Algebra and Algebraic Geometry

Intercontinental Moduli and Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Group Overview

The algebraic geometry group at UBC covers a broad range of topics in algebra and algebraic geometry and their connections to mathematical physics, representation theory, combinatorics, and topology. Areas of expertise for the group include moduli spaces and algebraic stacks, Gromov-Witten and Donaldson-Thomas theory, (geometric) representation theory, algebraic groups, categorification, and toric varieties. Members of our group have won numerous research awards in Canada (Aisentstadt, Coxeter-James, Jeffery-Williams and CRM-Fields-PIMS Prizes), the United States (Sloan and AMS Fellowships) and internationally (ICM invitations).

Info for prospective students

The group usually has 10 -- 15 graduates at any given time. There is a weekly research seminar and typically one or more student seminars. Former PhD students from our group have garnered many accomplishments. They include winning a departmental graduate research award and the CMS dissertation award; getting postdoc appointments at Harvard, Oxford, Berkely, Paris XI, ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, UCLA, Caltech, and Michigan; and getting tenure track positions, tenured positions, and even deanships at research universities such as University of Oregon, University of Maryland, Kyoto University, University of South Carolina, University of Kansas, and Harvey Mudd. A number of our former graduate students are using their mathematics training outside of academica, in the IT sector, banking or government. 

Info for prospective postdocs

Our group usually has 3 -- 6 postdocs at any given time. In recent years our postdocs have done very well on the academic job market. Some have gone on to follow up postdoc appointments at top universities internationally, such as Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Yale, Imperial College (London, England), EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden). Others hold tenure or tenure track positions at research universities around the world, including the University of Alberta, Ohio State, Utrecht University (the Netherlands), University of Grenoble (France), University of Colorado, University of Pittsburgh, University of California at Riverside, University of Manitoba, Queen Mary University (London, UK), University of Kent (UK), University of Hong Kong, University College Cork (Ireland), University of Lancaster (UK), University of Queensland (Australia), University of Haifa (Israel) and Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Canada).