maraj@mpi-cbg.de

Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics
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Pfotenhauerstr. 108
01307 Dresden
Germany

Aida Maraj

Group Leader

Scientific Career

since Sept. 2024

Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

2024

Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, group of Anna Seigal

2023

Research Fellow at the University of Chicago, Institute for Mathematical and Statisitical Innovation, member of the long program on Algebraic Statistic and Our Changing World

2021-2024

Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, group of Andrew Snowden

2020–2021

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, group of Bernd Sturmfels

Education

2015–2020

PhD in Mathematics & Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky
Thesis: Algebraic and Geometric Properties of Hierarchical Models. Advisor: Uwe Nagel

2012–2014

M.S., Mathematics, University of Tirana in Albania
Thesis: Hahn-Banach Theorems and their Applications. Advisor: Xhezair Teliti

2009–2012

B.S.,Mathematics, University of Tirana in Albania
Thesis: The Hyperbolic Plane. Advisor: Eriola Liftaj Sila

Selected Grants and Awards

2023–2026

NSF DMS- 2306672 grant, “Applications of Algebraic Geometry to Multivariate Gaussian Models”, National Science Foundation

2022

Several Grants for Co-organizing the International Summer School on “Mathematical Methods in Data Analysis”.

2019

Clifford J. Swauger, Jr. Graduate Fellowship, University of Kentucky

2018

Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Kentucky