Every year I receive several inquiries from prospective graduate students, expressing interest in working with me towards their PhD. While I appreciate the interest, please be advised that:
I do not oversee the admissions process, nor have any influence over it. You must apply through the regular channels. The relevant information can be found here.
You do not need to have picked an advisor in order to be admitted.
Once you are admitted, you will need to take several classes and pass written Preliminary Examinations.
As a rule, I only take graduate students after they have passed at least the Numerical Analysis Preliminary Examination.
Due to the volume of inquiries, I will not respond to emails from prospective students regarding admissions or exceptions to the policies above.
I generally do not have funding for postdocs. Sometimes our department has a number of positions, and these are announced through the regular channels.