Cornelia Druțu | |
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Born | |
Alma mater |
Université Paris-Sud XI University of Iași |
Awards | Whitehead Prize (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions |
University of Oxford University of Lille 1 |
Thesis | Réseaux non uniformes des groupes de Lie semi-simple de rang >1: invariants de quasiisométrie (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Pierre Pansu |
Cornelia Druțu is a Romanian mathematician notable for her contributions in the area of geometric group theory. [1] She is Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford [1] and Fellow [2] of Exeter College, Oxford.
Druțu was born in Iași, Romania. She attended the Emil Racoviță High School (now the National College Emil Racoviță [3]) in Iași. She earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Iași, where besides attending the core courses she received extra curricular teaching in geometry and topology from Professor Liliana Răileanu. [2]
In 1996 Druțu earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Paris-Sud, with a thesis entitled Réseaux non uniformes des groupes de Lie semi-simple de rang supérieur et invariants de quasiisométrie, written under the supervision of Pierre Pansu. [4] She then joined the University of Lille 1 as Maître de conférences (MCF). In 2004 she earned her Habilitation degree from the University of Lille 1. [5]
In 2009 she became Professor of mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. [1]
She held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California. She visited the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge as holder of a Simons Fellowship. [6] From 2013 to 2020 she chaired the European Mathematical Society/European Women in Mathematics scientific panel of women mathematicians. [7] [8]
In 2009, Druțu was awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society for her work in geometric group theory. [9]
In 2017, Druțu was awarded a Simons Visiting Fellowship. [6]