Pronouns. He/him/his.
E-mail. tlid 'at' math 'dot' ncsu 'dot' edu.
Office. 3246 SAS Hall.
Want to chat? Please e-mail me and I am happy to set up a meeting.
GLBT Center Advocate, Green Zone Trainee, Pack Essentials Ally, Pack Survivor Support Alliance.
Random Stuff:
Blog. I have a blog discussing low-dimensional topology, the profession, and some other aspects of mathematics. I am happy to hear any comments or suggestions.
Honors Program. I am now the director of the Honors Program in the math department at NC State. I hope to have a list of resources here soon.
Seminars:
NCSU Geometry and Topology Group. (with Bojko Bakalov, Irina Kogan, Andy Manion, Peter McGrath, Andy Sageman-Furnas, Teemu Saksala, Radmila Sazdanovic) A weekly seminar covering a variety of topics in geometry and topology. Contact me to join the mailing list.
Triangle Topology Group. (with Adam Levine, Andy Manion, Lenny Ng, David Rose, Radmila Sazdanovic) A rotating seminar between Duke, NCSU, and NC State. Contact me to join the mailing list.
Mechanism Design 4 Social Good. I sometimes take part in the Civic Participation group.
Virtual Low-Dimensional Topology. (with John Baldwin, James Farre, Kyle Hayden, Kristen Hendricks, Siddhi Krishna, Miriam Kuzbury, Allison Moore, Lenny Ng, Lisa Piccirillo, Juanita Pinzon-Caicedo) An online platform featuring the Trends in Low-Dimensional Topology virtual seminar, graduate student teas, office hours with topologists, learning groups, career panels, and more. (This is on hiatus.)
Outreach:
Math and Dance. I have worked with Black Box Dance Theater to explore and teach topology through dance. This included education, outreach, and performance.
Current PhD students:
Fang-Rong Zhan (2024-)
Matt Elpers (2023-)
Past PhD students:
Everett Meike (graduated 2025)
Dave White (graduated 2023)
Rob DeYeso (graduated 2022)
Dustin Leininger (graduated 2020, co-advised with Andrew Cooper)
Claire Zajaczkowski (graduated 2019)
NCSU Resources:
GLBT Center. Offers educational programming and social events.
Pack Essentials. Provides food, housing, emergency funding, and other basic needs for the campus community.
Women's Center. Offers educational programming and survivor services.
Other Resources:
Association for Women in Mathematics. The AWM’s mission is to promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences, supporting individuals and institutions as we all work to make a more just and equitable community.
National Association of Mathematicians. NAM is a non-profit professional organization in the mathematical sciences with membership open to all persons interested in the mission and purpose of NAM which are promoting excellence in the mathematical sciences and promoting the mathematical development of all underrepresented minorities.
Nature's Dance Your PhD Contest. Self-explanatory!
NSF Public Access Repository. Underutilized! You can find a lot of final versions of papers here.
Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists. SACNAS is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.
Unsolicited Information:
Run commuting brings me a great deal of happiness. Feel free to reach out if you have questions about logistics, gear, etc.
