Email Address: mim2 (at) illinois (dot) edu [OR]
mim2 (at) math (dot) uiuc (dot) edu
Mailing Address: 250 Altgeld Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Office Address: 223 Illini Hall, 725 South Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Location
Office Phone Number: 001-217-333-1898
Office Hours: 6-8PM Mondays in 145 Altgeld Hall

Background:

• Brockett Elementary School in Dekalb County, Tucker, Georgia; Trickum Middle School in Gwinnett County, Lilburn, Georgia; Parkview High School in Gwinnett County, Lilburn, Georgia
  
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Georgia
  
• Master of Philosophy in Mathematics at the University of Birmingham, England (thesis based in nonstandard analysis with Dr. Richard Kaye)
  
• Master of Arts in Mathematics at the University of Georgia (non-thesis)
  
• Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [in-process]
  

About Me:
I am currently working with Dr. William Haboush. He is currently on sabbatical at Columbia University in New York. He will return to Champaign in the fall of 2010.

Teaching:
Fall 2009 MATH241 Merit Calculus III (AD7)
Summer 2009 Research
Spring 2009 MATH241 Merit Calculus III (AD7)
Fall 2008 MATH241 Calculus III (BD1 and BD5)
Summer 2008 MATH347 Problem-Solving and Proofs (C1)
Spring 2008 MATH231 Calculus II Tutor, MATH125 Linear Algebra Grader
Fall 2007 MATH234 Business Calculus I (CD3 and CD4)


Research Interests:
Algebraic Geometry: The classification of algebraic surfaces, minimal model program, fibrations over integrally closed curves, McKay Correspondence


Conferences attended/will participate since Fall 2007:
March 27-29, 2009 2009 Spring AMS Central Sectional Meeting #1047, Department of Mathematics, UIUC
February 23-27, 2009 Modern Moduli Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, CA
January 26-30, 2009 Classical Algebraic Geometry Today, MSRI, Berkeley, CA
January 22-24, 2009 Connections for Women: Algebraic Geometry and Related Fields, MSRI, Berkeley, CA
August 31-September 6, 2008 Fano manifolds and Lagrangian fibration of symplectic manifolds, page 2, Lukecin, Poland [most recently updated]
July 12-25, 2008 Summer Program: Geometrical Singularities and Singular Geometries, page 2, IMA, University of Minnesota
April 11-13, 2008 Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra- In Honor of Robin Hartshorne's 70th Birthday, Department of Maths, University of Illinois at Chicago
March 29-30, 2008 Sixth Annual Graduate Student Topology Conference, Department of Mathematics, UIUC


The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM):
Spring 2010 High School State Math Competition (to be announced)
May 2, 2009 High School State Math Contest Finals for the upcoming year
April 26, 2008 High School State Math Competition at UIUC


Special Events:
August 18-20, 2008 Three day visit from Dr. John Cummins
May 2, 2008 A Celebration of Dr. Robert M. Fossum's Retirement


Miscellaneous:
Mathematics, Publications, Pictures and Personal Information





Seminars and Conferences:
AMS Mathematics Calendar
Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA)
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
UIUC Mathematics Seminars and Conferences (most are in Altgeld Hall, includes weekly math seminar schedule)
Upcoming Conferences in Algebraic Geometry


Graduate Program and Classes:
Algebraic Geometry Program at UIUC
General Graduate Program at UIUC
Long Range Schedule (for the next 10 semesters) of Upper Level Math Courses
For a More Detailed Description of Math Classes


Other Math Links:
Algebra and Algebraic Geometry notes by Roy Smith
Algebraic Geometry Notes by Anton
AMS Graduate Student Blog
An Overview of Algebraic Surfaces by Rick Miranda [this is a postscript file]
arXiv
Bulletin of the AMS
Grothendieck, A. Éléments de Géométrie Algébrique (EGA)