You can download an up-to-date (November 2023) copy of my CV in English here
Who am I?
Elena Berardini
a Ph.D. in Mathematics made in Rome, Italy, on July 11th 1991
What do I do?
Since 05/2023
Chaire de Professeur Junior CNRS (tenure-track position) in the Number Theory research team at the University of Bordeaux
What did I do before?
02/2022-04/2023
Marie Curie fellow
Mathematical Communication Theory group
(previously in the Coding theory and Cryptology group)
TU Eindhoven
My project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 899987
09/2021-01/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
Télécom Paris, LTCI, in the Cybersecurity and Cryptography team.
My project was funded by the Fondation Mathématiques Jacques Hadamard
09/2020-09/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher
LIX, École Polytechnique.
I worked on a joint project between teams GRACE and MAX, funded by the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement)
09/2019-08/2020
Visiting assistant professor
(ATER 100\% – Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche)
Aix-Marseille University
Where did I study?
2016-2020
Ph.D. in Mathematics
Aix-Marseille University
Thesis title: Algebraic geometry codes from surfaces over finite fields
Supervisors: Y. Aubry and D. Kohel
Defended on the 18th of June 2020
2015-2016
Master 2 in Mathématiques Discrètes et Fondements de l’Informatique
Aix-Marseille University
“Double Degree French-Italian” project
Thesis Supervisor: Y. Aubry.
Final mark: first of the master, mention “Très bien”
2014-2016
M.Sc. cum laude in Mathematics
The University of Roma Tre
“Double Degree French-Italian” project
Thesis Supervisor: Francesco Pappalardi
2014-2016
ASTRE diploma
University of Roma Tre
project “Discover and undertake: facing the challenges of a new world”
ASTRE or “Alta Scuola Roma Tre” is an interdisciplinary two-year school. Students, 40 per two-year period, are selected on merit, from among those enrolled in the first year of master’s degree courses at the University of Roma Tre
2010-2013
B.Sc. in Mathematics
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Thesis Supervisor: Annalisa Malusa
2005-2010
Scientific High School Degree
Liceo Scientifico Augusto Righi of Rome
In which languages can we talk?
Italiano (Mother’s tongue)
Français (Near-native/fluent)
English (Excellent command)
Español (Good command)
Português (Basic command)
From 2018 to 2020 I have been the President of the association Café des Langues Luminy which organises free daily sessions of language exchange and teaching on the campus of Aix-Marseille University in Luminy.
Computer skills
Symbolic computation: Magma
Programming: C++
OS: Mac, Windows, Linux
Documents: LaTeX, Word
About me
“I can’t remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
I am a curious, detail-oriented, and collaborative person. I love to sing and read and I am passionate about writing (novels, poetry, and songs). I play guitar as a self-learner. I enjoy eating and cooking, both Italian traditional dishes and food from all over the world. I used to play beach volleyball, tennis, and soccer in Marseille, I kept playing tennis in Paris, I practiced kickboxing and squash in Eindhoven, and now I am playing volleyball and some tennis in Bordeaux! I like to play cards, as my grandmother taught me to play when I was three, and I am getting more and more passionate about board games. I enjoy traveling and experiencing different cultures. I love to take (non-professional) photos, especially during my trips, with my iPhone: you can find some of them in my stories on Instagram.