Mara Neusel

Mara Dicle Neusel (May 14, 1964 – September 5, 2014) was a mathematician, author, teacher and an advocate for women in mathematics.

The focus of her mathematical work was on invariant theory, which can be briefly described as the study of group actions and their fixed points.

In 2001 she became the fourth woman to earn the advanced degree venia legendi (Habilitation) in mathematics from the University of Göttingen, following in the footsteps of the first woman mathematician to be awarded the venia legend from Göttingen in 1919, Emmy Noether.

[5] The exposition in the text Invariant Theory "stands out by its masterly clarity, comprehensiveness, profundity, and didactical disposition.

[1] Neusel co-organized a special session on "Homological Algebra and Its Applications" at the 2005 Meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Lubbock, Texas[11] as well as a special session on "Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry" at the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Association for Women in Mathematics at Brown University in 2011.