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Elena
Vasquez
PROFESSIONA L
SUMMA RY
Research
mathematician
with
a
Ph
.
D
.
from
Princeton
University
and
postdoctoral
training
at
the
Institute
for
Advanced
Study
.
Specializing
in
birational
geometry
,
moduli
spaces
,
and
arithmetic
intersections
.
Published
14
peer
-
reviewed
articles
in
top
-
tier
journals
including
Inventiones
Mathematicae
and
Journal
of
the
AMS
.
Awarded
an
NSF
Postdoctoral
Research
Fellowship
and
the
AMS
Centennial
Fellowship
.
Committed
to
advancing
mathematical
knowledge
through
rigorous
theory
-
building
and
cross
-
disciplinary
collaboration
.
EDUCAT ION
Ph
.
D
.
in
Mathematics
2018 – 2023
Princeton
University
,
Princeton
,
NJ
B
.
A
.
in
Mathematics
,
summa
cum
laude
2014 – 2018
University
of
Chicago
,
Chicago
,
IL
RESEA RCH
INT EREST S
Algebraic
geometry
,
birational
geometry
,
moduli
theory
,
arithmetic
geometry
,
Hodge
theory
,
derived
categories
,
quadratic
forms
,
intersection
theory
,
K
-
stability
,
and
computational
algebraic
geometry
.
SELECT ED
AWA RDS
&
HONORS
ACA DEMIC
POSIT IONS
Member
,
School
of
Mathematics
2023 –
present
Institute
for
Advanced
Study
,
Princeton
,
NJ
Graduate
Research
Assistant
2019–2023
Princeton
University
,
Princeton
,
NJ
Undergraduate
Researcher
Summer
2017
Mathematical
Sciences
Research
Institute
(
MSRI
),
Berkeley
,
CA
SELECT ED
PUBLICAT IONS
2025
—
Stable
degenerations
of
K
3
surfaces
with
non
-
symplectic
automorphisms
.
Ph
.
D
.
in
Mathematics
·
Algebraic
Geometry
&
Number
Theory
evasquez
@
math
.
princeton
.
edu
+1 (609) 555-0842
math
.
princeton
.
edu
/~
evasquez
Princeton
,
NJ
08544
Dissertation
:
Stable
degenerations
of
K
3
surfaces
and
arithmetic
applications
—
Advisor
:
Prof
.
James
McKernan
—
Committee
:
J
.
Kollár
,
C
.
Voisin
,
M
.
Musta
ţă
—
Certificate
in
Applied
and
Computational
Mathematics
—
Departmental
Honors
in
Mathematics
—
Minor
in
Physics
—
GPA
: 3.97/4.00
—
NSF
Postdoctoral
Fellow
;
research
on
stable
degenerations
,
moduli
of
K
3
surfaces
,
and
arithmetic
intersections
—
Organizer
of
the
IAS
Algebraic
Geometry
Seminar
(2024–2025)
—
NSF
-
funded
research
on
birational
geometry
and
moduli
spaces
under
Prof
.
J
.
McKernan
—
Developed
computational
tools
for
studying
singularities
of
algebraic
varieties
—
REU
participant
;
project
: "
Enumerative
geometry
on
toric
surfaces
"
with
Prof
.
M
.
Hering
—
1 / 3
AMS
Centennial
Fellowship
American
Mathematical
Society
2025
NSF
Postdoctoral
Research
Fellowship
National
Science
Foundation
2023–2026
Clay
Research
Award
(
Honorable
Mention
)
Clay
Mathematics
Institute
2022
Herman
Goldstine
Fellowship
Institute
for
Advanced
Study
2022
Princeton
Porter
Ogden
Jacobus
Fellowship
Princeton
University
2022
NSF
Graduate
Research
Fellowship
National
Science
Foundation
2019–2022
T EACHING
EXPERIENCE
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
Fall
2025
University
of
Michigan
,
Ann
Arbor
Instructor
of
Record
2024
Institute
for
Advanced
Study
/
Princeton
Teaching
Assistant
2018–2022
Princeton
University
,
Department
of
Mathematics
Vasquez
,
E
.
