Spectra: the Association for LGBT+ Mathematicians!
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Juliette Bruce (she/her) is a mathematician interested in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and arithmetic geometry. She is currently a postdoc at Brown University, but will begin as an assistant professor at Dartmouth College next month. (1/2)
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Oskar is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, where he works on applied and computational aspects of algebraic geometry. Among other things, this includes tropical, toric and numerical techniques for studying polynomial systems arising in systems biology and statistics.
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Dr. Dev Seacrest is a transmasculine professor at the University of Montana Western who advocates for all students, particularly those who struggle with traditional teaching methods. His TEDx talk “Supporting All Learners in Math and in Life” came out earlier this month.
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Simone is a mathematician and science communicator, in exile from the Italian Alps to Winterfell (Münster, in Northern Germany). (1/2)
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We continue our Pride Campaign with Sophie Huiberts!
Sophie is a researcher with CNRS in Clermont-Ferrand. Her work focuses on explaining why algorithms that work in practice might also work in theory and she often thinks about convex polyhedra.
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Our next honoree is Keith Mills!
Keith just graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with my PhD in Mathematics. He studied and published papers in geometric and algebraic topology (almost complex manifolds, spin^h manifolds and spin^h bordism).
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Today we have Marina Logares as our honoree!
Marina Logares is an Associate Professor of Maths at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is passionate about diversity in geometry and life.
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Ian is a Consultant in the Boston Consulting Group's San Diego office applying abstract mathematical thinking to business problems. (1/2)
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José (he/him) is a researcher at @imate_unam in Mexico City. He is interested in various aspects of representation theory, in particular cluster algebras and geometric representation theory of Hecke-type algebras. Outside of math, he enjoys cycling and film photography.
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Today we have Jared Weinstein as our honoree!
Jared is Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Boston University. His research specialties are Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry.
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Leonie is a second year PhD student at the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig. She enjoys computational algebra(ic geometry), tensor decomposition, scientific outreach, supporting and building queer communities, and playing video games at an unreasonable pace.
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The next honoree is Ruth Baker!
Ruth is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Oxford, where her work focuses on applying mathematical techniques to understand problems in biology.
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As our next honoree, we have Zack Cramer!
Zack is an award-winning mathematics lecturer at the University of Waterloo who identifies as gay. He is an advocate for 2SLGBTQIA+ representation and is passionate about supporting members of the queer community at UWaterloo and beyond.
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As our next honoree, we have Keira Gunn @Keira_Gunn_YYC!
Keira holds a PhD in Math & Stats from the University of Calgary. She works with post-secondary labour unions in Alberta to promote equity and accessibility in academia.
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As our next honoree, meet Matteo Battista!
Matteo is a graduate student in Mathematics in Italy. Professional dancer & performer, his biggest passion is relativity. Living things he loves the most are his boyfriend, his mother and his cat (named Albert, obviously).
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The honoree for today is Will Turner!
Will is a research assistant at TU Freiberg, Saxony, and was previously at the Uni of Birmingham in the UK. He works on topological combinatorics, connectivity, complexity, and a little category theory.
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Her current research projects are modeling trans and gender diverse health outcomes, survival analysis for cancer data, and exploring finite quotients of fundamental groups for hyperbolic 3-manifolds. (2/3)
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Today's honoree is Chloe George!
Chloe is a current math Masters student at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. (1/2)
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Dani's research focuses on categorical representation theory, and they explore applications of it across various fields. For instance, they currently investigate how it can enhance cryptographic protocols and machine learning algorithms.
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Today, we honour Stanley Pritchard!
Stanley Pritchard is a graduate student at Duke University interested in knot theory and low-dimensional topology. He is a trans man and is passionate about justice/equity and compassion in mathematics.
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We honour today Bethany Marsh (she/her)!
Bethany is a Professor in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds in the UK. Her research focuses on the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras, homological algebra and triangulated categories.
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Tiago Miguel Pires de Abreu (he/him) is a Brazilian PhD student in mathematics at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), interested in picewise smooth dynamical systems. He is a proud trans man and trans activist, and is also an amateur futsal player.
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Alex has recently started as the math librarian at Stanford, where they are in charge of the library’s math, stats, and data science collection. They graduated in May with a PhD in math from Rice. Their mathematical interests are in knot theory and topological 4-manifolds.
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Juniper is a PhD Candidate at Brown University. Her research is on applied probability, interacting stochastic processes and epidemics models. They are passionate about social justice in STEM teaching and research.
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Kirin Martin just finished eir Ph.D. at Iowa State University; e plans to teach and continue research in combinatorics and graph theory. Eir favorite part of their research is graph drawing and visualization, a skill that both collaborators and students appreciate.
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Yilin Li is now a master's student at the University of Amsterdam and will start his PhD at Durham University from this October. He is interested in structural & algorithmic graph theory, its applications to kidney exchange, and extremal & probabilistic combinatorics.
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Today's honoree is Holly Swisher!
