Letters of Recommendation

I am available to write letters for students, postdocs and professors who have worked with me, both recently and in the past.  It is in your interest to make your busy letter writer's job as easy as possible.  I require 6 weeks notice of any deadline.  Otherwise, I reserve the right to decline to write the letter.

In order to write a good letter, I need, in a single email, the following information:

For an undergraduate student, applying for summer work, graduate school, or graduate school funding:

1.  CV/resume

2.  Official transcript (list of grades)

3.  Research statement (if you have one)

4.  A complete list of where you wish me to submit your letter, including websites, deadlines, etc.

5.  The earliest deadline to submit your letter for the places on your list

6.  If you took a course from me:  Which course?  When?  What grade did you receive?

7.  If you took a class with me and did not receive an A- or higher, I will need a compelling reason for why I should write the letter instead of an instructor in whose course you received an A- or higher.

For graduate students and postdoctoral researchers:

1.  Informal summary of your research (not to exceed 5 pages total).

• If I am not well acquainted with your area of research, this is where you succinctly give me the basics of what you did and how this fits into the big picture of mathematics without getting bogged down in technical language.

2.  The research proposal you will submit with your application

3.  CV/resume, including a link to your website

4.  Your 5 best preprints (arXiv links are best, then webpage links, but a well-written PDF draft will do in an emergeny)

5. If you took a course from me:  Which course?  When?  What grade did you receive?