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Catherine Cannizzo Ccannizzo@Scgp.Stonybrook.Edu EDUCATION Catherine Cannizzo [email protected] https://www.cantab.net/users/catherine.cannizzo EDUCATION 2013–2019 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) – Math PhD student, advisor: Professor Denis Auroux. “Homological mirror symmetry for the genus 2 curve in an abelian variety and its generalized Strominger-Yau-Zaslow mirror,” https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.04227 2008–12 University of Cambridge – Bachelor of Arts in Maths, Master of Mathematics (Part III) with Merit Part III essay “Kahler-Einstein¨ Metrics on Fano Manifolds” under Dr. Julius Ross 2003–08 University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) – 65 credits, GPA 4.0/4.0 College classes taken in middle and high school, including math and physics, Phi Kappa Phi inductee 2000–08 Home school – UMBC, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, math club (coach Dr. Catherine Asaro) RESEARCH September 2019– Simons Center for Geometry and Physics – Research Assistant Professor July 22–26, 2019 Research Collaboration at ICERM, Women in Sympl & Contact Geo/Top: Project 5b, Mirror symmetry and symplectic geometry with leader Professor Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu 2014–2019 Graduate Student Researcher (GSR): UC Berkeley Funded as a GSR in Summer 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Summer 2016, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, and Spring 2019. June 29–Aug 12, 2011 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Pennsylvania State University/NSF Worked on a question in dynamical systems. The research involved algebraic number the- ory and symplectic matrices. The project was successfully completed and the results were presented at the MASS Fest conference. June 9–Aug 17, 2010 Intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Program through UMBC/CRESST Worked under three mentors on some of their current research. Analyzed data from black-hole binaries and pulsars, in relation to Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-ray variability. Partici- pated in a poster session open to Goddard scientists. Final report: https://web.archive.org/web/20110814021342/http://cresst.umd.edu/Opportunities/Cannizzo%20Report%202010.pdf 2008 UMBC Review: Journal of Undergraduate Research. Univ. of MD, Baltimore County Paper “Carmichael’s Totient Conjecture and Fermat Primes,” UMBC Review, volume 9, 2008 ed, pg 160–173, in peer-reviewed journal. Mentored by Professor Robert Campbell. TEACHING AND MENTORING Spring 2020 Course Lecturer: MAT 125, Calculus A, Lec 02 2013–2017 Graduate Student Instructor (GSI): UC Berkeley Teaching assistant for Math 53, Multivariable Calculus in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2016 and Math Honors 110, Linear Algebra in Fall 2017. Fall 2016–Spring 2017 Berkeley Connect Fellowship: UC Berkeley Mentored 40 math and STEM undergraduates in each of the fall and spring semesters. July–Sept 2009 Private mathematics tutor: Self-employed Tutored several middle school students. Worked on preparation for contests such as the American Mathematics Competitions and Maryland Math League, proof writing, SAT math. AWARDS • 2019 Nikki Kose Memorial Teaching Prize - UC Berkeley Math • Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award - UC Berkeley (2016–17) • M.T. Meyer Scholarship & Gertrude Mather Jackson Prize - by Girton College for Part III performance (July 2012) • Cambridge Overseas Trust, Girton College Overseas Bursary (Oct 2008–June 2012) 1 INVITED TALKS & WINTER/SUMMER SCHOOLS May 7, 2020 Speaker in Northwestern Geometry&Physics (Virtual) Seminar December 5, 2019 Speaker at Mirror Symmetry Seminar at Rutgers December 3, 2019 Speaker at Floer Homology Bootcamp at Fields Institute November 12, 2019 Speaker in Enumerative Geometry Seminar at Columbia University November 8, 2019 Speaker at Valley Geometry Seminar at University of Massachusetts Amherst November 4, 2019 Speaker at IAS/Princeton Symplectic Geometry and