] is a Norwegian mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry, with particular interest in enumerative results and intersection theory.[2]

Ragni Piene

Education and career

Piene received her doctorate in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, advised by Steven Kleiman. Her dissertation was titled Plücker Formulas.[3]

She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1987.[4]

Recognition

She was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1994,[2][5] and in 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]

Service

Since 2003 she has been a member of the executive committee of the International Mathematical Union, and was the chair of the Abel Committee from 2010/2011 to 2013/2014.[7][8]

References

1. CV Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-05-01.
3. "Ragni Piene - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.ams.org. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
4. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Ragni Piene". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
5. "Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
6. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-05-05.
7. "The Abel Committee 2010/2011". Retrieved 4 January 2016.
8. "The Abel Committee 2013/2014". Retrieved 4 January 2016.