Luis David Garcia Puente

Professor and Associate Department Chair: 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, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Research Interests: Algebraic Statistics, Algebraic Combinatorics, Applied and Computational Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
Employment: Professor, SHSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2019 - ); Associate Department Chair, SHSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2017 - ); Associate Professor, SHSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2013 - 2019); Assistant Graduate Coordinator of SHSU's MS in Mathematics Graduate Program (2014 - ); Assistant Professor, SHSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics (2007 - 2013); SAMSI New Researcher Fellow, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (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)
Teaching: Teaching Math 1332 (online) and Math 6340 during Fall 2020.
Mentoring: National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences pre-doctoral mentor.; Early Career Mathematician Mentor as part of the MAA Early Career Mentoring Network and the Project NExT program.; Contributing Editor of the AMS blog On Teaching and Learning Mathematics. (2017)
News: Casandra Monroe is a 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellow.; Tafari James and Casandra Monroe (2016 MSRI-UP) won an Outstanding Presentation Award at the MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session. 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, GA.; Micah Henson, Jonathan Celaya and Diane Alar (2016 MSRI-UP) won an Outstanding Presentation Award at the MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session. 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, GA.; Watch my Numberphile video on sandpiles.; Featured mathematician in the American Mathematical Society' Lathisms project.; Rebecca Funke (University of Richmond) is a 2015 Goldwater Scholar.; Megan Chambers (Youngstown State University) won a MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session Oustanding Presentations award at the 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings.; Vince Longo (College of New Jersey) won a 2014 Student Research Presentation Recognition at the 2014 SACNAS National Conference.; Gautam Webb (Colorado College) won a 2014 Barry Goldwater Honorable Mention.; Alex Diaz and Andy Howard (Sam Houston State University) won a 2009 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session Prize at the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings.; SIAM News July/August 2007 Issue: Algebraic Geometers See Ideal Approach to Biology.