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Contact Information

Name Jonathan Kujawa
Professional Title Professor of Mathematics
Email Jonathan.Kujawa@oregonstate.edu
Phone 541-737-4686
Location Corvallis, OR 97331
Website https://beav.es/kujawa

Experience

  • 2024 -

    Corvallis, OR

    Professor of Mathematics
    Oregon State University
  • 2017 - 2023

    Norman, OK

    Professor of Mathematics
    University of Oklahoma
  • 2012 - 2017

    Norman, OK

    Associate Professor of Mathematics
    University of Oklahoma
  • 2015 - 2015

    Visiting Research Fellow
    Mittag-Leffler Institute
  • 2007 - 2012

    Norman, OK

    Assistant Professor of Mathematics
    University of Oklahoma
  • 2008 - 2008

    Postdoctoral Member
    Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
  • 2004 - 2007

    Athens, GA

    NSF Postdoctoral Fellow & Franklin Teaching Fellow
    University of Georgia
    • Senior Sponsoring Scientist: Daniel Nakano
  • 2003 - 2003

    Toronto, ON

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Toronto
  • 1997 - 2003

    Eugene, OR

    Graduate Teaching Fellow
    University of Oregon

Education

  • 1997 - 2003

    Eugene, OR

    Ph.D.
    University of Oregon
    Mathematics
    • Thesis Advisor: Jonathan Brundan
    • Thesis: The Representation Theory of the Supergroup GL(m|n)
  • 1997 - 1999

    Eugene, OR

    M.S.
    University of Oregon
    Mathematics
  • 1993 - 1997

    St. Peter, MN

    B.A.
    Gustavus Adolphus College
    Mathematics
  • 1995 - 1996

    Study Abroad
    Budapest Semesters in Mathematics

Awards

  • 2024
    Hartmann Faculty Scholar
    Oregon State University
  • 2022
    Nancy Scofield Hester Presidential Professorship
    University of Oklahoma
  • 2017
    Plenary Talk, AMS Sectional Meeting, U. Central Florida, Orlando, FL
  • 2012
    Irene Rothbaum Outstanding Assistant Professor
    University of Oklahoma
  • 2002
    D. K. Harrison Research Award
    University of Oregon

Research Interests

  • Representation theory and Lie theory. Particularly their connections to algebraic geometry, low-dimensional topology, and algebraic combinatorics.

Research Grants

2025–30: Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians Grant (SFI-MPS-TSM-00014272)
2026: Promoting Research Opportunities and Open Forums (PROOF) Research Group, SLMath (with L. Grimley, Z. Lin, C. Magnum, C. Uhl, and E. Wilson)
2024: NSF Conference Grant (DMS-2401049)
2024: NSA Conference Grant
2024: NSA Conference Grant (H98230-24-1-0007)
2022–27: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant (No. 963912); relinquished in 2023 as part of move to OSU
2020–24: SQuaRE Research Group, American Institute of Mathematics (with N. Davidson, R. Muth, and J. Zhu)
2017–22: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant (No. 525043)
2016–17: NSA Research Grant (H98230-16-0055)
2012–16: NSF Research Grant (DMS-1160763)
2014: NSF Conference Grant (DMS-1406933)
2011, 2012: OU College of Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship
2011–12: NSA Research Grant (H98230-11-1-0127)
2008, 2012: OU Vice President for Research Travel Grants
2007–11: NSF Research Grant (DMS-0734226)
2006: AMS/NSF Travel Grant to attend the 2006 ICM
2004–07: NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (DMS-0402916)

Publications

  • 2025
    Superalgebra deformations of web categories: affine and cyclotomic webs

    Submitted (2025)

  • 2025
    Schur–Weyl equivalences for wreath product superalgebras

    Submitted (2025)

  • 2025
    Lie superalgebras generated by reflections in Weyl groups of classical type

    Submitted (2025)

  • 2025
    Lie algebras generated by reflections in types BCD

    Submitted (2025)

  • 2023
    Superalgebra deformations of web categories: finite webs

    Submitted (2023)

  • 2024
    Quantum webs of type Q
    Israel J. Math.

