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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
- I am not teaching during Spring 2009.
- Current Research Activities
- SAMSI New Researcher Fellow in the 2008-09 Program on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC.
- Algebraic Geometry in Algebraic Statistics and Geometric Modeling (with Frank Sottile, Alex Diaz, Andy Howard, and Sarah Spielvogel).
- Small Phylogenetic Trees website. Mentioned in the SIAM News, Volume 40, Number 6, July-August 2007.
- Frontiers of reality in Schubert calculus (with Frank Sottile, Chris Hillar, Zach Teitler, Corey Irving, Abraham Martin del Campo, and Nick Hein)
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- Events of Interest
- 2008-09 Program on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC.
- Algebraic Statistics Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, December 2008.
- Tropical Geometry Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, August - December 2009.
- Applications of Algebraic Geometry. Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, September 2006 - July 2007.
- Gröbner Bases Special Semester 2006. Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, February - July 2006.
- 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.