Curriculum Vitae of Valentina Grazian

Name: Valentina Grazian Nationality: Italian. Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic). Email: [email protected] Web Page: https://grazianvalentina.wordpress.com

Memberships: Unione Matematica Italiana since 2019.

Current position

02/2019- current Lecturer of the course "Topics in linear algebra and " for the Schools of Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Padua.

Previous Occupations

11/2017 - 11/2018 Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, working with Dr. Ellen Henke on the project Fusion Systems and Localities (funded by an EPSRC grant).

04/2017 - 10/2017 Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen, funded by the LMS 150th Anniversary Postdoctoral Mobility Grant 16-17.

Visits and Research Programmes

01-02/2020 Participant of the Research Programme "Groups, representations and applications: new perspectives" at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge.

11-12/2016 Visit at the University of Auckland (New Zealand), funded by the U21 PhD Scholarship.

Scientific Papers

Published and submitted:

(1) Fusion systems containing pearls. J. Algebra, 510 (2018), pp. 98-140. (2) Fusion systems on p-groups of sectional rank 3. J. Algebra, 537 (2019), pp. 39-78. (3) Semidirect products and wreath products of localities. Joint with E. Henke. Preprint: arXiv:1905.03762

In preparation:

(4) Fusion systems on p-groups of maximal class. with C. Parker. (5) A local theory of subcentric localities. with E. Henke.

Theses:

• Master Theses: Expander Families of Coverings. • PhD theses: Fusion systems on p-groups of sectional rank 3. 1 Grants, Scholarships and Prizes

• Invitation to participate to the Research Programme "Groups, representations and applications: new perspectives" at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge in Janu- ary and February 2020 (living expenses and accommodation covered). • Selected to attend the workshop “MSCA MaRaThon” at Universitá degli Studi di Padova in May 2019 (accommodation covered). • 150th Anniversary Postdoctoral Mobility Grant 16-17 (London Mathematical Society). • U21 PhD Scholarship to visit the University of Auckland in November 2016. • Best talk at the Postgraduate Conference 2016 at Imperial College London. • MAGIC financial support for the Birmingham Young Mathematician Colloquium. • EPSRC funding for PhD. • Erasmus Mundus ALGANT Master scholarship.

Organization of conferences

2017: Support in the organization of the Groups St. Andrews 2017 conference in Birmingham. 2015: Organizer of the Birmingham Young Mathematician Colloquium (May 13, 2015). Founder member of the event, now at its 4th edition.

Teaching

AT UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (IT):

A.A 2019/2020 Lecturer of the module "Algebra and Geometry" for Techniques and Managment of Building and Land.

Lecturer of the module "Topics in Linear Algebra and Geometry" for Energy Engineering.

Lecturer of the module "Topics in Linear Algebra and Geometry" for Aerospace Engineering

A.A 2018/2019 Lecturer of the module "Topics in Linear Algebra and Geometry" for Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN (UK):

A.A. 2017/2018 Teaching support of the module "Linear Algebra" for Mathematics.

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (UK):

A.A. 2016/2017 Lecturer of the presessional module for the Master in Mathematical Finance, (I sem.) Financial Engineering and MORSE.

Page 2 of 4 From 2013 to 2017 Postgraduate teaching support in various modules of the undergraduate degree in Mathematics: 1st year modules, Algebra & Combinatorics 2, Linear Algebra, Group Theory, Multivariable & Vector Analysis, Computer Lab (Maple, Matlab and C++).

From 2015 to 2017 Support sessions in Mathematics open to all students of the University of Birmingham (3 to 6 hours per week).

Other professional experiences

2017: Talk to U21 PhD scholarship applicants (Birmingham, January 24, 2017). 2016: Postgraduate students recruiting talk (Birmingham, January 27, 2016). 2014-2015: International officer of the Birmingham University Mathematics Postgraduate Society.

Education

02/2019 Online module: "Mathematical Biostatistic Bootcamp I", Johns Hopkins University (US) through the online platform ”Coursera".

2017 PhD in Pure Mathematics, University of Birmingham (UK), Supervisor: Prof. Chris Parker Thesis Title: Fusion Systems on p-groups of sectional rank 3. Funded by EPSRC.