Inventiones
Mathematicae
, 240(1), 1–58.
2024
—
Arithmetic
intersections
on
moduli
spaces
of
elliptic
K
3
surfaces
.
Vasquez
,
E
.;
McKernan
,
J
.
Journal
of
the
American
Mathematical
Society
,
37(4), 1103–1161.
2024
—
Log
canonical
thresholds
and
K
-
stability
of
Fano
threefolds
.
Vasquez
,
E
.;
Zhang
,
L
.
Duke
Mathematical
Journal
, 173(8), 1547–1610.
2023
—
Moduli
of
K
3
surfaces
with
a
purely
non
-
symplectic
automorphism
.
Vasquez
,
E
.
Compositio
Mathematica
, 159(11), 2345–2412.
2022
—
Quadratic
forms
and
the
geometry
of
Enriques
surfaces
.
Vasquez
,
E
.
Algebraic
Geometry
, 9(4), 402–448.
2021
—
Torus
actions
on
Fano
varieties
and
birational
super
-
rigidity
.
Vasquez
,
E
.;
Kollár
,
J
.
Annales
Scientifiques
de
l
'
École
Normale
Supérieure
, 54(5), 1121–1174.
INVIT ED
TA LKS
(
SELECT ED
)
SKILLS
&
LA NGUAGES
Mathematics
Algebraic
geometry
,
birational
geometry
,
moduli
theory
,
arithmetic
geometry
,
Hodge
Programming
Python
,
SageMath
,
Magma
,
Macaulay
2,
Julia
,
MATLAB
,
LaTeX
,
TikZ
,
Git
Math
596:
Topics
in
Algebraic
Geometry
—
Moduli
of
Curves
—
Special
Topics
:
Birational
Geometry
and
K
-
stability
(
graduate
level
)
—
Advanced
Calculus
(
MAT
203),
Abstract
Algebra
(
MAT
311),
Algebraic
Geometry
(
MAT
521)
—
Led
problem
sessions
,
graded
,
held
office
hours
;
received
departmental
teaching
commendation
2021
—
"
Stable
degenerations
of
K
3
surfaces
" —
AMS
Sectional
Meeting
,
San
Francisco
,
2025
—
"
Arithmetic
intersections
on
K
3
moduli
" —
Birational
Geometry
Conference
,
Heidelberg
, 2024
—
"
Log
canonical
thresholds
and
K
-
stability
" —
Algebraic
Geometry
Seminar
,
MIT
, 2024
—
"
Moduli
of
K
3
surfaces
with
automorphisms
"
—
AG
Seminar
,
Harvard
University
, 2023
—
"
Quadratic
forms
on
Enriques
surfaces
" —
Graduate
Student
Conference
,
Columbia
,
2022
—
2 / 3
theory
,
intersection
theory
,
quadratic
forms
,
K
-
stability
Languages
English
(
native
),
Spanish
(
native
),
French
(
advanced
–
reading
),
German
(
intermediate
–
reading
),
Italian
(
basic
)
Other
Scientific
writing
,
peer
review
(6
journals
),
conference
organization
,
outreach
,
mentorship
SERVICE
&
OUT REACH
Organizer
,
IAS
Algebraic
Geometry
Seminar
(2024–2025)
—
Co
-
organizer
,
Princeton
Women
in
Mathematics
Workshop
(2023, 2024)
—
Mentor
,
Princeton
Mathematics
Mentorship
Program
(2021–2023)
—
Volunteer
,
MathCounts
coaching
for
Trenton
public
middle
schools
(2019–2022)
—
Referee
for
Inventiones
Mathematicae
,
Duke
Mathematical
Journal
,
Algebraic
Geometry
,
Journal
of
Algebra
,
Transactions
of
the
AMS
—
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