Javid Validashti E-mail: jvalidas at illinois dot edu Office: Illini Hall 247A I am a visiting assistant professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2007 at Purdue University under the direction of Bernd Ulrich. My research interests are in commutative algebra and its interaction with algebraic geometry. Here is a link to my research activities. I am teaching Linear Algebra and Differential Equations this semester. Here is a list of courses I have taught in the past.