Short CV
Benjamin Braun
Academic Positions
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Professor of Mathematics, July 2020 - present
Wimberly and Betty Royster Research Professor, 2015 - 2017
Associate Professor of Mathematics, July 2014 - June 2020
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, August 2007 - June 2014
Visiting Positions
Research Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Fall 2017
Administrative Positions
Director of Graduate Studies, Mathematics, University of Kentucky, July 2020 - present
Education
Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Ph.D., Mathematics, May 2007 – Dissertation Title: “Ehrhart Theory for Lattice Polytopes” – Adviser: John Shareshian
A.M., Mathematics, December 2003
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
B.A., Magna cum Laude, Mathematics and English Composition, May 2001
Advising/Mentoring
Postdocs:
Rafael S. González D'león (2014-2017)
Doctoral Students:
Alvaro Cornejo (current)
Ford McElroy (current)
Kaitlin Bruegge (2023)
Derek Hanely (2022)
Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez (2021)
Julianne Vega (2020)
Brian Davis (2019)
Marie Meyer (2018)
McCabe Olsen (2018)
Wesley Hough (2017)
Liam Solus (2015)
Robert Davis (2015)
Matthew Zeckner (2011)
Funding
I have received research funding through the following awards:
National Science Foundation award DMS-0758321
National Science Foundation award DMS-1953785
National Security Agency award H98230-13-1-0240
National Security Agency award H98230-16-1-0045
American Institute of Mathematics SQuaRE Award, joint with M. Beck, M. Koeppe, P. Paule, C. Savage, 2010 – 2012
Memberships
I am a member of the UK Discrete Mathematics Research Group.
I am a member of the following organizations:
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Experimental Mathematics, 2023-present
Co-organizer, University of Kentucky Working Group on Ethics, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in the Mathematical Sciences, 2021-present
Member, University of Kentucky Secondary Mathematics Education Program Faculty, 2013-present
Member, University of Kentucky Middle Levels Teacher Education Program Faculty, 2019-present
AMS Representative Member, Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, 2022-2024
Co-organizer, American Institute of Mathematics Workshop on Ehrhart Polynomials: Inequalities and Extremal Constructions, 2022
Member, Advisory Board, KY-WV Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate program, 2020-2023
Member, Committee on Assessment, Mathematical Association of America, 2019-2022
Member, Committee on Education, American Mathematical Society, 2014-2017
Associate Editor, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 2016-2018
Co-organizer, American Institute of Mathematics Workshop on Polyhedral Geometry and Partition Theory, 2016
Editor-in-Chief, American Mathematical Society blog On Teaching and Learning Mathematics, 2014-2018
Lead Writer and Steering Committee Member, Mathematical Association of America Instructional Practices Guide, 2015-2017
Workshop Leader, Mathematical Association of America Project NExT, 2017, 2018
Chair of Writing Team, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Statement on Active Learning, 2016
Co-Director, Central Kentucky Mathematics Circle, 2010-2020
Awards
2019, University of Kentucky, Provost's Outstanding Teaching Award
2011–2012, University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, Outstanding Teaching Award
2007, Washington University in Saint Louis, Robert McDowell Award for Teaching