Hema Srinivasan (born 1959) is a mathematician specializing in

commutative algebra Commutative algebra, first known as ideal theory, is the branch of algebra that studies commutative rings, their ideals, and modules over such rings. Both algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory build on commutative algebra. Prom ...

and algebraic geometry. Originally from India, she is a professor of mathematics at the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...

. Srinivasan was a National Science Talent Scholar in India beginning in 1975. She obtained her B.Sc.(Hons) from

Bombay University The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai. The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed ...

, where she won the Ghia Prize for mathematics in 1978, as well as an M.S. from

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest ca ...

in 1982. She completed her Ph.D. at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

in 1986. Her dissertation, supervised by

David Buchsbaum David Alvin Buchsbaum (November 6, 1929 – January 8, 2021) was a mathematician at Brandeis University who worked on commutative algebra, homological algebra, and representation theory. He proved the Auslander–Buchsbaum formula and the Ausland ...

, was ''Multiplicative Structures on Some Canonical Resolutions''. After working as a Visiting Instructor at Michigan State University from 1986 to 1988 and as a Research Assistant Professor

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

from 1988 to 1989, she joined the

faculty as an assistant professor in 1989. At Missouri, she has supervised 6 doctoral students and is currently the faculty advisor for the

Association for Women in Mathematics The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...

Student Chapter. She is part of the 2018 class of Fellows of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

, elected "for contributions to algebra and algebraic geometry, mentoring, and service to the mathematical community".

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