(2012-2013) Helen Corley Petit Scholar (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIUC)
(2011) G. de B. Robinson Award (Canadian Math Society)
(2011-2012) UIUC Center for Advanced Study/Beckman Fellow
(1998) K.D. Fryer Gold Medal, University of Waterloo
Grants/fellowships:
(2012-2013) Campus research board UIUC, PI; funding for a Research Assistant
(2011-2014) NSF Conference grant DMS 1146096
(2010-2011) Campus Research Board UIUC, PI; funding for Research Assistant.
(2009-2012) NSF standard grant DMS 0901331, PI
(2006-2009) NSF standard grant DMS 0601010, Co-PI (PI: Victor Reiner)
(2006-2007) U. Minnesota Digital Technology center
grant (award amount total: $24,671); for research in applied algorithms,
Co-PI with David Redish (Neuroscience), (PI Duane Nykamp)
(2006) Fields Institute funding to organize "Workshop on
Computational and Combinatorial commutative algebra" ($4000 Canadian), PI
(2002) Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, U. Michigan
(1998-1999) NSERC PGS A Scholarship for graduate studies
(1994-1998) Descartes Mathematics Fellowship, University of Waterloo
(1994-1998) Canada Fellowship, national 4 year award
Teaching Experience
(2008-Present) Assistant Professor, University of Illinois. Courses: Fall 2009: Differential
equations plus;
Spring 2009: Graduate course on symmetric functions and Young tableaux
(List of teachers ranked excellent -- top 10%);
Fall 2010: Introduction to combinatorics;
Spring 2010: Introduction to combinatorics (List of teachers ranked excellent)
Spring 2011: Linear programming and combinatorial optimization (List of teachers
ranked excellent); Graduate
course on the Grassmannian
Fall 2011: Introduction to combinatorics; Introduction to Graduate combinatorics
(2005-2008) Dunham Jackson Assistant professor, University of
Minnesota.
Spring 2007: Graduate combinatorics;
Fall 2007: Linear algebra
and differential equations (course coordinator), (undergraduate)
enumerative
combinatorics
(2003-2005) Visiting Assistant Professor, University of
California, Berkeley.
Fall 2004: Abstract Algebra;
Spring 2004: Combinatorics, Complex Analysis;
Fall 2005: Combinatorics, Real Analysis.
(1999-2003) Instructor, University of Michigan. Courses:
Calculus II, Calculus I, Precalculus.
(1995-1999) Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo. Courses:
Linear Algebra II, Linear Algebra I, Classical Algebra, Combinatorics for Engineers,
Combinatorics I, History of Mathematics, Business Law.
Other Professional Activities:
Mentoring: Li Li (postdoc, 2008-2010), Elizabeth Csima (postdoc, 2008-2011), Chayapa
Darayon (graduate student, 2009-present), Dominic Searles (graduate student 2009-present),
Immanuel McLaughlin (Spring 2011-present),
Alexandra Seceleanu (graduate student RA, Spring 2010), Colleen Ross (REU, Summer 2010)-present,
Nicolas Tse (undergraduate research, Summer 2010), Bryan Poling (undergraduate research, Fall
2007; U. Minnesota)
Referee (selected): Duke Math Journal, Math Annalen, Michigan Math
J., Advances in
math, Transactions
of the
AMS, Random Structures and Algorithms, Proceedings of the AMS,
Journal of Algebraic
combinatorics, Math Research Letters, Journal of Algebra, Journal of
Combinatorial theory: series
A, Annals of Combinatorics, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics,
European Journal of Combinatorics, Pure
and Applied Math
Quarterly, Experimental Math, Discrete Math, Journal of Commutative Algebra, Springer books.
Irving Reiner book award committee (UIUC Math grad student award in algebra). Spring 2011.
Illinois High School Math finals oral presentation judge. April 30, 2011.
Co-organizer of the January 2011 session on ``Combinatorial Algebraic geometry'' at the
AMS joint annual meetings in New Orleans.
Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics Conference 2010 Program committee
(January 2011) Co-organizer of Joint Math Meetings session on "Combinatorial algebraic
geometry"
(June 2010) Co-organizer of the June 2010 Canadian Math Society
session on ``Algebraic combinatorics'' at U. New Brunswick.
(November 2009, October 2010) Grant reviewer for Icelandic Research Fund.
(September 2009) Local co-organizer of Illinois-Purdue algebra and
combinatorics day
(March 2009, 2010) Grant proposal reviewer: NSA.
(April 2009) Co-organizer of the April 2008 AMS Special session on
``Algebra, geometry and combinatorics'' at UIUC.
(August 2008-Present) Co-organizer of the UIUC Algebra, geometry
and combinatorics seminar.
(October 2007) Referee for proposed scientific program at the Banff
International Research Station
(December 2006, September 2008) Organizer/speaker at a panel on
getting a
postdoctoral math job, for graduate students at UMN, and at Illinois.
(August 2006) Contributed article to the Fields Newsletter, a
periodical documenting events at the Fields Institute.
