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For potential thesis students
For potential thesis students
If you are a master's student at SF State and you think you might be interested in working with me on a thesis project, please contact me as soon as possible. Together, we'll work out a program of study best suited to your background, your mathematical interests, and your professional aspirations.
As you get started on the process of working on a thesis, I recommend taking a look at this webpage for a useful discussion of guidelines and recommendations for thesis students and their committee members.
For letters of recommendation
For letters of recommendation
If you would like me to write a letter of recommendation for you, please contact me by email at least two weeks prior to the first deadline. In this email, tell me about what you're applying for, include a complete resume and/or transcript, and provide me with directions for submission and all relevant deadlines.
Current thesis students
Current thesis students
Rebeca Hernandez Valdez (M.A. expected 2025)
Pamela Gray (M.A. expected 2025)
Former thesis students
Former thesis students
Jordan Guillory (M.A. 2025)
A Geometric Interpretation of the Characteristic Polynomial
Currently a PhD student at Texas State University
Jupiter Davis (M.A. 2023)
Toward an algebra of normal complexes
Now teaching mathematics at Gateway High School
Patrick O'Melveny (M.A. 2023)
A volumetric proof of the log-concavity of characteristic polynomials of matroids
Thesis led to the paper Mixed volumes of normal complexes
Currently a PhD student at University of Washington
Ian Wallace (M.A. 2023)
Minkowski's theorem for incomplete fans
Currently a PhD student at University of Oregon
Lauren Nowak (M.A. 2022)
Mixed volumes of normal complexes
Thesis led to the paper Mixed volumes of normal complexes
Currently a PhD student at University of Washington
Anastasia Nathanson (M.A. 2021)
Geometric volume of rank three matroids
Thesis led to the paper Tropical fans and normal complexes
Currently a PhD student at University of Minnesota
Vanessa Aguirre (M.A. 2021)
A classification of weight one partitions
Now teaching mathematics at Crystal Springs Uplands School
Jeshu Dastidar (M.A. 2021)
Computing volumes of permutahedra via moduli spaces of curves
Thesis led to the paper Matroid psi classes
Currently a PhD student at University of California, Davis
Brandon Van Over (M.A. 2020)
An investigation of Mumford's formula for pseudostable curves
Thesis led to the paper Pseudostable Hodge Integrals
Currently a PhD student at Colorado State University
Rose Johnson-Leiva (M.A. 2020)
Realizing graphs as curve-incidence graphs
Currently a PhD student at University of California, Riverside
Katie Waddle (M.A. 2020)
Incidence graph statistics for curves in projective space
Currently a PhD student at University of Michigan
Elzbieta Polak (M.A. 2019)
Simple Hurwitz theory of complex reflection groups
Thesis led to the paper Polynomiality of factorizations in reflection groups
Continued to University of Texas at Austin, completing a PhD in Mathematics in 2025
Joel Gallegos (M.A. 2018)
Computations in the moduli space of cuspidal curves
Thesis led to the paper Pseudostable Hodge Integrals
Deborah Castro (M.A. 2018)
Computing Betti number of equivariant Hilbert schemes
Thesis led to the paper Topology of Z_3-equivariant Hilbert schemes
Now lecturer faculty in mathematics at SF State
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