Student research
I have served as a research mentor for the following undergraduate
research programs:
- From Summer 2018 until Spring 2019, I advised Nate Lesnevich '19 on his research and honors thesis on the topic of P-partition generating functions. Nate sucessfully defended his honors thesis entitled "Positivty among P-partition Generating Functions of Partially Ordered Sets" in April 2019. The journal paper based on this thesis has been published in Annals of Combinatorics.
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The Bucknell University Research Group (the BURG). I have done in-semester research with Joe Ruby '11, Ryan Ward '11, Tung Phan '17 and Anh Tran '24. Ryan Ward successfully defended his honors thesis "Equality of P-partition Generating Functions" in April 2011. The journal paper based on this thesis has been published in Annals of Combinatorics.
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program,
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Summer 2004.
My students were
Drew Lewis from the University of Alabama,
and Stefan Leichenauer from Brown University, both of
whose projects were in Matrix Analysis. Leichenauer's project resulted in a paper published in Linear Algebra and its Applications.
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Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR), MIT, Summer 2001.
My student was
Paisa Seeluangsawat, whose project concerned the
combinatorics of hyperplane arrangements.
During Spring 2020, together with Jean-Christophe Aval, I supervised the masters thesis of Karimatou Djenabou at the Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux at the Université de Bordeaux.
Teaching
During Spring 2024, I am teaching:
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Math 240/241 (Applied Combinatorics / Discrete Structures)
Course materials are on
Moodle.
In previous semesters at Bucknell, my teaching has been:
| Fall 2023 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 280 (Logic, Sets, and Proofs) |
| Spring 2023 | Math 192 (Topics in Calculus) | Math 240/241 (Combinatorics and Graph
Theory / Discrete Structures) |
| Fall 2022 | Math 201 (Calculus I) |
| Spring 2022 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 320 (Abstract Algebra I) |
| Fall 2021 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 320 (Abstract Algebra I) |
| Spring 2021 | Math 222 (Differential Equations for
Engineers) |
| Fall 2020 | Math 201 (Calculus I) |
| 2019/2020 | Sabbatical at the Université de Bordeaux |
| Spring 2019 | Math 240/241 (Combinatorics and Graph
Theory / Discrete Structures) | Math 319 (Combinatorics) |
| Fall 2018 | Math 201 (Calculus I) |
| Spring 2018 | Math 192 (Topics in Calculus) |
| Fall 2017 | Math 201 (Calculus I) | Math 212 (Differential Equations) |
| Spring 2017 | Child-rearing leave
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| Fall 2016 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 245 (Linear Algebra ) |
| Spring 2016 | Math 211 (Calculus III) |
| Fall 2015 | Math 201 (Calculus I) | Math 320 (Abstract Algebra I) |
| Spring 2015 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 240/241 (Combinatorics and Graph
Theory /
Discrete Structures) |
| Fall 2014 | Math 245 (Linear Algebra) |
| Spring 2014 | Math 212 (Differential Equations) | Math 319 (Combinatorics) |
| Fall 2013 | Math 209 (Mathematical Problem Solving) | Math 211 (Calculus III) |
| 2012/2013 | Sabbatical at Trinity College Dublin
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| Spring 2012 | Child-rearing leave
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| Fall 2011 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 343 (Numerical Analysis) |
| Spring 2011 | Math 212 (Differential Equations) |
| Fall 2010 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 280 (Logic, Sets, and Proofs) |
| Spring 2010 | Math 192 (Topics in Calculus) | Math 280 (Logic, Sets, and Proofs) |
| Fall 2009 | Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 320 (Introduction to Algebra) |
| Spring 2009 | Untenured research leave at MIT
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| Fall 2008 | Untenured research leave at UC Berkeley
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| Spring 2008 | Math 211 (Calculus III) | Math 320 (Introduction to Algebra) |
| Fall 2007 | Math 291 (Mathematical Problem Solving) | Math 343 (Numerical Analysis)
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| Spring 2007 | Math 240/241 (Combinatorics and Graph
Theory / Discrete Structures)
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| Fall 2006 |
Math 202 (Calculus II) | Math 320 (Introduction to Algebra) |
I taught for the following courses at MIT:
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Winter 2003, 18.02A Multivariable Calculus, Recitation Instructor.
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Fall 2002, 18.04 Complex Analysis with Applications, Recitation Instructor.
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Summers 2002 and 2001, Lecturer for Calculus classes in "Project Interphase," an
intensive program for entering first-years from minority backgrounds. This
program is run by the Office of Minority
Education.
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Winter 2002, 18.02A Multivariable Calculus, Recitation Instructor.
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Fall 2001, 18.03 Differential Equations, Recitation Instructor.
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Spring 2001, 18.06 Linear
Algebra, Recitation Instructor.
Letters of recommendation
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