Algebraic Geometry

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Faculty members doing research in Algebraic Geometry participate in the Five College Valley Geometry Seminar. In addition to being the main research seminar in algebraic geometry and related areas, this seminar also features talks intended for a general audience with geometric interests of some form or other.  The Algebraic Geometry Reading Seminar meets weekly and concentrates on most recent and exciting developments in Algebraic Geometry. Another goal of this seminar is to introduce interested graduate students to possible directions of research in Algebraic Geometry.

The Algebraic Geometry group at Umass Amherst coorganizes AGNES: Algebraic Geometry Northeastern Series, a biannual regional conference in Algebraic Geometry with an emphasis on graduate students and young researchers.

In addition to regularly scheduled graduate courses, we offer reading courses, independent study projects, Honors Thesis advising, and REU (research experience for undergraduates) projects for interested graduate and undergraduate students. 

Faculty

Tom Braden

Professor; Director, Graduate Program

Tom Braden
Research Interests: Topology of algebraic varieties; Representation Theory; Combinatorics
Tom Braden
Paul Gunnells

Professor; Director, Math PhD Graduate Admissions

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Research Interests: Number theory
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Eyal Markman

Professor

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Research Interests: Algebraic geometry
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Alexei Oblomkov

Professor

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Research Interests: Representation Theory, Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Physics
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Eric Sommers

Professor and Associate Department Head for Curriculum

Eric Sommers.
Research Interests: Representation Theory, Algebraic Combinatorics
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Jenia Tevelev

Professor

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Emeritus

Eduardo Cattani

Emeritus Professor

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Research Interests: Algebraic geometry and applications
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Ivan Mirkovic

Professor Emeritus

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Research Interests: Representation theory, algebraic geometry, Geometric Representation Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry
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Peter Norman

Emeritus Professor

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Research Interests: Abelian varieties, theta functions
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