Valentina A. Kiritchenko

Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications : Research Fellow
Faculty of Mathematics: associate professor

Education and degrees

PhD: University of Toronto (defended in 2004, speciality: Mathematical Logic, Algebra and the Theory of Numbers, thesis: A Gauss-Bonnet theorem, Chern classes and an adjunction formula for reductive groups)

Doctor of science: (defended in 2004)

Candidate of science: (defended in 2004, speciality: Mathematical Logic, Algebra and the Theory of Numbers)

Diploma: Independent Moscow University (graduated in 2001)

Personal webpage

http://www.mccme.ru/~valya

Upcoming conferences

Algebra and Geometry
International Conference dedicated to the 65-th anniversary of Askold G. Khovanskii
June 4 - 9, 2012, Moscow, Russia

Grants

2010	RFBR-CNRS grant #10-01-93110-а "Geometry and arithmetics of algebraic varieties: invariants, asymptotics and derived categories"
2010	RFBR grant #10-01-00540-a "Cohomology of spherical varieties and Newton polytopes"

Mathematical awards

2010	Dynasty Foundation Award, http://www.mccme.ru/dfc/
2001-2004	Connaught Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto
1998-1999	Mayor of Moscow Undergraduate Scholarship

Research interests

Algebraic geometry (algebraic groups, spherical varieties, theory of Newton polytopes, Schubert calculus, algebraic cobordism)

Conference talks

2011	Oberwolfach mini-workshop on Newton-Okounkov bodies, Oberwolfach, Germany
	International Conference "IITP RAS 50 years", Moscow
2010	ICM2010 Satellite conference on Complex Geometry, Group actions and Moduli spaces, Hyderabad, India
	Oberwolfach workshop on algebraic groups, Oberwolfach, Germany
2009	Oberwolfach workshop on toric geometry, Oberwolfach, Germany
2007	International Conference "Transformation groups", Moscow
	Banff workshop on Group Embeddings: Geometry and Representation Theory, Banff, Canada