Jérémy Blanc - formely in Basel, now in Neuchâtel - Mathematics
CURRICULUM VITAE
Last Name: Blanc
First Name: Jérémy
Date of birth: 03/11/1981
Nationality: Swiss 
Marital status: Married
Professional experience:
2024- Full Professor, University of Neuchâtel.
2021-24 Full Professor, University of Basel.
2014-20 Associate Professor, University of Basel.
2010-14 SNSF Professor (supported by the SNF), University of Basel.
2010 6 months of Post-Doc (with H. Kraft), University of Basel.
2009 6 months of civil service (replacement of military service) EMS Franchises, Geneva.
2008-09 Post-Doc (with T. Vust) and Assistant (Exercices), University of Geneva
2007-08 Post-Doc (with M. Brion), Institut Fourier, University of Grenoble.
2006-07 Post-Doc (with A. Beauville), Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, University of Nice.
2002-06 Assistant A2, mathematical institute, University of Geneva
Education:
2002-06 PHD in mathematics, under the direction of F. Ronga and T. Vust, University of Geneva.
2001-04 Bi-disciplinary Master, minor in computer science. University of Geneva.
1999-02 Master in mathematics, under the direction of D. Pitteloud.
1995-99 Maturity (baccalaureat) scientific, Petit-Lancy, Geneva.
Awards:
2024 Frontiers of Science Award in Mathematics - Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
2024 Frontiers of Science Award in Mathematics - Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
2011 Enriques Prize
2008 prix Vacheron Constantin
   Press release made by Vacheron Constantin
   "Sciences News" of the University of Geneva of 5.4.09
1999 prix Marc Birkigt (mathematics / physics / applied mathematics)
Teaching:
  Courses - Université de Neuchâtel
2024 Cohomologie des groupes
2024 Analyse complexe
2024 Algèbre
  Courses - Universität Basel
2023 Lineare Algebra I
2022-23 Algebraische Geometrie I+II
2022 Lineare Algebra II
2021 Algebra I
2020-21 Algebraische Geometrie I + II
2019-20 Lineare Algebra I + II
2019 Algebraische Geometrie II
2017-18 Lineare Algebra I + II
2016-17 Algebraische Geometrie I + II
2015-16 Algebra / Kommutative Algebra / Geometrie
2014-15 Projektive algebraische Kurven und Flächen I + II
2013-14 Lineare Algebra I
2012-13 Geometrische Gruppentheorie / Gruppenkohomologie
2011-12 Kommutative Algebra
2010-11 Projektive Geometrie / Geometrie der projektiven algebraischen Flächen
  Exercises - Universität Basel
2010 Lineare Algebra II
  Exercises - Université de Genève
2008-09 Groupes et algèbres de Lie / Algèbre commutative
2005-06 Laboratoire de programmation / Introduction à la topologie algébrique
2004-05 Analyse num. des equations aux dérivées partielles / TPs d'analyse et d'algèbre
2003-04 Algèbre 2 / Analyse 1
2002-03 Introduction à la géométrie algébrique / Algèbre 2
Various presentations:
2023
March London Workshop on dynamics and birational geometry ...with applications to Cremona groups of higher rank
2022
June Krakow Recent Advances in Classical Algebraic Geometry From the birational geometry of pointless surfaces to the Cremona group
February New York MPS Conference on Higher Dimensional Geometry Non-simplicity of Bir(X)
2021
March (virtual) ADIOS (Arithmetic Dynamics International Online Seminar) Dynamical degrees of affine-triangular automorphisms of affine spaces
2020
July New York (virtual) Simons rationality conference Quotients of groups of birational transformations
2019
November Genève Colloquium MMP and Fano varieties, the work of Caucher Birkar
September Toulouse Del Duca Workshop on Cremona Groups Connected algebraic subgroups of higher rank Cremona groups (mini-course)
May Cambridge Algebraic Geometry seminar Quotients of higher dimensional Cremona groups
May Neuchâtel Joint algebra seminar Bern-Fribourg-Neuchâtel Quotients of groups of birational transformations
2018
December Bordeaux Séminaire de Géométrie Quotients des groupes de transformations birationnelles
October Loughborough Workshop Fano varieties and their automorphisms Abelian quotients of the Cremona groups in higher dimension
June Oberwolfach Workshop Subgroups of Cremona groups Quotients of higher dimensional Cremona groups
March Mulhouse Colloquium Dynamique des applications birationnelles de surfaces
2017
June Nice MEGA (Effective methods in algebraic geoemtry) conference Automorphisms of P1 bundles over rational surfaces
