Collaboration, Connection, and Genealogy
Like most scientific effort, my work has been an incremental addition to those that came before me (I believe the phrasing goes something like 'standing on the shoulders of giants'). While I do not study graph theory, it is undeniably fun as a mathematician to track collaboration, connection amongst fellow scholars, and academic genealogy. This page is meant to be a fun and informative.
Collaboration
Much of my work would never have been completed without my students and collaborators (* denotes initial collaboration in progress):
Collaborators:
Alessandro Buccini (University of Cagliari, IT)
Julianne Chung (Emory University, USA)
Marco Donatelli (University of Insubria, IT)
Silvia Gazzola (University of Pisa, IT)
James Nagy (Emory University, USA)
*Elizabeth Newman (Tufts University, USA)
Mirjeta Pasha (Virginia Tech University, USA)
Lothar Reichel (Kent State University, USA)
*Nathan Ritchey (Kent State University, USA)
Malena Sabaté Landman (University of Oxford, UK)
Hassane Sadok (University of Littoral Côte d'Opale, FR)
Yiran Wang (Emory University, USA)
Students:
Josh Kane (Kent State University, USA) - PhD student (co-advised with L. Reichel) [Fall 2022 - Present]
Moshen Hu (Emory University, USA) - Emory SIRE student [2023 - Present]
Clara Armstrong (Stony Brook University, USA) - Emory Comp. Math REU [Summer 2024]
Olivia Kallay (Vassar College, USA) - Emory Comp. Math REU [Summer 2024]
Srijon Sarkar (Emory University, USA) - Emory Comp. Math REU [Summer 2024]
Marley Lucas (Spelman College, USA) - Spelman-Morehouse DRP [Fall 2023]
Connection
One of the best known metrics mathematicians use to measure connectivity is collaborative distance to Paul Erdős who was a well travelled 20th century mathematician. Research collaborations connect one to the larger body of mathematicians as well as scientists of the world. My particular Erdős number is 4. The links below provide some more in-depth history of Erdős numbers as well as one of the easiest ways to calculate (or forecast) ones own collaboration distance (including with Erdős):
The Erdős Number Project (https://sites.google.com/oakland.edu/grossman/home/the-erdoes-number-project)
AMS Collaboration Distance Calculator (https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/freetools/collab-dist)
Genealogy
It's interesting to trace ones academic lineage as it can be surprising how often one is related to well-known mathematicians. The Mathematics Genealogy Project (hosted and organized through North Dakota State University) is one of the best known sites for maintaining the mathematical genealogy tree.