TRIPODI Antoinette

Education:
March 6, 2002: PhD in Mathematics at University of Messina, Italy.
December 9, 1992: Degree in Mathematics cum Laude at University of Messina, Italy.

Academic positions:
December 30, 2021 – current: Full Professor at University of Messina, Italy.
From December 28, 2018 to December 29, 2021: Associate Professor at University of Messina, Italy.
From December 29, 2008 to December 27, 2018: Assistant Professor at University of Messina, Italy.
From August 1, 2002 to July 31, 2006: Research Fellow in Geometry at University of Messina, Italy.

Other information:
President of the Master Degree Course in Mathematics of the University of Messina from October 2021.
Member of Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti from 2017.
Member of PhD School in Mathematics at the University of Messina (2009-2014)
Member of G.N.S.A.G.A (Gruppo Nazionale per le Strutture Algebriche, Geometriche e Loro Applicazioni) of Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (I.N.d.A.M.) since 2001.

Main scientific interest:
Design Theory: Steiner systems, graph decompositions and factorizations.

Citations (according to Scopus):
239 citations by 96 documents;
h-index 11 (last update: May 9, 2022)
He is author or co-author of 49 papers published in international journals with referee.

Teaching activity:
“Mathematics and Statistics” at University of Messina (2005-2014)
“Mathematics 1” at Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (2009-2010)
“Advanced Geometry” at University of Messina (2011- 2015)
“Models and Graphic Methods for Geometry” at University of Messina (2015-2016)
“Combinatorial Geometry” at University of Messina (2016-2019)
“Combinatorial Geometry and Coding Theory” at University of Messina (2019-current)
“Geometry and Algebra” at University of Messina (2020-current)

Reseach projects:
Participant of the Italian PRIN project “Geometric structures, combinatorics and their applications” (editions of 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2012).
Participant of the Italian PRIN project “Combinatorial designs, graphs and their applications” (edition of 2008).

Visiting reseacher in:
Alabama, USA (Auburn University 2001, 2013); Milton Keynes, UK (Open University 2011, 2016, 2019); Poland (University of Krakow 2014).

Referee for:
Australasian Journal of Combinatorics; Discrete Mathematics; Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory; Graphs and Combinatorics; Journal of Algebra Combinatorics Discrete Structures and Applications; Journal of Combinatorial Designs; Utilitas Mathematica.

Editorial Work:
Guest Editor of the special issue containing the Proceedings of the International Conference “Hypergraphs, Graphs and Designs - HyGraDe 2017” (Sant'Alessio Siculo, June 2017)

International Conference talks:
“Strict colourings for small BSTSs and BSQSs”, 5th Workshop on Combinatorics, Messina, November 1999.
“Strict colourings of BSTS(3v)s”, 6th Workshop on Combinatorics, Messina, March 2002.
“The intersection problem for twin bowtie and near bowtie systems”, Combinatorics 2002, Maratea, June 2002.
“The metamorphosis of λ-fold kite systems into maximum packings of λKn with triangles", International Symposium on Graphs, Designs, and Applications - ISGDA 2003, Messina, September/October 2003.
“The Doyen-Wilson theorem for λ-fold kite systems”, Combinatorics 2004, Acireale, September 2004.
“Tight blocking sets”, 7th Workshop on Combinatorics, Messina, October 2005.
“Three types of edge-switchable kite systems”, Combinatorics 2006, Ischia, June/July 2006.
“The existence spectrum of Meta(K4(3) > K4(3) – e”, Combinatorics 2010, Verbania, June/July 2010.
“Resolvable 3-star designs”, Combinatorics 2014, Gaeta, June 2014

Organization:
Member of the organizing committee of “International Symposium on Graphs, Designs, and Applications - ISGDA 2003” (Messina, September/October 2003).
Member of the organizing committee of “Giornate di Geometria" (Messina, November 2004).
Member of the organizing committee of “Giornate di Geometria" (Messina, February 2005).
Member of the organizing committee of “7th Workshop on Combinatorics " (Messina, October 2005).
Member of the organizing committee of “Hypergraphs, Graphs and Designs - HyGraDe 2017" (Sant'Alessio Siculo, June 2017).