Education:
- Degree in Mathematics (4 years) at the University of Bologna on 15/7/1994, summa cum laude, dissertation: "Alcune nozioni di grado di una varietà proiettiva e teoria dell'intersezione" (Some notions of degree for projective varieties and intersection theory), advisor: Prof. Mirella Manaresi.
- Ph.D. in Mathematics (4 years) at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" on 26/3/1999, dissertation: "Sulla razionalità dei piani doppi e tripli ciclici" (On the rationality of double and cyclic triple planes), advisor: Prof. Ciro Ciliberto.
Awards:
Enriques Prize, by "Centro Studi Enriques" (Enriques Studies Center) at Livorno (Italy), received on 15/9/2004. The scientific committee was directed by Prof. Edoardo Vesentini.
Current position:
Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Ferrara, from 15/12/2009 until now.
Previous positions, in reverse chronological order:
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Applied Sciences, University of Padua, from 1/2/2006 until 14/12/2009.
- Research fellowship at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna, from 1/10/2005 to 31/1/2006.
- Post-doc fellowship at the University of Bologna, from 18/8/2003 to 17/8/2005.
- Employee (permament position) at Regione Emilia-Romagna (regional public offices), Information Technology offices, from 2/9/2002 to 31/1/2006.
- Fellowship at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", from 16/12/1999 to 1/1/2003.
- Fellowship at the University of Bologna, from 7/6/1999 to 6/12/1999.
Research activity abroad:
- Visiting Colorado State University at Fort Collins (U.S.A.), invited by Prof. Rick Miranda, from 4/10/1997 to 7/6/1998 and from 27/10/2001 to 14/11/2001.
- Visiting, several times, Universidade Técnica at Lisbon (Portugal), invited by Prof. Margarida Mendes Lopes.
Invited talks, or poster presentation, at the following international workshops, conferences or schools:
- Degenerations, projective varieties and interpolation theory, Cortona (Italy), talk given on 23/7/2009.
- Algebraic Geometry, D-modules, and Foliations, Buenos Aires (Argentina), talk given on 21/7/2008.
- Projective varieties with unexpected properties, Siena (Italy), talk given on 9/6/2004.
- Mini-Workshop Classification of Surfaces of General Type with Small Invariants, Oberwolfach (Germany), talk given on 19/2/2004.
- Meeting on Algebraic Varieties, Rome (Italy), December 2003.
- Intensive Courses in Algebraic Geometry, Padua (Italy), talks given on 5/11/2003 and on 17/11/2003.
- Workshop on Global Geometry of Algebraic Varieties, Madrid (Spain), talk given on 20/12/2002.
- Birational and Projective Geometry of Algebraic Varieties, Ferrara (Italy), talk given on 3/9/2002.
- Pragmatic 2001, Catania (Italy), talks given on 15/6/2001 and on 22/6/2001.
- Problems on Rationality for Algebraic Varieties, Turin (Italy), October 1999.
- Workshop on Algebraic Surfaces, Furore (SA), September 1999.
- Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Messina (Italy), talk given on 22/6/1999.
- Géométrie Algébrique En Liberté VII, Marsiglia (France), talk given on 22/3/1999.
Invited talks or short communications at the following Italian workshops and conferences:
- XIX Convegno dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (XIX Meeting of the Italian Mathematical Union), Bologna, communication given on 16/9/2011.
- T.U.L.S.F. VI, Trieste, talk given on 24/9/2010.
- XVII Convegno dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (XVII Meeting of the Italian Mathematical Union), Milan, communication given on 12/9/2003.
- Giornate di geometria algebrica e argomenti correlati V (Days about Algebraic Geometry and Related Subjects V), Gargnano, talk given on 23/5/2000.
Invited talks at the following universities:
- Barcelona (Spain), on 5/2/2010.
- Bologna (Italy), on 4/2/2009, on 17/12/2003 and on 16/3/1999.
- Colorado State University at Fort Collins (U.S.A.), on 1/11/2001, on 20/11/1997 and on 6/11/97.
- L'Aquila (Italy), on 1/12/2004.
- Pisa (Italy), on 10/11/2004.
- Roma "Tor Vergata" (Italy), on 27/4/2007, on 26/5/2006, on 12/5/2006, on 24/1/2003 and on 18/2/1999.
- Roma Tre (Italy), on 18/3/2010.
- Trento (Italy), on 15/12/2004 and on 13/6/2011.
Teaching at the University of Ferrara:
- academic year 2010/2011: Algebraic Geometry course (48 hours) for Math. students; Mathematics course (48 hours) for Pharmacy students.
- a.y. 2009/2010: Projective Geometry course (48 hours).
Teaching at the University of Padua:
- a.ys. 2008/2009 and 2009/2010: Linear Algebra and Geometry course (104 hours) for Engineering students; one week lessons (12 hours) for intensive summer courses on Linear Algebra and Geometry for Engineering students, at Bressanone (the other week lessons were given by Prof. Remo Gattazzo).
- a.y. 2007/2008: Linear algebra course (63 hours) for Engineering students; one week lessons (11 hours) for intensive summer courses on Linear Algebra for Engineering students, at Bressanone (the other week lessons were given by Prof. Remo Gattazzo).
- a.y. 2006/2007: two Linear algebra courses for Engineering students, one (63 hours) for regular students and the other (40 hours) for students who work; half course on Applications of Algebraic Geometry for graduate students (the other half was due to Prof. Bruno Chiarellotto).
- a.y. 2005/2006: Linear Algebra exercise lessons for Engineering students (the course was given by Prof. Ezio Stagnaro).
Teaching at the University of Bologna:
- a.ys. 2003/2004 e 2004/2005: Linear Algebra exercise lessons for Engineering students (the courses were given by Prof. Anna Luisa Gilotti).
- a.y. 2002/2003: Symbolic Computation and Computer Algebra exercise lessons (the course was given by Prof. Mirella Manaresi).
Further activities:
- Referee for international mathematical journals, from 2007.
- Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews, from 2002.
- Report of the Mini-Workshop "Classification of Surfaces of General Type with Small Invariants", Oberwolfach (Germany), 15-21/2/2004.
- Organization, together with Profs. Ciliberto, Teicher, Tovena and Kuniavski, of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Applications of Algebraic Geometry to Coding Theory, Physics and Computation", at Eilat (Israel), from 25/2/2001 to 1/3/2001.
- Head of a Research Project "Giovani ricercatori" (Young Researchers), funded by Italian Minister of University and Research, at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", from 1/11/2000 to 31/10/2001.
- Assistance to the teachers, Profs. Ciliberto and Miranda, at the international school Pragmatic 2001, at Catania (Italy), from 1/6/2001 to 29/6/2001.
- Participation in many other international workshops, conferences and schoold in the following countries: Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Spain and U.S.A.
Publications:
Author of more than 15 research papers about Algebraic Geometry (Projective Geometry, Algebraic Surfaces, Singularities, Degenerations, etc.) on international journals, e.g.
Annales de l'Institut Fourier (Grenoble),
Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata,
Annals of Mathematics,
Collectanea Mathematica,
Geometriae Dedicata,
Michigan Mathematical Journal,
Nagoya Mathematical Journal,
Rendiconti Lincei di Matematica e Applicazioni,
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell'Università di Padova,
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell'Università e del Politecnico di Torino,
Tohoku Mathematical Journal,
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.
The complete list of publications is available at the web address:
http://docente.unife.it/docenti-en/alberto.calabri/pubblicazioni
On MathSciNet see http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publications.html?pg1=IID&s1=676879
(updated on 12/5/2012)