    To appear

  • 2024
    The Lie superalgebra of transpositions
    Algebras Represent. Theory

    To appear

  • 2025
    Howe duality of type P
    Transformation Groups, Volume 30
  • 2024
    A survey of support theories for Lie superalgebras and finite supergroup schemes
    Contemp. Math., 804
  • 2024
    Support varieties for Lie superalgebras in characteristic 2
    Proc. Sympos. Pure Math., 108
  • 2024
    Webs of type P
    Canad. J. Math., Volume 76, Issue 6
  • 2023
    Positivity and web bases for Specht modules of Hecke algebras
    Int. Math. Res. Notices, rnad054
  • 2022
    Troesch complexes and cohomology for strict polynomial superfunctors
    J. Pure Appl. Algebra, Volume 226, Issue 12
  • 2022
    M-traces in (non-unimodular) pivotal categories
    Algebras Represent. Theory, 25, 759-776
  • 2022
    Complexity and support varieties for type P Lie superalgebras
    Math. Res. Lett., Volume 29, no. 1, 59-100
  • 2021
    Webs of type Q
    Algebraic Combin., Volume 4, no. 6, 1027-1072
  • 2021
    Support schemes for infinitesimal unipotent supergroups
    Advances in Math., 384
  • 2021
    Support varieties and modules of finite projective dimension for modular Lie superalgebras
    Algebra & Number Theory, 15 no. 5

    Appendix by L. Avramov and S. Iyengar

  • 2019
    Graded analogues of one-parameter subgroups and applications to the cohomology of GL_{m|n}(r)
    Advances in Math., 348, 277-352
  • 2019
    On support varieties for Lie superalgebras and finite supergroup schemes
    J. of Algebra, 525, 64-110
  • 2019
    On the cohomological spectrum and support varieties for infinitesimal unipotent supergroup schemes
    Adv. in Algebra, Springer Proc. Math. Stat., 277
  • 2019
    A basis theorem for the degenerate affine Brauer-Clifford supercategory
    Canad. J. Math., 71 (5), 1061-1101
  • 2018
    Geometric Schur duality of classical type
    Transformation Groups, 23, 329-389
  • 2017
    Tensor triangular geometry for classical Lie superalgebras
    Advances in Math., 314, 228-277
  • 2017
    The marked Brauer category
    J. London Math. Soc. 95, No. 2, 393-413
  • 2013
    Presenting Schur superalgebras
    Pacific J. Math., 262, No. 2, 285-316
  • 2013
    Ambidextrous objects and trace functions for nonsemisimple categories
    Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 141, no. 9
  • 2012
    The generalized Kac-Wakimoto conjecture and support varieties for the Lie superalgebra osp(m|2n)
    SE Lie Theory Conf. Proc., Proc. Symp. Pure Math., 86
  • 2012
    Modified Traces on Deligne's Category Rep(S_t)
    J. Algebraic Combin., 36, no. 4, 541-560
  • 2012
    Complexity for modules over the classical Lie superalgebra gl(m|n)
    Compositio Math., 148, Issue 5, 1561-1592
  • 2011
    Degenerate affine Hecke-Clifford algebras and type Q Lie superalgebras
    Math. Zeit., Volume 268, Numbers 3-4, 1091-1158
  • 2011
    Generalized trace and modified dimension functions on ribbon categories
    Selecta Math., Volume 17, Issue 2, 453-504
  • 2011
    Complexity and module varieties for classical Lie superalgebras
    Int. Math. Res. Notices, no. 3, 696-724
  • 2010
    Cohomology and support varieties for Lie superalgebras
    Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 362, 6551-6590
  • 2009
    Cohomology and support varieties for Lie superalgebras II
    Proc. London Math. Soc., 98, no. 1, 19-44
  • 2009
    On Kostant's theorem for Lie algebra cohomology
    Contemp. Math., 478, 39-60
  • 2008
    Cohomology and support varieties for the Lie superalgebra W(n)
    Int. Math. Res. Notices, Article ID: rnn115
  • 2007
    Support varieties for Weyl modules over bad primes
    J. Algebra, 312 no 2., 602-633
  • 2006
    The Steinberg tensor product theorem for GL(m|n)
    Contemp. Math., 413, 123-132
  • 2006
    Representation type of Schur superalgebras
    J. Group Theory, 9 no 3., 283-306
  • 2006
    Crystal structures arising from representations of GL(m|n)
    Rep. Theory, 10, 49-85
  • 2005
    Varieties of nilpotent elements for simple Lie algebras II: bad primes
    J. Algebra, 292 no 1., 65-99
  • 2003
    A new proof of the Mullineux conjecture
    J. Algebraic Combin., 18, no 1., 13-39

