- Assistant Professor
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Sam Houston State University
- Huntsville, TX 77341-2206
- Phone: (936) 294-1581
- Fax: (936) 294-1882
- Education
- 2004: PhD, Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 1999: BS, Mathematics, National University, Mexico
- Research Interests
- Algebraic Statistics, Computational Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
- Employment
- SAMSI New Researcher Fellow, 2008-09 Program on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics, SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC. (Spring 2009)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University (2005 - 2007)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mathematical Science Research Institute (Fall 2004)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (Summer 2004)
- Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (Spring 2003)
- Graduate Research Fellow, Physical Science Laboratory (Summer 2000)
- Current Teaching Activities
- Teaching Mth 142 and Mth 677 in Fall 2009.
- Current Research Activities
- Algebraic Geometry in Algebraic Statistics and Geometric Modeling with Frank Sottile, Alex Diaz, Sarah Spielvogel and Jessica Ellis.
- Small Phylogenetic Trees website. Mentioned in the SIAM News, Volume 40, Number 6, July-August 2007.
- Frontiers of reality in Schubert calculus with Chris Hillar, Abraham Martin del Campo, James Ruffo, Zach Teitler, Steve Johnson and Frank Sottile.
- Polynome: Discrete System Identification with Elena Dimitrova, Franziska Hinkelmann, Abdul Jarrah, Reinhard Laubenbacher, Brandilyn Stigler, Mike Stillman and Paola Vera-Licona.
- Algebraic causality in Gaussain graphical models with Sarah Spielvogel and Seth Sullivant.
- Events of Interest
- Introductory Workshop on Tropical Geometry, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, August 24-28 2009.
- Special Session on Applicable Algebraic Geometry at the Fall AMS Central Section Meeting at Baylor University in Waco, TX, October 16-18, 2009.
- Mathematical Developments Arising from Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH, November 8-10, 2009.
- Special session on Applications of Algebraic Geometry at the 2010 Joint Mathematical Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 13-16 2010.
- Workshop on Convex Algebraic Geometry, Banff International Research Station February 14-19 2010.
- Special semester on Algebraic Geometry with a view towards applications, at the Institut Mittag-Leffler, January 15 -- June 215 2011.
- News
- SIAM News July/August 2007 Issue: Algebraic Geometers See Ideal Approach to Biology.
- Alex and Andy were among the 2009 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session Prize winners.
- Mathematician is the best job! See the news article or the study results.