March ETHZ (Zürich) Conference ''Cycles and moduli'' Automorphisms of P1 bundles over rational surfaces
January Luminy (Marseille) Algebraic Geometry and Complex Geometry conference Degree growth of birational transformations of surfaces (mini-course)
2016
November Москва Workshop on Groups of birational automorphisms Degree growth of birational transformations of surfaces (mini-course)
August Basel Workshop on Arithmetic Dynamics Moduli spaces of quadratic rational maps with a marked periodic point of small order
May Imperial college (London) Dynamical Systems seminar Degree growths of birational maps
February Warwick Workshop on Birational Geometry Length in the Cremona group
2015
October Berlin Verra 65 conference Structure of the Cremona groups
June Cabo Frio Latin American School of Algebraic Geometry and Applications Dynamical Degrees of Birational transformations of projective surfaces
April Gargnano GRIFGA meeting Dynamical Degrees of Birational transformations of projective surfaces
March New Orleans Clifford lectures conference Structure of groups of birational transformations
2014
November Roma Seminar of Algebraic Geometry On birational maps from cubic threefolds
October Basel Seminar Algebra und Geometrie Conjugacy classes of special automorphisms of the affine spaces
October Toulouse Birpol meets PTT On birational maps from cubic threefolds
October EPFL Group theory seminar Conjugacy classes of polynomial automorphisms of the plane
August Oberwolfach Komplexe Analysis Dynamical degrees of birational transformations of projective surfaces
July Kyoto Workshop on Algebraic Varieties and Automorphism groups Group of birational transformations generated by standard and linear transformations
May Nancy Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Dégénerescences de transformations de Cremona du plan
May ETHZ Seminar of algebraic geometry Blow-up of curves in P3 and in a cubic threefold
May Ferrara Seminar of algebraic geometry On degenerations of plane Cremona transformations
March King's college (London) Locally free geometry seminar Dynamical degrees of birational transformations of projective surfaces
March EPFL Complex-algebraic aspects of tropical geometry Blow-up of curves in threefolds
January Grenoble Séminaire Algèbre et Géométries Degré dynamique des transformations birationnelles de surfaces
2013
November Torino Hommage to Corrado Segre Blowing-up smooth curves in the projective space
November Salt Lake City Conference on Cremona groups Topology and structure of the Cremona groups
November Salt Lake City Seminar FRG Dynamical degrees of birational transformations of surfaces
September Rio Joint seminar Dynamical degrees of birational transformations of surfaces
September Dijon Rencontre ANR Birpol Dynamical degrees of birational transformations of surfaces
June Liverpool Seminar of algebraic geometry Topology and structure of the Cremona groups
May Poitiers Transformations birationnelles des variétés algébriques Structures algébriques et topologiques sur le groupe de Cremona.
April Neuchâtel Colloque Topologie et structure du groupe de Cremona.
March Paris Rencontre ANR Birpol Cubic hypersurfaces, involutions and groups of pseudo-automorphisms.
March Bern Mathematical Colloquium Algebraic models of real manifolds.
February Enney 2nd Swiss-French Workshop in algebraic geometry Automorphisms of affine algebraic surfaces via birational geometry
2012
November Genève Séminaire Groupes et Géométries Topologie et structure du groupe de Cremona
October Levico Terme Groups of Automorphisms in Birational and Affine Geometry On the structure of the Cremona groups
October Strasbourg Nancy-Freiburg-Strasbourg Seminar On the structure of the Cremona groups
September Łukęcin Subgroups of Cremona groups (Autumn School) Finite subgroups of the Cremona group in dimension 2
May La Rochelle Géométrie algébrique affine réelle et complexe Automorphisms of surfaces with dynamical degree > 1
May Venezia Convegno Enriques Sur les surfaces algébriques admettant un groupe de transformations birationnelles en elles-mêmes
April Москва Conference on birational and affine geometry Elements of finite order of the Cremona group
February Enney Swiss-French Workshop in algebraic geometry What are the automorphisms of the plane?