Conferences and Invited Talks

  • 2026 — Algebraic and Geometric Representation Theory, UVA, Charlottesville, VA (July); 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (June); Groups, Representations, and Cohomology, ICMS, Edinburgh, UK (June); Cluster Algebras, Webs, and Canonical Bases, BIRS, Banff, Canada (March); Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications, Oberwolfach, Germany (February)
  • 2025 — AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, U. of Denver, Denver, CO (August)
  • 2024 — NZMS/AustMS/AMS Joint Meeting Special Session, Auckland, New Zealand (December); AMS/Unione Matematica Italiana Joint Meeting Special Session, Palermo, Italy (July); Workshop on Representations of Supergroups, Hausdorff Institute, Bonn, Germany (July); AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session, SFSU, San Francisco, CA (May); Representation Theory and Tensor Categories Seminar, Berkeley, CA (April); Symmetric Tensor Categories and Representation Theory, IPAM, UCLA, CA (January)
  • 2023 — AMS Eastern Section Meeting Special Session, U. of Buffalo, SUNY, NY (October); Representation Theory of Hecke Algebras and Categorification, OIST, Okinawa, Japan (June); Colloquium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (May); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, U. of Cincinnati, OH (April); AMS Southeastern Section Meeting Special Session, GA Tech, Atlanta, GA (March)
  • 2022 — Symmetric Spaces, Their Generalizations, and Special Functions, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada (August); New directions in group theory and triangulated categories, online (July); Homological Comm. Algebra and Related Topics, Georgia Southern Univ., Savannah, GA (June)
  • 2021 — AMS Southeastern Section Meeting Special Session, online (November); AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session, online (May); Superalgebra Theory and Representations Seminar (STARS), BGU-BIU-WIS, Israel (April)
  • 2020 — New Trends in Rep. Theory (three talks), Hausdorff Institute, Bonn, Germany (October); AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session, online (October); Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Apps., MFO, Oberwolfach, Germany (August); Colloquium, Reed College (January)
  • 2019 — Algebraic and Geometric Categorification, BIRS-CMO, Oaxaca, Mexico (December); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, UW-Madison, WI (September); Reps. of monoidal categories and 2-categories, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (July); Vietnam-USA Joint Math. Meeting Special Session, Quy Nhon, Vietnam (June); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Auburn Univ., AL (March)
  • 2018 — Interactions of low-dim. topology and higher representation theory, Universität Zürich (September); Southwest Local Algebra Meeting, University of Arkansas (February); Colloquium and Seminar, University of Oregon (January)
  • 2017 — Rep. Theory of Symmetric Groups and Related Algebras, IMS NUS, Singapore (December); Plenary talk, AMS SE Section Meeting, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (October); Mathematical Congress of the Americas Special Session, Montréal, Canada (July); Workshop on Rep. Theory of Lie Superalg. and related topics, NCTS, Taipei, Taiwan (July); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, College of Charleston, SC (March); AMS National Meeting Special Session, Atlanta, GA (January)
  • 2016 — AMS National Meeting Special Session, Seattle, WA (January)
  • 2015 — Colloquium, DePaul University (October); Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar, Loyola University (October); Representation Theory Workshop, Uppsala, Sweden (May); Interaction of Rep. Theory with Geometry and Combinatorics, Bonn, Germany (March); Rep. Theory, Categorification, and Noncomm. Algebra, UNAM, Mexico City (January)
  • 2014 — Commutative Algebra Seminar, University of Utah (October); Colloquium, Utah State University (October); Lie Theory Seminar, University of Colorado (October); Algebraic Lie Theory, ICMS, Edinburgh, Scotland (September); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, UW-Eau Claire, WI (September); Southeast Lie Theory Conference, University of Georgia (May); Great Plains Combinatorics Conference, University of Kansas (April); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (March)
  • 2013 — AMS Eastern Section Meeting Special Session, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (October); Workshop on Super Rep. Theory, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (May); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (April)
  • 2012 — AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (October); New York Algebra Colloquium, CUNY, NYC, NY (September); AMS Eastern Section Meeting Special Session, RIT, Rochester, NY (September); Lie Theory Seminar, University of CA, Riverside (May); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (March); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session (two talks), USF, Tampa, FL (March)
  • 2011 — Colloquium, Utah State University (October); AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (October); Algebraic Representation Theory Conference, Uppsala University, Sweden (September); Representation Theory Seminar, Virginia Tech (March)
  • 2010 — Southeast Lie Theory Conference, University of Georgia (May); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN (April); Combinatorial Rep. Theory Workshop, MFO, Oberwolfach, Germany (March); AMS National Meeting Special Session, San Francisco, CA (January)
  • 2009 — Algebra and Combinatorics Seminar, Texas A & M University (November); AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, Baylor University, Waco, TX (October); LMS Symposium on Comb. Geo. Structures in Rep. Theory, Durham, UK (July)
  • 2008 — AMS Central Section Meeting Special Session, Kalamazoo, MI (October); AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session, Vancouver, Canada (October); Rep. Theory, Geometry, and Combinatorics Seminar, UC Berkeley, CA (September); Summer School on Quantum Grps and Lie Theory, ECNU, Shanghai, China (July); Conference on Homological Methods in Rep. Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, CA (April); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Baton Rouge, LA (March); Millican Colloquium, University of North Texas (February)
  • 2007 — AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Murfreesboro, TN (November); Group Embeddings: Geometry and Representations, BIRS, Banff, Canada (September); Algebraic Lie Theory, BIRS, Banff, Canada (May); AMS SE Section Meeting Special Session, Davidson, NC (March); AMS National Meeting Special Session, New Orleans, LA (January)
  • 2006 — Algebra Seminar, University of Toledo (November); Conference on Ass. and Non-ass. Alg. Structures, Oviedo, Spain (August); Algebra Seminar, University of Virginia (February)
  • 2005 — Colloquium, University of Southern Alabama (October); Algebra Seminar, University of Southern Alabama (October); Algebra Seminar, University of Virginia (September); Conference on Alg. and Finite Reductive Groups, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (June); Colloquium, Kansas State University (March); AMS National Meeting Special Session, Atlanta, GA (January)
  • 2004 — Colloquium, University of Toledo (October); AMS Summer Res. Conf.: Rep. of Alg. Groups, Quant. Groups, and Lie Alg., Snowbird, UT (July)
  • 2003 — Contributed Talk, AMS National Meeting, Baltimore, MD (January)
  • 2002 — International Conf. on Rep. of Algebras X, Fields Institute, Toronto, ON (July); AMS Summer Res. Conf.: Groups, Reps. and Cohomology, Mount Holyoke College, MA (June)

