Brief Bio
I completed my doctoral studies in 2006, under the supervision of Rekha Thomas
at the University of Washington, after which I embarked on a
five-year post-doctoral world tour: one year in Kentucky,
two years in Mexico City and two years in Ireland
(one in Galway, one in Cork).
I came to James Madison in 2011 to take up a position as a tenure-track assistant professor of mathematics.
Outside of mathematics, I like to spend time with L. and our two children, e. and f., and one cat two cats two cats and one dog.
We all live in beautiful Staunton, Virginia.
I like to read and walk and cycle for pleasure. And to chat with a cup of tea or coffee in hand. And to bake bread and desserts.
Sometimes all these things at once.
I am originally from Gurranabraher on the northside of Cork City in Ireland, the steps and steeples of which I know like the back of my hand.
I went to school at the North Mon and I received my undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics from University College Cork in 2000.
Links and diversions for idle minds:
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MathSciNet
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arXiv:
Comb;
CommAlg.
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High Society:
AMS;
MAA.
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An article (reproduced here without permission) from
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on what American Idol and The X Factor can teach us about teaching.
- At some point I'd like to teach a liberal arts class that would include the mathematics
of the sun-dial and computations with the abacus. No, really, but nothing to do with the yellow pages.
I doubt this person will be impressed.
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A picture of a homemade model of the Gale
transform of the hexagon. The hexagon is in the background
with its transform in the foreground. It's also colour
coded.
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If the Gale transform doesn't excite you, there are many other
opportunities to put a rigorous
training in mathematics to good use. Also, spending time in a
mathematics department forces you to learn some unix commands
which can, surprisingly,
come in very handy.
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Places close to my heart, with something and someone around very corner:
Cork;
Mexico City;
Sta'nton
