Hélène Barcelo

Hélène Barcelo
Born (1954-11-11) 11 November 1954
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
TitleProfessor emeritus
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic combinatorics
InstitutionsArizona State University
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Thesis On the Action of the Symmetric Group on the Free Lie Algebra and on the Homology and Cohomology of the Partition Lattice  (1988)
Doctoral advisorAdriano Garsia

Hélène Barcelo (born 11 November 1954) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in algebraic combinatorics. Within that field, her interests include combinatorial representation theory, homotopy theory, and arrangements of hyperplanes. She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at Arizona State University, and deputy director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). She was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, from 2001 to 2009.