Florencia Orosz Hunziker grew up in Córdoba, Argentina. She attended Universidad Nacional de Córdoba where she started working on Lie Theory and vertex algebras as an undergraduate student. She received her Ph.D in Mathematics from Yale University in 2019 where she continued working on vertex algebra theory under the supervision of Igor Frenkel. After graduation, Dr. Orosz Hunziker worked as a lecturer at Harvard University and later held a postdoctoral position at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2021 she was awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics to work with Andrew Linshaw at the University of Denver. In the Fall of 2023 Florencia joined the Mathematics department at the University of Colorado Boulder as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Orosz Hunziker’s research is in vertex algebra theory, the mathematical counterpart of important physical theories such as conformal field theories and string theory. Her research focuses on the relations between vertex algebras and tensor categories and, more recently, their connections to number theory. Together with collaborators, Dr. Orosz Hunziker showed in 2021 that a natural category of representations arising from the Virasoro algebras admit a braided tensor category structure. More recently, as part of a collaboration with other Women in Mathematical Physics, one of her papers with collaborators provides the first examples of graded pseudo-traces, interesting number theoretical objects, associated to the Heisenberg and Virasoro vertex algebras.
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Dr. Orosz Hunziker believes that practicing engaging teaching based on active learning techniques as well as dedicated mentoring are fundamental to improving the access and enjoyment of mathematical spaces for everyone and for members of underrepresented groups in Mathematics in particular. Florencia is a passionate educator and mentor. She received two distinctions for her teaching practice at Harvard University. As a graduate student she was part of the founding team for Intersections, an association of Women and gender minorities in Math at Yale university. She also supported the creation of a mentoring program at Harvard university for first year students to be paired with advanced math majors to talk about possible Math paths. As a postdoctoral fellow she founded and directed the Directed Reading Program at the University of Denver. Currently, under the inspiring leadership of Dr. Fuster Aguilera, Dr. Orosz Hunziker is part of the organizing team for “Math For All in Boulder”, a friendly and open conference on Math education and research. With Dr. Fuster Aguilera, Dr. OroszHunziker organizes “Mates Para Todes” a Mathematics meeting at CU Boulder that has the goal of celebrating the contributions of Latine mathematicians. "Mates para Todes" is fully run in Spanish with simultaneous translation to English for all participants who request it.
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Dr. Orosz Hunziker is the main organizer for the online Rocky Mountain Representation Theory seminar and together with two of her mentors, Dr. Barronand and Dr. Yamskulna, Dr. Orosz Hunziker is a research leader in one of the groups in the Women in Mathematical Physics research network. Dr. Orosz Hunziker is a Belgrano fan and she enjoys going to the fútbol stadium "el Gigante de Alberdi" to support her team as often as possible when visiting Córdoba, her home city in Argentina. She lives with her partner, daughter and small dog in Boulder, Colorado.

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“To me Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the stories,
struggles, contributions and achievements of Latines and Hispanics in our community. I believe that we
can use this opportunity to reflect on and strengthen the historical contributions from Latines in organizing
and activism to advance towards a more equitable and antiracist society.”

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