Ana Rita Pires

Ana Rita Pires

In August 2011 I will be starting at Cornell University as an H. C. Wang Assistant Professor of Mathematics. See you there!
Lecturer
Department of Mathematics
MIT
Office: 2-230
Email: arita(at)math.mit.edu
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Research interests:

My research is on symplectic geometry, more specifically the kind that involves hamiltonian group actions on symplectic manifolds.
I have been working on folded symplectic structures, in particular origami manifolds, and more recently venturing into Poisson gometry via the study of b-manifolds.
I was a graduate student at MIT under Victor Guillemin and I finished my PhD in June 2010. I am currently a lecturer at MIT, and will be starting as a postdoc at Cornell University in August 2011.

Teaching:

  • Spring 2007: Recitation instructor for 18.06, Linear Algebra.
  • Spring 2008: Recitation instructor for 18.06, Linear Algebra.
  • Fall 2008: Grader for 18.101, Analysis and Manifolds.
  • IAP 2010: Recitation instructor for 18.02A-IAP, Multivariable Calculus (second half).
  • Fall 2010: Course administrator and recitation instructor for 18.022, Multivariable Calculus with focus on mathematical concepts.
  • Spring 2011: Recitation instructor for 18.06, Linear Algebra.

    In Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 I also participated in the Math Circle, leading 3 semester-long math courses for children ages 6 to 8.

    Papers:

  • Codimension one symplectic foliations and regular Poisson structures, with Victor Guillemin and Eva Miranda, submitted. PDF
  • Symplectic and Poisson geometry of b-manifolds, with Victor Guillemin and Eva Miranda (in preparation).
  • Origami manifolds, Thesis dissertation, MIT 2010. PDF
  • Symplectic Origami , with Ana Cannas da Silva and Victor Guillemin, 2009. To appear in IMRN. PDF

    Some links:

    MIT Math Department
    Geometry and Topology Seminar