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Stuff I've Done

Papers

The Number of Solvabilizers in Finite Groups (Joint with B. Akbari, E. Han, and S. Lin) https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11544 (pre-print).

Presentations

Commutative Algebra and the Nullstellenzatz (UConn Math's Directed Reading Program)

Unique Factorization: The Integers and Beyond (Gunn Math Circle)

A Tale of Elliptic Curves and Finite Fields (UConn Math's Directed Reading Program)

A Computational Routine for the Size of |Solv(G)| (Tufts VERSIEM-REU)

The p-adic Integers (UConn Math's Directed Reading Program)

Miscellaneous Writing

PAUSD and Math: Student Voice Matters (Joint with E. Furtado-Tiwari and A. Lee, open letter)

Letter to the Editor: Where are the students’ voices? (Joint with E. Furtado-Tiwari, Palo Alto Weekly)

Should Gunn Have More Math Pathways? (The Chariot)

Balancing Ideology and Pedagogy (The Chariot)

In Media

Proficiencies

English (Native, US & Canadian Dual Citizenship)

Python

Sage

GAP (Groups, Algorithms, and Programming)

Mathematica

Conference Presentations

The Number of Solvabilizers in Finite Groups (With S. Lin) (Joint Mathematics Meetings 2026, Washington, DC)

Selected Courses

Fall 2024

MATH 2710: Transition to Advanced Mathematics (course credit by exam)

MATH 3230: Abstract Algebra I

MATH 3240: Introduction to Number Theory

HIST 2811: Early Modern India

Spring 2025

MATH 3231: Abstract Algebra II

MATH 3250: Combinatorics

HIST 3361: The High and Later Middle Ages

MATH 5121: Topics in Complex Function Theory (Analytic Number Theory)

Fall 2025 

HIST 2401W: Europe in the Nineteenth Century

MATH 5110: Introduction to Modern Analysis

MATH 5230: Algebraic Number Theory

MATH 3370: Differential Geometry

Spring 2026 (in progress)

MATH 5111: Measure and Integration

MATH 5020: Topics in Algebra (Commutative Algebra)

HIST 3502: Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760

Fall 2026 (upcoming)

MATH 5020: Topics in Algebra (Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves)

MATH 5140: Fourier Analysis 

HIST 3320: Ancient Greece: Troy to Sparta

ECON 2202: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

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