Maria Montanucci a Ph.D. student in Mathematics at Università degli Studi della Basilicata (Potenza, Italy) will visit the algebra group from 1 April – 31 May. Her advisior is Prof. Gábor Korchmáros who has done excellent work in the theory of algebraic curves in positive characteristic. Maria obtained her Master degree in 2015 at Università degli Studi di Perugia under the supervision of Prof. Massimo Giulietti, another leading expert in the theory of algebraic curves. We look forward to her visit.