Other Presentations

  • 2024 — Algebra and Number Theory Seminar, Oregon State University (October, April, February)
  • 2023 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (November); Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (September, January)
  • 2022 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (March)
  • 2021 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (November, April)
  • 2019 — GIT Seminar, University of Oklahoma (November); Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (March); Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (April)
  • 2018 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (August)
  • 2017 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (September); Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (April)
  • 2015 — Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (November)
  • 2014 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (September, March); Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (April)
  • 2012 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (November, January)
  • 2011 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (August); Undergraduate Colloquium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR (April)
  • 2010 — Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (August); VIGRE Summer School on Lie and Representation Theory, University of Georgia (May); Undergraduate Colloquium, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN (April); Mathematics Department Awards Dinner, University of Oklahoma (April); Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (February, two talks)
  • 2009 — Graduate Student Recruitment Day, University of Oklahoma (January); Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (February, three talks)
  • 2008 — Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (October); Seminar on representations of symmetric groups and closely related objects, MSRI (May); Postdoctoral Seminar, MSRI (February)
  • 2007 — Graduate Student Seminar, University of Oklahoma (October); Algebra Seminar, University of Oklahoma (September); VIGRE Graduate Seminar, University of Georgia (Spring)
  • 2006 — Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (November); VIGRE Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (September); Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (February)
  • 2005 — VIGRE Graduate Seminar, University of Georgia (December); Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (October); VIGRE Graduate Seminar, University of Georgia (April)
  • 2004 — VIGRE Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (October, three talks); Algebra Seminar, University of Georgia (September, March); Lie Theory Seminar, University of Georgia (February, three talks)

Teaching

Intro. to Module Theory: Winter 2026
Intro. to Representation Theory I: Fall 2020, Fall 2012
Lie Theory I: Fall 2010
Lie Theory II: Spring 2016, Fall 2011
Graduate Abstract Algebra I: Fall 2022, Fall 2016, Fall 2009
Graduate Abstract Algebra II: Spring 2023, Spring 2017, Spring 2012, Spring 2010
Abstract Linear Algebra: Fall 2022, Fall 2013, Fall 2010
Discrete Mathematics: Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2013
Undergraduate Abstract Algebra I/II: Fall 2018/Spring 2019, Fall 2011/Spring 2012, Fall 2008/Spring 2009
Honors Calculus IV: Spring 2010
Honors Calculus III: Fall 2009
Honors Calculus II: Winter 2025, Spring 2020, Fall 2012, Spring 2009
Honors Calculus I: Fall 2008
New Graduate Student Summer Seminar: Summer 2002
Linear Algebra: Spring 2012, Spring 2005, Spring 2003
Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Summer 2001
Calculus III: Fall 2023 (x2), Fall 2007, Winter 2003, Spring 2002
Calculus II: Fall 2017, Winter 2002, Spring 2001
Calculus I: Spring 2013, 2011, 2005, 2004, 2000; Fall 2021, 2015, 2001
Business Calculus II: Summer 1998
Business Calculus I: Fall 2003
Discrete Math III: Fall 2002, Summer 2000
Introduction to Mathematical Modeling: Fall 2004
Elementary Functions: Winter 2000, Summer 1998
College Algebra: Fall 2000, 1999, 1997; Winter 1999, 1998; Spring 1999, 1998