Dynamics Seminar October 21, 2019 Speaker at Symplectic Geometry Seminar at Stanford University September 17, 2019 Talk at Geometry & Algebra of LG Models: “HMS for complex genus 2 curve,” Fields Inst July 14–20, 2018 BIGW II: Singularities & Symplectic Topology: “Log CY surfaces & Lagr torus fibrations” June 25–July 6, 2018 MSRI Summer Graduate School: Derived Categories: participant May 11, 2018 Enumerative Geometry Beyond Numbers: mirror symmetry seminar, MSRI. Thesis talk. January 10–13, 2018 Joint Math Meeting: Talk in AMS-AWM Women in Sympl & Contact Geo/Top, AWM poster June 12–16, 2017 Polyfold Summer School: tutor for Deligne-Mumford spaces, UC Berkeley Summer 2016 Summer school of the IMJ-PRG: Symplectic topology, sheaves & mirror symmetry, Paris. Winter 2016 Symplectic Talbot in New Orleans: “Lefschetz fibrations and open books” Summer 2015 2015 Summer School on Moduli Problems in Symplectic Geometry, IHES August 12, 2011 MASS Fest at Penn State REU: “Z2-actions by Symplectic Automorphisms of a Torus” OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES April 2020– Co-organizer of the Western Hemisphere Virtual Symplectic Seminar January 15, 2020 Co-organizer of JMM AMS-AWM Women in Sympl & Contact Geo/Top II: Denver, CO Fall 2019– Co-organizer of Topology and Symplectic Geometry Seminar: Stony Brook July 22–26, 2019 Co-organizer for Research Collaboration, Women in Sympl & Contact Geo/Top: ICERM May 25–31, 2018 Co-organizer for Kylerec workshop on Nearby Lagrangian Conjecture: Leavenworth, WA April 1–2, 2017 Underrepresented Students in Topology & Algebra Research Symposium: Research poster March 4, 2017 Women in Science & Engineering Future of Science: poster on mirror symmetry October 31, 2016 Co-organizer UCB Student Sympl Field Thry Seminar: “Cylindrical contact homology T3” Spring 2016 Seminar on Mirror Symmetry: “SYZ for hypersurfaces in toric varieties”, UC Berkeley Spring 2016 Student Differential Geom/Low-Dim Topology Seminar: “HMS for Elliptic Curve”, UCB Fall 2015 Seminar on Mirror Symmetry: “The Fukaya category and mirror of the genus 2 curve”, UCB Sept 17, 2015 Hot/Classical Topics In Gauge Theory: “Hodge theory on manifolds with boundary”, UCB September 22, 2014 ECH & Polyfolds Seminar: “Scale Calculus & maps modulo reparametrization,” UCB September 10, 2014 Symplectic & Quantum Geometry: “Introduction to Geometric Quantization,” UCB November 4, 2013 Student Algebraic Geometry Seminar: “Kahler-Einstein¨ Metrics,” UCB March 15, 2012 Lent Part III Seminar Series: “On the Existence of Kahler-Einstein¨ Metrics”, Cambridge 2018 Teaching & mentoring workshops: Peer Exchange and Feedback on Statements of Teaching Philosophy, Developing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Portfolio (UCB) 2016 Berkeley Connect “Facilitating Interactive Discussions” (UCB) 2013 Math 375: Teaching workshop, Teaching Conference for All First-Time GSIs (UCB) Aug 2017, 2009–’11 Programming: STEMinist bootcamp in R (Cal NERDS), MATLAB (CATAM, Cambridge) BROADER IMPACTS • Mathematics Undergraduate Student Association: Math Monday talk (October 8, 2018, UC Berkeley) - on thesis work • Popping the Science Bubble (August 27, 2018, Berkeley Public Library) - General audience talk on thesis work • Careers in Math Panelist (April 7, 2018, Harvard Gender Inclusivity in Math) - Women in Math & Statistics Conference • Volunteer at Expanding Your Horizons (March 17, 2018, UCB) - Conference for middle and high school girls in STEM • Invited member of Dean of math and physical sciences’ taskforce (Summer 2016, UCB) - to address sexual harassment in the MPS division and campus. • NRing webmaster (Summer 2015–Spring 2017, UCB) - Revamped and monitored webpage for women in math group 2 Noetherian Ring, sometimes event coordinator. • Graduate panel for undergraduate women in math (Fall 2015, ’16, ’18, UCB) - Panelist. Helped organize in 2016. OTHER • Ballet: 1995–, pre-professional/professional 2003–2007 • Piano: 1998–, Girton College Music Award 2008 at Cambridge • Spanish: basic knowledge 3.
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