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TOMMASO DE FERNEX

Professor

Mathematics

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  • Professor
    Mathematics

BIO

Tommaso de Fernex joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah after completing a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and time at the University of Michigan and the Institute for Advanced Study. The recipient of the John and Marva Warnock Presidential Endowed Chair from 2005 to 2011 and an NSF CAREER grant from 2009 to 2015, he is also an inaugural Simons Fellow in Mathematics and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 2023 to 2026. 

 

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Mathematics1 Jul 2014 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Department Chair
    University of Utah, Mathematics, United States1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
  • Associate Department Chair
    University of Utah, Mathematics, United States1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Mathematics1 Jul 2009 - 30 Jun 2014
  • John E. and Marva M. Warnock Presidential Endowed Chair
    University of Utah, Mathematics, United States1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2011
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Mathematics1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2009

DEGREES

  • PhD, Mathematics
    University of Illinois - Chicago2002
  • Dottorato di Ricerca, Mathematics
    University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy28 Feb 2001
  • Laurea, Mathematics
    University of Milan, Mathematics, Milan, Italy29 Feb 1996

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Member
    Institute for Advanced Study, Mathematics, Princeton, United States1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2006
  • T. H. Hildebrandt Research Assistant Professor
    University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Mathematics, Ann Arbor, United States1 Jul 2002 - 30 Jun 2005

LANGUAGES

  • Italian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH