Damiano Testa Business Address: 401 Malott Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-4201 USA (607) 255-4089 [email protected] Home Address: 113-115 Valentine Pl, Apt 501 Ithaca, NY 14850 Area: Algebraic Geometry. Personal: Born September 18, 1978 in Rome, Italy. Italian citizen. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2005. Advisor: Prof. Aise Johan de Jong. Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” Laurea di Dottore in Matematica con lode, 2001. Advisor: Prof. Corrado de Concini. Employment: Cornell University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005-06 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001-2005. Awards and Grants: Charles and Holly Housman Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005. Summer Teaching, Differential Equations 18.03, MIT, 2004. Summer Teaching, Differential Equations 18.03, MIT, 2003. Mentor for RSI, Summer 2002. 2001-2002 MIT Presidential Fellowship. Publications: 1. Testa D., The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces; Ph.D. thesis, MIT, advisor Prof. A. J. de Jong, preprint. 2. de Jong A. J., Beheshti R., Ghitza A., Lieblich M., Testa D., Elliptic Surfaces; notes for a class by A. J. de Jong (in progress). Page 1 of 2. Talks: Seminar Talks: June 10, 2005: “Il problema di Severi per curve razionali su superficie di del Pezzo,” Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata.” March 25, 2005: “The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces,” Columbia. March 18, 2005: “The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces,” Brandeis. February 7, 2005: “The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces,” Harvard. February 6, 2005: “The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces,” UPenn. January 31, 2005: “The Severi Problem for Rational Curves on del Pezzo Surfaces,” Brown. June 7, 2004: “Spazi di Mappe Stabili,” Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata.” 2001-2004: Several talks in graduate student seminars at MIT, including “The h−cobordism theorem,” “The Banach-Tarski Paradox,” “Quotients of varieties by reductive groups.” Teaching Experience: Cornell: Taught “Calculus for Engineers” 192 - Fall 2005. MIT: Course Administrator “Linear Algebra” 18.06 - Spring 2005. Taught “Differential Equations” 18.03 - Summer 2004. Rec. Instr. “Complex Variables with Applications” 18.04 - Spring 2004. Rec. Instr. “Multivariable Calculus” 18.02 - Fall 2003. Taught “Differential Equations” 18.03 - Summer 2003. Rec. Instr. “Differential Equations” 18.03 - Spring 2003. Micro-Teaching Workshop, MIT - January 2003. Graded “Algebra” 18.701 - Fall 2002. Service: Mentor for three practice teachers. Organizer of BAGS: student seminar in algebraic geometry, 2002-2003 and 2004-2005. Mentor for RSI: Summer 2002. References: Prof. Aise Johan de Jong, MIT Prof. Jason Starr, MIT Prof. Joe Harris, Harvard University Prof. Arthur Mattuck, MIT August, 2005 Page 2 of 2.