2011
December Angers Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Eclatements de courbes de P^3
November Nice Géométrie et dynamique complexe Transformations de Cremona
October Paris 6/7 Séminaire d'algèbre Sur le groupe des transformations symplectiques du plan complexe
October Dijon Workshop on affine algebraic geometry On the group of symplectic transformations of the complex plane
August Canterbury Kent Algebra Days Rationality of surfaces associated to singularities of type A,D,E
June Reims Séminaire du laboratoire Rationalité de surfaces de type A,D,E
May Pisa A day on the Cremona group (Enriques Prize Award Ceremony) Algebraic subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane
March Angers Real and complex affine algebraic geometry Generators and relations of the group of birational transformations over the real and complex number fields
March Warwick Seminar of algebraic geometry On complements of curves in the projective plane
2010
December Bangalore CAAG 2010 The symplectic Cremona group
October Fribourg Oberseminar Geometrie Un aperçu de la géométrie birationnelle des surfaces
June Paris 7 Journées Solstice d'été 2010 Simplicité du groupe de Cremona
May Edinburgh Workshop "Subgroups of Cremona groups - II" On the inertia and decomposition group of plane curves in the Cremona group
March  Basel Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie Algebraic actions on the affine plane
March Edinburgh Workshop "Subgroups of Cremona groups - I" Elements of finite order of the Cremona group
March  EPFL Séminaire de théorie des groupes Éléments d'ordre fini du groupe de Cremona
March Chambéry Séminaire de géométrie Fibrés en coniques et actions très transitives
March Lille Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Transformations birationnelles du plan d'ordre fini
2009
September Grenoble Tripode 18 Connexité et simplicité des groupes de Cremona
May  Basel Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie On real birational diffeomorphisms of surfaces
January CIRM (Marseille) rencontre annuelle du GDR Géométrie algébrique et géométrie complexe Correspondance entre courbes planes et leurs compléments
2008
November EPFL Séminaire d'algèbre et théorie des nombres Sous-groupes finis du groupe de Cremona
October Chambéry Séminaire de géométrie Correspondance entre courbes planes et leurs compléments
October Nice Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Géométrie birationnelle appliquées aux surfaces affines et leurs fibrations
October Pisa Workshop on birational automorphism groups and birational geometry Elements and cyclic subgroups of finite order of the Cremona group
September Jaca 10th Conference Pau-Saragoza On the complement of curves in the projective plane
July Porto Alegre Seminário On the complement of a curve in the projective plane
June  Dijon GDT Automorphismes polynomiaux Automorphismes de surfaces affines avec une C-fibration
April  Grenoble Séminaire d'algèbre et géométries Sous-groupes algébriques du groupe de Cremona
April  Lyon Séminaire d'algèbre Sous-groupes algébriques du groupe de Cremona
March  Lyon GDT Automorphismes polynomiaux Classes de conjugaisons d'automorphismes affines
March  ENS - Paris Séminaire variétés rationneles Sous-groupes algébriques du groupe de Cremona
February Basel Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie On the complements of irreducible curves in the projective plane
January  Dijon Workshop on polynomial automorphisms Isomorphisms between affine surfaces as birational transformations of projective spaces
January Paris 7 Groupe de travail sur le groupe de Cremona Sous-groupes finis du groupe de Cremona
2007
November Dijon Séminaire AGT Correspondance entre courbes planes et leurs compléments
October Genève Séminaire de la tortue Correspondance entre courbes planes et leurs compléments
September Autrans Week-end de rentrée de l'institut Fourier Les transformations birationnelles du plan et leurs courbes de points fixes
May Nice Nice-Genoa Algebraic geometry conference On the Decomposition groups of non-rational plane curves
January Rennes Séminaire de géométrie analytique Classes de conjugaisons de groupes finis de transformations birationnelles - points fixes et linéarisation
2006
November Nice Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Le nombre de classes de conjugaisons d'éléments d'ordre n dans le groupe de Cremona
November Basel Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie Automorphisms of affine and projective surfaces and their fixed points
November Grenoble Séminaire d'algèbre et géométries Sous-groupes abéliens finis du groupe de Cremona du plan
September Uni Zürich SMS Fall Meeting Finite Abelian subgroups of the Cremona group of the plane
January Nice Séminaire de géométrie algébrique Groupes finis de transformations de Cremona du plan
2005
september Politecnico di Torino Workshop on Cremona transformations Conjugacy classes and curves of fixed points
April Basel Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie Conj. Classes of Affine and Birational Automorphisms of P^n and C^n
April Genève Séminaire d'algèbre et de géométrie Classes de conjugaisons d'automorphismes affines et birationnels de C^n et P^n(C)