Ragni Piene

 ( 1947 Births ) 

Ragni Piene (born 18 January 1947, Oslo) CV is a Norway mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry, with particular interest in enumerative results and intersection theory.

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Education and career After a bachelor's degree from the University of Oslo in 1969 and a DEA from Université de Paris in 1970 Piene received a doctorate in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, advised by Steven Kleiman. Her dissertation was titled Plücker Formulas.

She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1987.

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Recognition She was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1994, and in 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-05-05. and a member of the Academia Europaea. We is also one of the protagonists of the Women of mathematics exhibition. RAGNI PIENE - Women of Mathematics throughout Europe. A gallery of portraits

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Service

Since 2003 she has been a member of the executive committee of the International Mathematical Union, and was the chair of the Abel Prize from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014.

Categories: 1947 Births, Living People, Algebraic Geometers, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology School Of Science Alumni, Norwegian Expatriates In The United States, Academic Staff Of The University Of Oslo, Members Of The Norwegian Academy Of Science And Letters, Members Of Academia Europaea, Fellows Of The American Mathematical Society, Royal Norwegian Society Of Sciences And Letters, 20th-century Norwegian Mathematicians, Norwegian Women Mathematicians, 20th-century Women Mathematicians, 21st-century Women Mathematicians, 20th-century Norwegian Women, 20th-century Norwegian People, Presidents Of The Norwegian Mathematical Society

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