An interview with Alex Fink

Name: Alex Fink Current Job: Reader Scientific Discipline/Field: Algebra and combinatorics Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G Website: http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~fink/ Twitter or other social media handle: n/a What does your job involve? I do research in algebraic combinatorics with a geometric flavour. Here are a couple of my favourite objects to study. Tropical varieties are polyhedral “shadows” of algebraic varieties, the solution... Continue Reading →

February 3, 2022 0

An interview with Marco Carfagnini

Name:Marco Carfagnini Current Job: PhD candidate Scientific Discipline/Field: Mathematics Country: United States Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G Website: https://marcocarfagnini.wordpress.com What does your job involve? I mostly do research (in math), aka I spend most of my time thinking about my (research) problems, and how to solve them. I also TA and teach a few hours per week. How did... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2021 1

An interview with MaryLena Bleile

Name: MaryLena Bleile Current Job: Ph.D Student Scientific Discipline/Field: Statistics Country: Canadian (U.S. Foreign National) Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): B Website: MLenaBleile.tech Twitter or other social media handle: @ML_does_ML What does your job involve? Machine Learning (AI), Applied Math, programming How did you get to this job (education etc.)? B.S. (statistics) & B.Mus. (cello... Continue Reading →

November 23, 2020 0

An interview with Marina Logares

Name: Marina Logares Current Job: Visiting Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) Scientific Discipline/Field: Mathematics, Geometry Country: Spain Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): L Website: https://www.ucm.es/marina_logares/ Twitter or other social media handle: @MarinaLogares What does your job involve? I teach at the degrees in Mathematics, Mathematical Engineering, and Maths Education. I also conduct my... Continue Reading →

July 10, 2020 0

An interview with Tyler Kelly

Name: Tyler Kelly Current Job: Professor at the University of Birmingham Scientific Discipline/Field: Mathematics Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G, Q, NB Website: https://sites.google.com/view/tylerkelly/ Twitter or other social media handle: @TyLKelly What does your job involve? I am a Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Birmingham. This is a permanent teaching... Continue Reading →

January 30, 2019 1

An interview with George Smith

Name: George Smith Current Job: Laboratory technician Scientific Discipline/Field: Physics/mathematics Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): Asexual Website: NA Twitter or other social media handle: Little Albert Einstein What does your job involve? Data collection Do you feel being LGBT has affected your career decisions? No Have you had any reactions from colleagues... Continue Reading →

July 19, 2018 0

An Interview with Calvin James Smith

Current Job: Lecturer in Mathematics Scientific Discipline/Field: Mathematics Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G, living a life of domestic bliss with my long term boyfriend and our two sons. Website? http://www.reading.ac.uk/maths-and-stats/about/Staff/calvin-smith.aspx What does your job involve? I hold a teaching intensive lectureship in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Reading. The main... Continue Reading →

February 17, 2015 0