Matthew Gentry Durham
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Riverside.
Previously, I was a Gibbs Assistant Professor at Yale University, where my mentor was Yair Minsky. Before that, I was an RTG Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, under the supervision of Dick Canary. I completed my doctoral work under the guidance of Daniel Groves at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and got a masters degree at Virginia Tech before that.
Contact: mdurham [at] ucr [dot] edu.
Pronouns: they/them
I am organizing (with Thomas Koberda) an ongoing series of conferences called the Riverside Workshop on Geometric Group Theory. The last one was held during 3-6 May 2024 at UCR. Please see the conference website for more information. Next year's conference (at UVA) will be announced at some point later this year.
Federico Ardila-Mantilla's axioms:
Axiom 1: Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Axiom 2: Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Axiom 3: Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Axiom 4: Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.