Holly Swisher is a Professor of Mathematics at Oregon State University. Her research is in the areas of number theory and combinatorics, more specifically modular forms, partition theory, and hypergeometric series.
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Our next honoree is Liam Timms!
Liam is a PhD student in optimisation at the University of Melbourne, using maths for environmentally-friendly decisions. They are passionate about making mathematics more accessible for women, gender-diverse people, and other minoritised groups.
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The honoree for today is Piper Harris.
Piper Harris is the liberated (and unemployed) mathematician escaping Exeter, NH. Math wise they are a number theorist but they think human lives are more important than theorems. She is for the liberation of all people and all knowledge.
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We're continuing our Pride Month Campaign with Mariya Savinov!
Mariya Savinov is a PhD candidate at the NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Their research interests are in the modeling and simulation of mechanical phenomena in cell biology.
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We begin by honouring Julie Blackwood!
Julie Blackwood is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. Julie is an applied mathematician whose research is in disease ecology and, more broadly, the management of ecological systems.
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Our last honoree for our Pride Month campaign is Érika Roldàn!
Érika leads the research group Stochastic Topology and its Applications at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and is affiliated with the Univ. of Leipzig. erikaroldan.net
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Our penultimate honoree is Dr. Cory Colbert (he/him)!
Cory is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Washington & Lee University. His research training is in Commutative Algebra. Enjoys speedrunning and flight simulations.
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Our next LGBTQ+ Math honoree is Alex Wilson (he/they)!
Alex is a graduate student at Dartmouth college studying combinatorial representation theory.
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Today we honor Katrin Wehrheim (they/them) who is an Assoc. Prof. at UC Berkeley and free radical.
Katrin is an anti-fascist revolutionary by calling and a global analyst by training. They combined their identities into "mathematics education to counter oppression".
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We continue our Pride campaign with Kris Shaw (they/them)!
Kris Shaw is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oslo. Their research lies in the intersection of algebraic geometry and combinatorics.
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Our next honoree is Isabelle Shankar (she/her)!
Isabelle Shankar is a professor at Portland State who loves convex algebraic geometry, teaching undergraduates who are learning abstract math for the first time and good food.
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Continuing our Pride Month campaign, our next honoree is Lizzie Buchanan (she/her)!
Lizzie Buchanan is a graduate student at Dartmouth College studying knot theory.
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Today we honor Dr. Mary Lynn Reed (she/her)!
Mary Lynn is a professor of mathematics at Rochester Institute of Technology and is a published fiction writer. Her research is currently focused on economic questions related to cybersecurity.
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Our next LGBTQ+ math honoree is Rachel Roca (she/her)!
Rachel (@RR25000) is a second year PhD student at Michigan State University. She is interested in leveraging topological data analysis and computing education for social justice.
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Today we honor another LGBTQ+ mathematician, Ben Jany (he/him)!
Ben Jany is a newly graduated PhD student at the Univ. of Kentucky, where his research is in Algebraic coding theory. He was one of the organizers of the Spectra Survey in Mathematics Conference.
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Another day, another LGBTQ+ mathematician! Today we honor Lara Petto!
Laura Petto (she/her) is an applied mathematician working on problems in undersea technology in the Boston area.
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Continuing our Pride Month campaign with Alex Fink!
Alex Fink (he/him) a Reader in Pure Math at Queen Mary University of London. His research lies between algebraic geometry and combinatorics; he especially likes tropical maths and matroids.
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Our next LGBTQ+ Mathematician is Kimberly Ayers @kimdayers!
Prof. Kimberly Ayers (she/her) is an assistant professor at California State University San Marcos. Her research is in dynamical system and ergodic theory.
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Today we continue our Pride Campaign with Brad Elliott (he/him)!
Dr. Brad Elliott is a lecturer of mathematics at the University of Kentucky. He focuses on inclusion and active learning in the courses he teaches.
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Our next honoree is J. Daisie Rock @j_d_rock!
J. Daisie Rock (she/her/hers) is a trans woman BOF Postdoc at Ghent University. She is a 1st gen college student working on cts generalizations of discrete algebraic structures, informed by analysis and category theory.
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Next up in our Pride Month honoree is Shelly Bouchat!
Shelly Bouchat (she/they) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Berea College who studies combinatorial commutative algebra.
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Our next LGBTQ+ Mathematician is Shishir Agrawal (he/they)!
Shishir, a proud gay mathematician, works as a postdoc at UC San Diego. He studies algebraic geometry and its applications across mathematics.
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Today we continue our Pride Month Campaign with Dylan Green (he/him)!
Dylan Green is a 4th-year PhD student at Dartmouth College. He researches image reconstruction and uncertainty quantification.
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Today we honor Jessamyn Dukes @rhymeswspecimen!
Jessamyn (they/hey/any) is a queer mathematician who has just earned their BA from Rutgers University; current interests include untangling algebraic knots and learning cat theory with cats on their lap.
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