Mircea Mustaţă

Mircea Immanuel Mustață (; born 1971) is a Romanian-American mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry.

Background Mustață was born in Romania. He received a bachelor's degree in 1995 and a master's degree the following year, both from the University of Bucharest.

A Clay Research Fellow during 2001–04, Mustață held postdoc positions at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (Fall 2001), the Isaac Newton Institute (Spring 2002), and Harvard University (2002–04).

Since 2004, when he became an associate professor, Mustață has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He was made a full professor by Michigan in 2008. In fall 2006, he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 2006 to 2011, he held a five-year Packard Fellowship.

His doctoral students include Fields medalist June Huh.

Selected publications

Personal life Mustață currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Olga, and daughter, Maya. His hobbies include hiking, reading, and playing board games.