Antonio Acuaviva

PhD Candidate in Mathematics

Curriculum Vitae

Lancaster University | Lancaster, UK

Research interests: Banach space theory and operator theory, especially complemented subspaces and primariness, C(K)-spaces, operator ideals and Calkin algebras, and nonlinear Banach space theory.

Last updated: September 2026.

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Education

PhD in Pure Mathematics

Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

October 2023 – Present

  • Supervisor: Professor Niels J. Laustsen.
  • Awarded the Pure Mathematics Prize for exceptional performance during the first and third years of the PhD programme.
  • Supported by an EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship.

Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Part III)

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK

October 2022 – June 2023

  • Result: Distinction.
  • Received the 1912 Senior Scholarship and Fitzwilliam College Prize for academic performance.
  • Supported by the prestigious "la Caixa" Fellowship.

Double Degree in Mathematics and Physics

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

Madrid, Spain

September 2017 – June 2022

  • Overall averages: 9.84/10 in Mathematics (ranked 1st of 171 graduates) and 9.66/10 in Physics (ranked 1st of 247 graduates).
  • Recipient of the Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award in both Mathematics and Physics.
  • Awarded the Arturo Duperier Prize for outstanding performance in Physics.
  • Received the Excellence Grant every academic year.
  • Thesis: Resilient Source Seeking with Robot Swarms. Related journal article: Fully Distributed and Resilient Source Seeking for Robot Swarms.

UCEAP International Student

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, USA

August 2019 – June 2020

  • Selected for a year-long study programme and awarded the UCM-University of California Scholarship, given to the top seven students at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Experience

Research Experience

FUSRP: Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program

Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences

Toronto, Canada

June 2021 – August 2021

Introduction to Research Grant Recipient

Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT)

Madrid, Spain

June–September 2020 and 2021

  • Received the competitive Severo Ochoa Introduction to Research Grant in two consecutive years and undertook projects in mathematical analysis.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)

Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

October 2023 – December 2025

  • Taught on Numbers and Relations (MATH111), Discrete Mathematics (MATH112), Real Analysis (MATH210), and Complex Analysis (MATH215), including marking, tutoring, and problem classes.

Honours and Awards

2024 & 2026

Pure Mathematics Prize

Lancaster University

2025

Spring Into Quant Finance Programme

G-Research

2023

EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship

Lancaster University

2023

1912 Senior Scholarship

Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge

2023

Fitzwilliam College Prize

Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge

2022

Postgraduate Fellowship Abroad

"la Caixa" Foundation

2022

Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Ranked 1st in class.

2022

Blas Cabrera Summer Scholarship

Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo and Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

2022

Arturo Duperier Award

Pedro Bernardo City Council

Physics excellence.

2018–2021

Excellence Grants

Community of Madrid

Awarded in four consecutive years.

Earlier awards and scholarships

2022

Department Research Grant

Department of Mathematical Analysis, UCM

2020

Becas Atrévete 2020

McKinsey & Company

2019

UCM-University of California Scholarship

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Top seven students selected.

2019

Santander Progress Scholarship

Santander Bank

2015–2017

Goñi and Rey Foundation Fellowship

Full academic funding

Languages

English

Full professional proficiency

Spanish

Native

German

Basic