Prof Ana Garcia Lecuona she/her
Professor of Mathematics
Mission Priority Areas
I am a pure mathematician working in the area of low-dimensional topology. This means that I try to understand objects of dimensions 3 and 4 up to continuous deformations. Our group consists of many individuals who do their own research trying to advance our understanding of 3 and 4 dimensional spaces. I would like to understand if there’s space for collaborating with more applied scientists.
I am a very hands off supervisor who likes to discuss science with the students and have productive conversations around the topics of interest of the student. I can guide with reflected opinions and perspective of an academic career. I would like to supervise projects in neighbouring areas, but I have no experience yet with interdisciplinary projects.
I have 2 graduated students who are both working as post-docs, one in India and the other in Sweden. For the moment they would like to continue with academic careers. I have currently a PhD student who also would like to continue in academia and one of my former PhD students left the programme half way through (but very happy!) having understood that research was not for them and moving on into a software engineer job.
I am fully committed to EDI, which is one fo the reasons I am interested in this CDT and its potential. I have been sitting in the LMS Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics for many years; I am also an invited member to the Advisory Board in EDI matters of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, whose first cohort of Fellows will be elected this upcoming September. I am also a member of the Athena Swan working group in my school and a Respect Adviser in the University.
I was born in Spain, did my PhD in Italy, wandered the globe with post-doc positions, had a first permanent job in the south of France and now I am a Professor here in Glasgow. I have always been compelled by interdisciplinary projects, but never really had the time to focus outside my strict area of expertise. There are nowadays many more opportunities and I would personally love to explore the interface between mathematics and other sciences, or even between my own mathematics and more applied ones.
