I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside. 

Previously, I was a Gibbs Assistant Professor at Yale University, where my mentor was Yair Minsky.  Before that, I was an RTG Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, under the supervision of Dick Canary.  I completed my doctoral work under the guidance of Daniel Groves at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and got a masters degree at Virginia Tech before that.

Contact:  mdurham [at] ucr [dot] edu.

Pronouns:  they/them  (<---- Why this?  See here.)

I am organizing (with Thomas Koberda) an ongoing series of conferences called the Riverside Workshop on Geometric Group Theory.  The last one was held during 3-6 May 2024 at UCR.  Please see the conference website  for more information.  Next year's conference will be announced at some point later this year.

Federico Ardila-Mantilla's axioms:

Axiom 1: Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.

Axiom 2: Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.

Axiom 3: Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.

Axiom 4: Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.