Career interview: President of the European Mathematical Society
Marianne Freiberger on plus.maths.org
Plus first encountered Marta Sanz-Solé at a drinks reception, giving exactly the kind of speech you want while you’re sipping wine and nibbling canapés: short and funny. Her audience were mathematicians attending the 6th European Congress of Mathematics, which took place in Krakow in July, and Marta was speaking in her role as the President of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Definitely a great interview subject, we thought, and we were lucky. Despite an incredibly busy schedule — the EMS organised this 1000-people-strong conference — Marta found time to talk to us about her career as a research mathematician and figurehead of Europe’s representative body for mathematics
