Giulia Saccà is an assistant professor at Columbia  University, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview, Giulia gives jobmarket advice for mathematicians, contemplates some of the struggles that minorities in math get to deal with, and tells about books that resemble math research. 

Giulia's homepage: http://math.columbia.edu/~giulia/

Photo: Allegra Boverman

Women in Math program at IAS: https://www.ias.edu/math/wam

0:00 teaser

0:27 interests in history in philosophy

6:51 jobmarket advice

11:37 talking about our insecurities helps

16:23 struggles of minorities in math

20:05 what to do with impostor syndrome

27:01 how to find role models

30:48 Women in Math program at IAS is great

35:57 the future of online seminars

41:06 how to keep track of math projects

47:27 which music helps to do math

49:31 alpinism resembles doing research

52:21 Proust writes about math

58:44 the joy of cooking

1:00:40 a wish for young mathematicians