Rector
Professor Marco Abate
Professor Marco Abate graduated in Mathematics from the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. He has served as Full Professor of Geometry at the University of Pisa since 2001. He began his academic career in 1989 as a researcher at Università degli Studi “Tor Vergata” in Rome and has taught at several universities, including the University of California, Berkeley. In 1992, he was appointed Associate Professor, and in 1994 he became Full Professor at the University of Ancona, before taking up his current chair in Pisa in 2001.
A scholar of distinguished international standing, Professor Abate has also served as Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as at numerous other leading universities and research institutions worldwide.
Over the course of his career, he has held several prominent institutional roles at the University of Pisa, including Vice Rector for Teaching, Chair of the Degree Programmes in Mathematics, Director of the Department of Mathematics, and President of the University Evaluation Unit.
At national level, he has led the board of presidents of Mathematics Degree Programs and chaired the evaluation Experts Group for Mathematics and Computer Science for the 2011–2014 VQR. He served, within the Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN), as Coordinator of the Standing Committee on policies for evaluation, quality, and the internationalization of higher education. He also served as President of CEVS for ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca) and is a member of the board of directors of CoNVUI, the Coordinamento Nazionale dei Nuclei di Valutazione delle Università Italiane.
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Professor Abate has taught doctoral-level courses internationally in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and other countries. He has also delivered introductory courses to mathematical research in several developing countries, including Libya, Nepal, Benin, Pakistan, and others. He is the author of numerous highly successful textbooks.
His research activity has focused on several frontier areas of contemporary mathematics, where he has made significant contributions in several complex variables, geometric function theory, complex differential geometry, and holomorphic dynamical systems.
Professor Abate is the author of four scientific monographs and more than seventy research articles, published in some of the world’s most prestigious mathematics journals. He has also served as local and national coordinator for major Italian research projects, including PRIN, FIRB, and INdAM initiatives.