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Fateme Sajadi

(Sara)

PhD Candidate

Department of Mathematics

University of Nottingham

Interests outside math:

reading hiking solving puzzles

Research Interests

I am a Research Associate at the University of Nottingham, working with Hamid Abban. Previously, I was a PhD student at the University of Toronto, advised by Jacob Tsimerman. My research interests lie in arithmetic geometry and arithmetic dynamics.

Papers & Preprints

Frey-Mazur theorem for semistable elliptic curves over function fields

Fateme Sajadi

arXiv:2610.21529, 2026

A Unified Finiteness Theorem For Curves Over Function Fields

Fateme Sajadi

arXiv:2507.19669, 2025

A unified finiteness theorem for curves

Fatemehzahra Janbazi, Fateme Sajadi

arXiv:2505.09804, 2025

Employment

University of Freiburg

2027 – 2029
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, working with Annette Huber-Klawitter

University of Nottingham

2026 – 2027
Research Associate, working with Hamid Abban

Education

University of Toronto

Sep 2021 – 2026
PhD in Mathematics, Supervised by Jacob Tsimerman

Sharif University of Technology

Sep 2017 – Jun 2021
BSc in Mathematics

Young Scholars Club

2015 – 2017
Official Preparation Course for International Mathematical Olympiad, Tehran, Iran

Research Visits

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)

Bures-sur-Yvette, France | January 2027

CRC/TRR 326 GAUS “Geometry and Arithmetic of Uniformized Structures

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany | March 2026

Invited Talks

  • Advanced Seminar in Algebra and Geometry Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany | March 2026
  • Junior Number Theory Seminar University of Toronto, Canada | February 2026
  • Group, Lie and Number Theory Seminar University of Michigan, USA | February 2026
  • Number Theory by Early Career Researchers Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), Canada | December 2025
  • Advanced seminar on Algebraic and Complex Geometry Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany | November 2025
  • Algebra, number theory and algebraic geometry Seminar University of Freiburg, Germany | November 2025
  • Ottawa/Carleton Number Theory Seminar University of Ottawa, Canada | October 2025
  • 33èmes Journées Arithmétiques University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg | July 2025
  • Women in Number Theory and Geometry (WINGs) United Kingdom | April 2025
  • The local-global principle over Number Fields and Function Fields Bird's Eye Conference, University of Toronto | March 2025
  • Elliptic curves and Weil conjecture Bird's Eye Conference, University of Toronto | March 2024

Teaching

  • MAT315: Introduction to Number Theory – Course Instructor University of Toronto, Toronto | Summer 2025
  • Mathematics Olympiad – Course Instructor Farzanegan 2 High School, Tehran | 2017 – 2021
  • Algebra and Geometry Olympiad – Course Instructor Salam High School, Tehran | Summer 2018
  • Geometry Olympiad – Course Instructor Farzanegan 7 High School, Tehran | 2017
  • Math Learning Centre – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | 2023–2024
  • MAT344: Introduction to Combinatorics – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | Summer 2023
  • MAT315: Introduction to Number Theory – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | Winter 2023
  • MAT344: Introduction to Combinatorics – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | Fall 2022
  • MAT223: Linear Algebra 1 – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | Winter 2022
  • MAT223: Linear Algebra 1 – Teaching Assistant University of Toronto | Fall 2021
  • Algebra – Teaching Assistant Sharif University of Technology, Tehran | 2016

Honors & Awards

  • Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs Germany | 2027
  • Ida Bulat Teaching Awards for Graduate Students University of Toronto, Canada | 2026
  • University of Toronto Fellowship University of Toronto, Canada | 2021 – 2026
  • Blyth Fellowship University of Toronto, Canada | 2021 – 2026
  • Gold Medal, International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) 30th International Rank | 2019
  • Silver Medal, National Mathematics Competition for University Students 2019
  • Scholarship Recipient, National Elites Foundation 2017
  • Bronze Medal, Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO) 2017
  • Gold Medal, Iranian Geometric Olympiad (Graduated Level) 2017
  • Gold Medal, National Mathematical Olympiad 2016
  • Gold Medal, Iranian Geometric Olympiad (Advanced Level) 2016
  • Silver Medal, National Mathematical Olympiad 2015
  • Bronze Medal, Iranian Geometric Olympiad (Advanced Level) 2015
  • Gold Medal, Iranian Geometric Olympiad (Intermediate Level) 2014

Miscellaneous

  • Turing Enterprises, INC – Math and AI researcher 2025 – Present
  • National Mathematics Olympiad Exams – Managed Exams 2017 – 2018
  • Iranian Geometric Olympiad Exam – Grader 2017 – 2018
  • Iranian Geometric Olympiad – Proposed Problems 2017 – 2018