DEBDEEP BHATTACHARYA

Jeremy Brightbill

Debdeep’s research is interdisciplinary and combines rigorous mathematical analysis with cutting-edge computation techniques. His research interests include high-performance computing and analysis of partial differential equations, especially of nonlocal and nonlinear types with a focus on mechanics of materials. He is interested in peridynamics and other nonlocal models and their applications to continuum mechanics, granular media, fracture in solids, signal processing, and machine learning. He received his PhD in Mathematics in 2020 from the George Washington University under the guidance of Professor Frank Baginski. The title of his thesis was “Harmonic Analysis Techniques in Nonlinear Dispersive Equations and Signal Processing.” At the University of Utah, with Distinguished Professor Ken Golden and colleagues, he aims to employ his expertise in interdisciplinary mathematical problems, especially novel theoretical and computational techniques coming from granular media and fracture to partial differential equation models for sea ice and its role in the climate system.

Jeremy was recently a visiting assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara, working with Ken Goodearl. He graduated in 2020 from UCLA with a PhD in Mathematics with advisor Raphaël Rouquir studying homological algebra and the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras. His current research involves the differential graded stable category (a triangulated category that can be associated to a finite-dimensional graded algebra) and triangulated categories of negative Calabi-Yaudimension. His PhD dissertation describes the dg-stable category, a triangulated category associated to a graded selfinjective algebra and studies the theory of perverse equivalences in this setting.

Alexander Ginsberg

Alex’s passion is mathematical biology. His introduction to mathematical biology came through a summer undergraduate research program in evolutionary game theory. In graduate school at the University of Michigan, Alex broadened his knowledge of mathematical biology by studying computational neuroscience, writing his dissertation on lowdimensional descriptions of networks of neurons. This fall he is joining Aaron Fogelson’s research group as a postdoc to model blood clotting.

ALP UZMAN

Alp is a mathematician specializing in dynamical systems. He received his PhD from Penn State in May 2023 under the supervision of Professor Federico Rodriguez Hertz; his thesis, “Arithmeticity for Maximal Rank Positive Entropy Actions of R^k by Diffeomorphisms” won the Raymond and Christine Ayoub Award. His current research focus is nonuniform measure rigidity, an area his thesis has been a contribution to. He is also interested in higher rank actions at large, as well as other dynamical areas like ergodic optimization and subriemannian dynamics. He holds a BSc in mathematics and a BA in philosophy from Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. Apart from mathematics his interests are (Husserl-adjacent) phenomenology and films. He and his wife drove to SLC all the way from State College, Pennsylvania; currently in his free time he is learning to make a movie out of the footage he shot during the four-day-long ride.

Noble is thrilled to return to his alma mater, the University of Utah, after earning his PhD in algebraic geometry from UC Riverside. His research involves the application of combinatorial and computational techniques to birational geometry but above all, he is interested in helping students understand and appreciate mathematics, especially geometry, at all levels. At UCR, he was fortunate to have been given many opportunities to teach and mentor undergraduate students during some unusual circumstances such as the Covid-19 pandemic. These experiences helped him develop an explorationfocused teaching style that he is eager to share with the exceptional students at the University of Utah.

Rachel Skipper

Rachel received her PhD in 2018 from Binghamton University under Marcin Mazur. She spent the next year as a research assistant (postdoc) between the University of Goettingen and the ENS Lyon. From 2019-2022, Rachel was a Zassenhaus Assistant Professor (postdoc) at the Ohio State University. Finally, before coming to Utah, she spent the last year as a visiting researcher at the École normale supérieure, Paris. Her research focuses in group theory and in particular on groups with difficult to find properties which arise via actions and almost-actions on trees and related structures. In addition to research, Rachel considers mentorship an important part of her life as a research mathematician. Rachel has been a mentor through the AWM mentor network for many years as well as with the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP).

HUNTER SIMPER In May 2023 Hunter received his PhD from Purdue University, where he was advised by Uli Walther. Broadly speaking, he works in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. In particular, some topics he likes thinking about include: determinantal varieties; more generally ideals of minors and ideals coming from a GL action, Local cohomology; recently, he’s been very interested in homological properties of thickenings, StanleyReisner rings and simplicial complexes, Bernstein-Sato polynomials and related D-modules.