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Maria Colombo
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Colombo in 2021
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| Born | May 25, 1989 Luino, Lombardy, Italy
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| Education | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
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| Institutions | EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
| Thesis | Flows of non-smooth vector fields and degenerate elliptic equations: With applications to the Vlasov-Poisson and semigeostrophic systems (2015) |
| Doctoral advisor | Luigi Ambrosio Alessio Figalli |
| Other academic advisors | Camillo De Lellis |
Maria Colombo (born May 25, 1989) is a talented Italian mathematician. She is a professor at the EPFL in Switzerland. There, she leads the group that studies mathematical analysis, calculus of variations, and partial differential equations.
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Early Life and Education
Maria Colombo was born in Luino, a town in Italy close to the Swiss border. Even as a young student, she showed great skill in mathematics.
Math Competitions
She represented Italy in the International Mathematical Olympiad three times.
- In 2005, she won a bronze medal.
- In 2006, she earned a gold medal.
- In 2007, she received a silver medal.
University Studies
Maria Colombo studied mathematics at the University of Pisa. She earned her first degree in 2010 and her master's degree in 2011. She then continued her studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. In 2015, she completed her PhD (doctoral degree). Her research focused on complex math problems related to how things flow and change.
Career Path
After finishing her PhD, Maria Colombo worked as a researcher at the University of Zurich. In 2018, she joined EPFL as an assistant professor. Her hard work and important discoveries led to her becoming a full professor in 2021.
Awards and Achievements
Maria Colombo has received many important awards for her work in mathematics. These awards recognize her significant contributions to the field.
- In 2016, she was given the Gioacchino Iapichino Prize.
- In 2017, she won the Carlo Miranda Prize.
- The Italian Mathematical Union awarded her the Bartolozzi Prize in 2019.
- She received the Peter Lax Award in 2022.
- In 2023, she was honored with the Collatz Prize. This award recognized her important work on how things change and move in mathematics, especially in areas like fluid dynamics.
- In 2024, she received the EMS Prize for her amazing discoveries in how fluids move, how things are transported, and kinetic theory.
- That same year, she was also awarded the Stampacchia Medal.
Personal Life
Maria Colombo is married to Simone, who is an engineer. They have four children together.
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