(July-August 2006) Co-organizer for Fields Institute workshop
"Combinatorial and computational commutative algebra"
(September 2005-Present) Co-organizer of the U. Minnesota
Algebraic Geometry seminar.
(September 2005-May 2007) Co-organizer of the U. Minnesota
Combinatorics seminar.
(August 2005) Contributed article to the Fields Newsletter, a
periodical documenting events at the Fields Institute.
(July 2006) Co-organizer for Fields Institute workshop
"Schubert calculus"
(May 2005-Present) Co-organizer of the San Francisco April 2006
Special session on ``Geometry of Grobner bases''
(September 2004-April 2004) Co-organizer of the Santa Barbara AMS
Special session on ``Algebraic geometry and combinatorics''.
(June 2004-May 2005) Co-organizer of the UC Berkeley Combinatorics
seminar.
(May 2004-May 2005) Organizing committee for the Bay Area Discrete
Math Day and local organizer for the
Ninth Bay Area Discrete
Math Day at UC Berkeley, in the Fall of 2004.
(March 28-31, 2012) AMS Special session,
Lawrence, Kansas.
TBA
(Sept 24, 2011) AMS Special session,
Wake Forest U.
TBA
(April 21, 2011) Combinatorics Seminar,
Washington University at St. Louis
TBA
(March 17-20, 2011) AMS Special session on geometric
commutative algebra and applications,
Iowa City.
Grobner bases and singularities of Schubert varieties
(March 18-20, 2011) AMS Special session on recent advances
in Schubert calculus,
Iowa City.
Patch ideals and Peterson varieties
(March 4, 2011) Lie Groups/Quantum Math Seminar,
Rutgers U., NJ.
Patch ideals and Peterson varieties
(March 3, 2011) Philadephia Combinatorics and Algebraic
Geometry seminar,
U. Penn, Philadephia.
Patch ideals and Peterson varieties
(October 22, 2010) Real algebraic systems workshop,
American Institute of Math, Palo Alto.
Drift configurations
(October 6, 2010) Combinatorics seminar,
U. Washington, Seattle.
Drift configurations
(April, 2010) AMS Special Session on Combinatorial
Representation Theory, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
TBA
(March, 2010) AMS Special Session on Algebraic and
geometric combinatorics, U. Kentucky, Lexington KT.
TBA
(March, 2010) Workshop on localization techniques in equivariant cohomology,
American Institute
of Mathematics, Palo Alto CA.
Introduction to Schubert calculus
(December, 2009) Korean Math Society-AMS joint meeting, Seoul Korea.
TBA
(December, 2009) KAIST, Korea.
TBA
(November 12, 2009) Philadelphia Combinatorics and Algebraic
Geometry seminar,
Philadelphia, PA.
TBA
(October 21, 2009) MIT combinatorics seminar, Cambridge MA.
TBA
(June 16, 2009) VIGRE Workshop on
Flag varieties:, Iowa City, IA.
What's known in Schubert calculus.
(Sometime May 26-29, 2009) Workshop on
Representation Theory, Geometry and Combinatorics:
Equivariant algebraic geometry and related topics ,
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Equivariant K-theory of Grassmannians
(April 22, 2009) U. Illinois Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics
seminar , Urbana, IL.
Equivariant K-theory of Grassmannians
(April 4 or 5, 2009) AMS special session
on Enumerative Geometry , Raleigh, NC.
Equivariant K-theory jeu de taquin for Grassmannians
(April 4 or 5, 2009) AMS special session
on Applications of Algebraic and Geometric
Combinatorics , Raleigh, NC.
Longest strictly increasing subsequences and the Hecke insertion
algorithm
(March 13, 2009) U. Michigan Combinatorics seminar ,
Ann Arbor, MI.
Equivariant K-theory of Grassmannians
(March 4, 2009) Working Algebraic Geometry Seminar ,
Purdue U., West Lafayette.
Equivariant K-theory of Grassmannians
(February 12, 2008) Colloquium
University of Western Ontario, London ON
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(February 6, 2008) Colloquium
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(February 4, 2008) Colloquium
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(January 31, 2008) Colloquium
Texas A+M University, College Station
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(January 24, 2008) Colloquium
University of Oregon
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(January 18, 2008) Colloquium
University of Pittsburgh
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(January 10, 2008) Colloquium
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(December 7, 2007) Special Colloquium, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(November 1, 2007) Algebra seminar, U. Pittsburgh
"Schubert combinatorics and geometry"
(October 6 or 7, 2007) AMS Special session on
Invariants of Lie Group Actions and Their
Quotients, Rutgers University
TBA
(One of May 28-June 1, 2007 --upcoming) CRM workshop on
algebraic geometry and algebaric combinatorics, CRM,
Montreal
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(May 9, 2007 --upcoming) IMA applications of
algebraic geometry seminar, IMA, Minneapolis
Schubert combinatorics and geometry
(April 14 or 15, 2007) AMS Special session on
Algebraic geometry and combinatorics, Hoboken, NJ
"Cominuscule Schubert calculus and tableau combinatorics"
(March 20, 2007) Banff workshop on Schubert
calculus and varieties
"Governing singularities of Schubert varieties"
(March 9, 2007) Combinatorics Seminar, U.
