I'm currently an Assistant Professor in the Math department at NC State. I received my PhD at the University of Sevilla (Spain) in 2016 under the direction of Emmanuel Briand and Mercedes Rosas.
Visiting Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst (US), January 2019 - August 2021
Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute in Leipzig (Germany), July 2018 - December 2019
Postdoctoral researcher at York University (Canada), July 2016 - June 2018
Camryn Thompson (grad student, Fall 2024-present, NC State, co-advised with B. Tenner)
Alex Steward (grad student, Fall 2023-present, NC State)
Ian Klein (grad student, Fall 2022-present, NC State)
Nick Mayers (postdoc, 2022-25, NC State)
Fall 2025 -> Assistant Prof at Kennesaw Univ
Spencer Daugherty (grad student, February 2024, NC State, co-advised with S. Mason)
Fall 2024 -> Postdoc at UC Boulder
Felix Hutchins & Etienne Phillips (Fall 2022-24, NC State)
Viviene Do (Summer 2021, UMass A)
AIM UP - Project 5 (More details here) (online talk)
Christo Keller (2020-21, UMass A) (online talk)
Amy Stephen (Fall 2019, UMass A)
Ellen Burton (Summer 2019, UMass A)
Don O'Shea (2017-18, YorkU)
Email: lcolmen (at) ncsu (dot) edu
Address: 2311 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607.
Department of Mathematics -- Office: 4120
Gmail: laura(dot)colmenarejo(dot)hernando