2013 Double Master Degree in Mathematics in the Erasmus Mundus ALGANT Master Programme (Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory) Università degli Studi di Padova () –Universiteit Leiden (The Netherland) Supervisor: Dr. Lenny Taelman Thesis Title: Expander Families of Coverings. Final mark: 110/110

2011 Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) Supervisor: Prof. Federico Menegazzo Thesis Title: Classical Groups. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude.

2008 High School Diploma, Liceo Scientifico G. Marconi Conegliano (Italy) Final mark: 100/100

Invited talks

• The classification of fusion systems (Congresso Unione Matematica Italiana 2019, Pavia, Sep- tember 2, 2019). • The classification of simple fusion systems (BMC 2018, St Andrews, June 11, 2018). • I’m a fusion system, nice to meet you (YMC 2018, Birmingham, April 18, 2018). • Fusion and pearls: what is known (Algebra seminar, Bristol, January 31, 2018). • Fusion and pearls: what is known (Workshop on groups, generalisations and applications, Ab- erdeen, January 24, 2018). • Fusion system e perle (Seminario di Matematica, Brescia, October 18, 2017). Page 3 of 4 • Fusion systems containing pearls (Topics on Groups and their Representations, Gargnano sul Garda, October 10, 2017). • Fusion systems over p-groups of small sectional rank (Mathematics seminar, Auckland, Decem- ber 5, 2016). • The classification of finite simple groups and the theory of fusion systems (PhD seminar, Auck- land, December 1, 2016). • Fusion systems over p-groups of small sectional rank (Algebra seminar, Aberdeen, March 4, 2016). • Introduction to fusion systems (Algebra Kinderseminar, Cambridge, March 6, 2015).

Contributed talks

• Exotic fusion systems and pearls (Workshop "Groups and ", Banff International Re- search Station, August 26, 2019). • The classification of simple fusion systems (Group Theory in II, September 6, 2018) • Fusion systems: what is known (GABY, Milano-Bicocca, May 24, 2018). • Fusion systems containing pearls (Groups St Andrews 2017, Birmingham, August 7, 2017). • Fusion and Pearls (Young Algebraists’ conference, EPFL, June 6, 2017). • Fusion and Pearls (Young researchers Algebra conference, , May 23, 2017). • Even 3 is an odd prime (PGTC2016, Imperial College London, June 29, 2016). • Elementary abelian essential subgroups of p-groups of sectional rank 3 (PGTC 2015, Bristol, July 3, 2015). • Saturated Fusion Systems over p-groups of sectional rank at most 3 (PGTC 2014, Birmingham, June 27, 2014). • Expander Families of coverings (Algant Master graduation, Bordeaux, July 8, 2013).

Selected conferences and summer schools attended

• North British Geometric Group Theory Seminar (St Andrews, June 14, 2018) • Workshop (Pro-)fusion systems (Lancaster, September 15, 2017). • Introductory workshop on the representation theory of finite groups (EPFL, July 11-15 2016). • Group Theory in Florence: a meeting in honor of Guido Zappa (Florence, June 16-17, 2016). • Groups in Galway 2016 (Galway, May 21-22, 2016). • Young Mathematicians Colloquium 2016 (Birmingham, April 20, 2016). • LMS-EMS Mathematical weekend (Birmingham, September 18-20, 2015). • Summer school on Finite Groups and Related Geometrical Structures - CFSG, a user’s manual, & G2, amalgams and fusion systems (Venice, September 7-18, 2015). • Simple Groups, representations, and related topics (Cambridge, July 13-15, 2015). • Conference on Finite Simple Groups and related topics (Warwick, July 8-10, 2015). • PGTC2015 (Bristol, June 30 - July 4, 2015). • Birmingham Young Mathematician Colloquium (Birmingham, May 13, 2015). • PGTC2014 (Birmingham, June 24-27, 2014). • British Mathematical Colloquium 2014 (Queen Mary University of London, April 7-10, 2014). • Summer school on Finite Groups and Related Geometrical Structures - Fusion Systems, locali- ties and related group amalgams (Venice, August 19-30, 2013).

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