Michigan, Ann Arbor
"Cominuscule Schubert calculus and tableau combinatorics"
(January 20, 2007) CRM, Recent Advances
in Combinatorics mini-workshop
"Degeneration, an interface between AG, RT and CO"
(December 2006) CMS Special Session on
"Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry", Toronto
"A combinatorial rule for (co)minuscule Schubert calculus"
(November 10, 2006) Combinatorics seminar, U. Minnesota
"A combinatorial rule for (co)minuscule Schubert calculus"
(October 28 or 29, 2006) AMS Special Session on
"Combinatorial methods in equivariant topology", U. Connecticut
"A combinatorial rule for (co)minuscule Schubert calculus"
(October 27, 2006) Combinatorics Seminar,
M.I.T., Cambridge.
"A combinatorial rule for (co)minuscule Schubert calculus"
(April 2006) AMS Special Session on
"Homological and K-theory trends in Algebraic combinatorics", San
Francisco
"Stable Grothendieck polynomials and a K-theoretic tableau
insertion algorithm"
(April 4, 2006) Algebra
seminar, U. Western Ontario, London
Stable Grothendieck polynomials and a K-theoretic tableau
insertion algorithm
(February 10, 2006) Combinatorics
seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
"Stable Grothendieck polynomials and a K-theoretic Edelman-Greene
algorithm"
(January 13, 14 or 15, 2006) Workshop
on Combinatorial Inverse systems, Fields Institute, Toronto.
"Computing singularities of Schubert varieties"
(November 7, 2005) Algebraic geometry seminar
,
University of Toronto, Toronto.
"Computing Singularities of Schubert varieties"
(October 6, 2005 -- upcoming) Algebraic geometry Seminar,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
"Computing Singularities of Schubert varieties"
(September 16, 2005 -- upcoming) Combinatorics Seminar,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
"Tableau complexes"
(August 1-5?, 2005) Seattle Conference on
Algebraic Geometry, Seattle.
"On smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties"
(June 10, 2005) Fields Instiute Workshop on Schubert
varieties and Schubert calculus , Toronto.
"Degeneracy Loci"
(June 8, 2005) Fields Instiute Workshop on Schubert
varieties and Schubert calculus , Toronto.
"Schubert calculus: algebraic geometry and combinatorics"
(June 4/5 or 6, 2005) Combinatorics and Geometry
special
session of the CMS meeting, Waterloo, Canada
"On smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties"
(May 10, 2005-- upcoming) Seminar ,
Mittag-Leffler Institute, Sweden.
"A K-theoretic Robinson-Schensted algorithm,
quiver degeneracy loci, and an expansion rule for
Fomin and Kirillov's stable Grothendieck polynomials"
(May 7, 2005-- upcoming) Seminar ,
Mittag-Leffler Institute, Sweden.
"A ball of semistandard Young tableaux"
(April 12, 2005) Algebraic geometry seminar ,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
"On smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties"
(April 6) Algebraic geometry seminar ,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
"On smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties"
(March 28, 2004) Algebra Seminar ,
York University, Toronto.
``Stable Grothendieck polynomials and a generalized Edelman-Greene
correspondence''
(March 11, 2005) Combinatorics seminar
, MIT, Cambridge
``On Smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties''
(March 4, 2005) Algebraic geometry seminar ,
Texas A&M university, college station.
``On Smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties''
(March 2, 2005) Geometry and analysis seminar ,
Rice university, Houston.
``On Smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties''
(February 18, 2005) Combinatorics seminar ,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
``A formula for K-theoretic truncation Schubert calculus''
(February 16, 2005) Algebraic geometry seminar ,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
``On Smoothness and Gorensteinness of Schubert varieties''
(January 25, 2005) Special Combinatorics seminar ,
University of California, San Diego.
``When is a Schubert variety Gorenstein?''
(January 17, 2005) Symplectic geometry seminar ,
University of Toronto, Toronto.
``Enumerative formulas in Schubert calculus: problems, theorems and
conjectures''
(December 2004) Combinatorics seminar ,
Ohio State University, Columbus.
``Gluing Young tableaux into a ball''
(November 2004) Geometry, representation theory and combinatorics seminar ,
University of California, Berkeley.
``When is a Schubert variety Gorenstein?''
(October 2004) Special session on Modern Schubert
Calculus, AMS Eastern Section Meeting, Northwestern University,
Evanston.
``Grobner geometry of Schubert and Grothendieck transition formulae''
(July 2004) Park City Mathematics Institute Geometric
Combinatorics Workshop , Park City, Utah.
``Grobner geometry of geometric vertex decompositions''
(November 2003) Combinatorics Seminar ,
University
of
Washigton, Seattle.
``Degeneracy Loci, Quiver coefficients and Schubert Calculus''
(October 2003) Representation theory and geometry seminar
, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
``Degeneracy Loci, Quiver coefficients and Schubert Calculus''