Numerary Member and Vice President of the Section of Experimental Sciences
Experimental Sciences: PhD in Mathematics
Date of admission: 23 January 1996
Medal: No. 75
Admission speech: “Els sòlids platònics”
Reply speech: Dr. Ricard García Vallès
Outstanding career: One of Spain’s most prominent mathematicians, specialist in number theory and algebraic arithmetic. Recognized for her scientific contributions, teaching work, and commitment to promoting female talent in science.
Dr. PILAR BAYER ISANT
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- Emeritus Professor of Algebra at the University of Barcelona since 2016.
- Piano Professor, graduated from the Barcelona Municipal Higher Conservatory of Music (1967).
- Bachelor’s and PhD degrees in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona (1968, 1975).
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Professor and researcher in Mathematics at the University of Barcelona (1968–1975, 1982–2015), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1969–1977, 1981–1982), the University of Regensburg (Germany, 1977–1980), and the University of Santander (1980–1981).
- Specialist in Number Theory.
- Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (RAED) since 1994.
- Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona since 2001.
- Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences since 2010.
- Member of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC) since 2001.
- Supervised 15 PhD theses in Number Theory, in collaboration with Montserrat Alsina.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of papers published in journals such as Inventiones Mathematicae, Mathematische Annalen, Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, Journal of Number Theory, Compositio Mathematica, Experimental Mathematics, and Acta Arithmetica, addressing zeta functions, automorphic forms, Galois theory, Diophantine equations, and Shimura curves.
- Author of the book “Quaternion Orders, Quadratic Forms and Shimura Curves” (American Mathematical Society, 2004).
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Named Emmy-Noether-Professorin by the Georg-August University of Göttingen (Germany, 2004).
- Narcís Monturiol Medal for Scientific and Technological Merit awarded by the Government of Catalonia (1998).
- Serra d’Or Award in the Research category (2013) for the work Arrels germàniques de la matemàtica contemporània (IEC, 2012), co-authored with Artur Travesa and Jordi Guàrdia.