Research Interests include

• Khovanov homology and other knot homology theories in knot theory
• Twisted Alexander polynomial and other knot polynomials in knot theory
• Low-dimensional as well as combinatorial topology
• Matroid theory, graph theory, and enumerative combinatorics

• Fall 2009: I am on the job market! Click here for copies of my curriculum vitae, research statement, and teaching statement
• Fall 2009: Aside from my dissertation work, I am involved in two separate research projects.
• Summer 2009: I've led a team researching the twisted Alexander polynomial after our "X-Math" conference at LSU. My only vacation was participating in an intensive 3-week long Workshop/Conference around the Volume Conjecture at Columbia in NYC.
• Spring 2009: I've been active in the Junior Topology Seminar.
• Fall 2008: I received the David Oxley Memorial Graduate Student Teaching Award from our dept, awarded only once a semester.
• Fall 2008: Scroll down to see me discussing "the GEAUX program and the VIGRE grant" with faculty and other graduate students.
• Fall 2008: My article "Sustaining Your Math Club" was published in the September 2008 issue of Math Horizons.
• Spring 2008: I received a Certificate for Teaching Excellence from our dept, awarded to several graduate students each semester.
• Spring 2008: The Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference featured my two Math Horizons articles on Math Clubs.
• Fall 2007: I've been active in the Virtual Seminar on Knot Homologies, Combinatorics Seminar, and Junior Topology Seminar.
• Summer 2007: I spent the summer working with the REU here at LSU.
• May 2007: I passed my General Exam and am working on my research project: Khovanov Homology, a way of distinguishing knots.
• Fall 2006: I received a Certificate for Teaching Excellence from our department, awarded to several graduate students each semester.
• Fall 2006: My article "How to Start... and Maintain your School's Math Club" was published in the Sept 2006 Math Horizons.
• Spring 2006: I received my Master's degree from LSU.
• Fall 2005: My interview with the Klein Four group was published in the November 2005 issue of Math Horizons.
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