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mathematician university professor

Ron Donagi, American Mathematics educator. David P. Gardner fellow U. Utah, 1981, Alfred P. Sloan Research fellow, 1982-1984; Research & Scholarship Development Fund grantee, 1985, National Science Foundation research grantee, 1977. Member American Mathematics Society.

Background

Donagi, Ron was born on March 9, 1956 in Tel Aviv. Son of Alexander Emanuel and Rachel Donagi.

Education

Donagi received a Ph.D. in 1977 under the supervision of Phillip Griffiths from Harvard University (On the geometry of Grassmannians).

Career

Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1977; Hedrick assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977-1979; assistant professor, U. Utah, 1979-1982; member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1981-1982; associate professor, U. Utah, 1982-1984; associate professor, Northeastern U., Boston, 1983-1986; professor, Northeastern U., 1986-1987; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1987; research professor, Mathematics Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1989-1990.

Achievements

  • Among his achievements in classical algebraic geometry are his work on the Schottky problem and generalizing the Torelli theorem.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society.

Connections

Father:
Alexander Emanuel

Mother:
Rachel Donagi