Research Summary
I specialize in commutative algebra, with current interests being classical rings of invariants, tight closure theory, local cohomology, rings of differential operators and, most of all, questions that tie these all together.
Education
- PhD, Mathematics, University of Michigan
Biography
- 2011-present: Professor, University of Utah.
- Spring 2024: Chern Professor, Mathematical Science Research Institute, Berkeley.
- June 2017: Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
- December 2016: Simons Visiting Professor, Università di Genova, Italy.
- 2012-2013: Program Organizer, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley.
- July 2011: Visiting Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
- 2005-2011: Associate Professor, University of Utah.
- 2002-2006: Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- 2002-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow/Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley.
- 1999-2002: Instructor/Wylie-Scott Assistant Professor, University of Utah.
- 1998-1999: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.