Teaching Education

  • January 2004–June 2005 — Franklin Teaching Fellow Program, University of Georgia. A selective university-wide program to foster excellence in university teaching.
  • Winter 2000 — Seminar on College Science Teaching, University of Oregon. An interdisciplinary seminar on teaching methods in university science courses.
  • Fall 1997 — Seminar on Teaching Mathematics, University of Oregon. A weekly seminar on teaching mathematics in a university setting.

Advising (Undergraduate)

  • LSAMP and McNair Scholars Mentor — Samuel Heard, University of Oklahoma (Fall 2019–Spring 2022)
  • McNair Scholars Mentor — Skyler Moomey, University of Oklahoma (Summer 2020–Spring 2021)
  • Reading Course on Algebraic Geometry — Haley Smith, Phillip Bretz, University of Oklahoma (Summer 2016)
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor — James Ramsey, OU (2022-2023); Sam Heard, OU (2020-2022); Colton Sandvik, OU (2020-2021); Timothy Rhyker Benavidez, OU (2011-2014); Teresa Whitelaw, OU (2012-2014); William Goldenberg, OU (2012-2013); Lauren Lajos, OU (2011-2013); Patrick Orchard, OU (2010-2011)
  • Vertical (Undergraduate + Graduate) Research Group — University of Oklahoma (Spring 2009–present)
  • McNair Scholars Mentor — Timothy Rhyker Benavidez, University of Oklahoma (Fall 2012–Spring 2014)

Advising (Graduate)

  • Ph.D. advisor — Addison Day, Oregon State University (2024–present)
  • M.S. advisor — Keith Gallegos, Oregon State University (2024–2025)
  • Ph.D. advisor — Erin Hausmann, University of Oklahoma (2019–2023); SMART Fellowship Recipient; now at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
  • Ph.D. advisor — Ryan Reynolds, University of Oklahoma (2018–2023); now at Bucknell University
  • Ph.D. advisor — Joseph Randich, University of Oklahoma (2018–2022); SMART Fellowship Recipient; now at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific
  • Ph.D. advisor — Jieru Zhu, University of Oklahoma (2014–2018); Bullard Dissertation Completion Award Recipient; now tenure-track at Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia
  • Ph.D. advisor — Gordon Brown, University of Oklahoma (2014–2017); now at Lockheed-Martin
  • Ph.D. advisor — Benjiman Tharp, University of Oklahoma (2013–2017); Bullard Dissertation Completion Award Recipient; now at Ingersoll Rand
  • Ph.D. advisor — Houssein El Turkey, University of Oklahoma (2010–2014); now tenured at University of New Haven
  • Ph.D. committee member — Brent Rappleye, OSU (2026–present); Brandin Faris, OSU (2025–present); Lucas Smith, OU (2022–2024); James Beyer, OU (2021–2024); Steven Lin, OU (2020–2024); Matthew Holtfrerich, OU Physics (2016–2024); Jugal Talukdar, OU Physics (2020–2023); Dustin Gaskins, OU (2019–2023); Jordan Danser, OU (2019–2022); Jessica Lajos, OU (2018–2021); Thomas Morgan, OU (2016–2019); Elizabeth Pacheco, OU (2013–2019); Colin Vernooy, OU (2014–2019); Kevin Haghi, OU Meteorology (2013–2017); William Carter, OU (2012–2015); Salam Turki, OU (2012–2015); Thomas Madsen, OU (2008–2014); Catherine Hall, OU (2008–2012); Kumar Balasubramanian, OU (2008–2012)
  • Secondary Ph.D. thesis advisor — Irfan Bagci, University of Georgia (2005–2009); now tenured at University of North Georgia
  • Ph.D. committee member — Kenyon Platt, University of Georgia (2005–2007)

