Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Kansas
405 Snow Hall
1460 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045-7523
Office: 541 Snow Hall
Phone: (785) 864-7114
Department fax: (785) 864-5255
Office hours for Fall 2008: By appointment
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Note: I will not be teaching section 40474 of Math 290 in Fall 2008. The instructor for that section will be Prof. Jay Schweig.
My research is in combinatorics, algebraic geometry, discrete geometry, and computational commutative algebra. I especially like topics in which these fields intersect, including configuration varieties (such as picture spaces of graphs, and Grassmannian, flag, and Schubert varieties), simplicial complexes, hyperplane arrangements, Stanley-Reisner theory, matroids, and Gröbner bases. I am always happy when combinatorial techniques can be used to solve problems from other areas of pure or applied mathematics.
If you are not a professional mathematician, but you are wondering just what all that is about, here is a more detailed description of my research publications, explained in plain English (still under construction).
