My sister Laura Dumitrescu (Fairfield University)
Current Position:
Associate Professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Algebra, Geometry and Topology AGT group
Researcher at IMAR: Institute of Mathematics in Bucharest, Romanian Academy: Differential Geometry and Algebraic Topology group
Current students (UNC): Graduate and Undergraduate students
Kexuan Yang - Arithmetic Geometry and Mathematical Physics (Expected PhD 2027)
Kexuan has an undergraduate degree in physics and backgound in Analysis.
Sebastian Filner - Hitchin Theory, Moduli of K3 surfaces, 3rd year - supervised with Justin Sawon. (Expected PhD 2029)
James Hutchinson III - Geometry and Physics of Habiro rins, 1st year, supervised with Justin Sawon.(Expected PhD 2031)
Undergraduate students
Yuqian Zhang (final year) - birational geometry -
Matias Carl Relyea 2nd year-- birational geometry, Mori Theori --
Robert Lake - 1st year Physics student - : Resurgence in Mathematical Physics, Habiro rings
Former UNC Graduate Students:
Ph. D Fall 2024 William Davis - - Frobenius-like algebras, colored ribbon graphs and Extensions of TQFTs --
During his studies William received an UNC University award 2024, a Research Stay in MPIM Bonn 2023 and Math Departmental Award 2022.
William has been an Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor in UNC, Chapel Hill until 2026. William is currently a Math Instructor in NCSSM.
M.Sc May 2025 Angela East -- Asymptotic Expansions in Habiro rings --
Angela is currently a Math Instructor in the Central Carolina Community College.
M. Sc: Spring 2022 Robert Reed Hubbard --Oper Moduli --
Reed is a Math Instructor in North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham. He was the Department Chair in NCSSM, Morganton.
Recent Talks
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2027 Chicago Higgs Bundles, Character Varieties, and Moduli Spaces, Jan. 12–15 - R. Moraru L.Schaposnik
Moduli and Friends II, Institute of Mathematics of Romanian Academy, Aug 2026 - Cristina Angel, Martin Palmer, Anca Macinic, Geoffoy Horel.
Max Planck Institute of Mathematics, Leipzig, May 2026.
Women in Commutative Algebra ICMS 2026 - Edinburgh, 20--26 July 2026 - Group leader with Elisa Postinghel.
University of Hannover - November 2025 - Isabel Stenger.
Modern Musings on Monopoles, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics - October 2025.
Quantization and Lagrangians, UI Chicago: September 2025 ( by Laura Schaposnik).
Research Directions:
Hitchin systems and Enumerative Geometry: Ribbon Graphs, TQFT, Moduli of Opers, and quantum curves, Topological Recursion.
Algebraic geometry, Birational geometry
Algebraic and arithmetic geometry. with my graduate students.