Advising (Postdoctoral)

  • Postdoctoral Mentor — Lauren Grimley, University of Oklahoma (2022–present)
  • Postdoctoral Mentor — Nick Davidson, University of Oklahoma (2016–2019); tenure track at College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
  • Postdoctoral Mentor — Lei Zhao, University of Oklahoma (2010–2012); now at TF Securities, Beijing, China
  • Postdoctoral Mentor — Stephen Spallone, University of Oklahoma (2008–2011); tenured at IISER Pune, Pune, India

Outreach

Spring 2014–present: Author of a bi-monthly column on mathematics for 3 Quarks Daily
Fall 2007–Fall 2021: High School Math Day Co-organizer, University of Oklahoma
Fall 2010–Fall 2015: Faculty Panelist for Career Recruiter Day, University of Oklahoma
Fall 2008–Spring 2013: Principal author of the OU Math Club blog
Fall 2008–Spring 2012: Advisor to the undergraduate OU Math Club
Winter 2004, Winter 2005: Mathematician, Barrow Elementary Career Day, Athens, GA

Service (Mathematical Community)

  • Fall 2003–present — Referee for Publ. of IHES, Compositio Math., Duke Math J., Proc. LMS, Proc. AMS, Comm. Math. Physics, Trans. Groups, Ann. Inst. Fourier, J. of Algebra, J. of Alg. Comb., Comm. in Algebra, J. Pure Appl. Algebra, J. of Comb. Theory-A, Acta Math. Sinica, Proc. Symp. of Pure Math., Glasgow Math. J., Quaestiones Math., Canadian J. of Math., Alg. Comb., etc.
  • Fall 2003–present — Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews
  • Fall 2026–present — SLMath Academic Sponsors Committee, Chair
  • Fall 2018–2026 — SLMath (formerly MSRI) Academic Sponsors Day Committee member; Chair for 2020 Sponsors Day
  • 2024–2026 — Guest editorial board member, J. of Pure and Applied Algebra
  • 2021–2025 — Editorial board member, J. of Algebra
  • Summer 2024 — Co-organizer, Conference on Lie and Representation Theory, Univ. of Georgia
  • Spring 2024 — Co-organizer, SLAM Algebra Conference, Univ. of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2023 — External PhD thesis examiner, Iacopo Giordano, Université de Lille, France
  • Fall 2023 — Co-organizer, AMS Special Session, Mobile, Alabama
  • Spring 2019 — External PhD thesis examiner, Jyotirmoy Ganguly, IISER Pune, India
  • Spring 2019 — Co-organizer, AMS Special Session, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Fall 2018 — Co-organizer, AMS Special Session, San Francisco, California
  • Fall 2014–Fall 2018 — MSRI Academic Sponsors Executive Committee member
  • Fall 2017 — Co-organizer, AMS Special Session, Orlando, Florida
  • Invited grant reviewer for the Simons Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (thrice), and National Security Agency; invited grant panelist for NSF (twice)
  • Fall 2014 — Co-organizer of Algebraic Lie Theory Conference, ICMS, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Fall 2011 — Co-organizer, AMS Special Session, Lincoln, Nebraska

Service (University)

  • Winter 2024–present — Math Dept. Head, Oregon State University
  • Fall 2022–Fall 2023 — Math Dept. Executive Committee (Committee A), University of Oklahoma
  • Spring 2023 — Associate Chair, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2019–Fall 2022 — Retirement Plans Management Committee Member, University of Oklahoma
  • Spring 2016–Fall 2021 — Associate Chair, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2019–Spring 2020 — Search Committee Member, Math Faculty Position, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2019–Spring 2020 — Search Committee Member, AMO/CM Faculty Position, Physics Dept., University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2015–Fall 2016 — Search Committee Chair, First Year Mathematics Director Position, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2012–Fall 2013 — Math Dept. Executive Committee (Committee A), University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2011–Spring 2012 — Search Committee Chair, Math Education Faculty Position, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2010–Spring 2011 — Search Committee Member, Math Education Faculty Position, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2009–Spring 2010 — Search Committee Member, Postdoctoral Faculty Position, University of Oklahoma
  • Fall 2004–Spring 2007 — Algebra Seminar Coordinator, University of Georgia
  • Winter 2003–Spring 2007 — VIGRE Algebra Group Member, University of Georgia
  • Winter 2003–Spring 2005 — Lie Theory Seminar Coordinator, University of Georgia