Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Email: lchen (at) swarthmore (dot) edu
Research Interests
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Algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics, including quantum cohomology, Schubert calculus, moduli spaces of curves, affine Grassmannians, and other aspects of enumerative and combinatorial geometry.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Email: lchen (at) swarthmore (dot) edu
Office: Science Center 153
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:10-11:30am and 2:00-2:30pm, Wednesdays 11:00-11:55am, and by appointment.
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:10-11:30am and 2:00-2:30pm, Wednesdays 11:00-11:55am, and by appointment.
Algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics, including quantum cohomology, Schubert calculus, moduli spaces of curves, affine Grassmannians, and other aspects of enumerative and combinatorial geometry.
Upcoming Events:
Prior to arriving at Swarthmore College in Fall 2008, I was an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University from 2004 to 2008, and a VIGRE postdoctoral fellow and Ritt Assistant Professor at Columbia University from 2000 to 2004. I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in June 2000, under the direction of William Fulton, and received my A.B. in Mathematics from Harvard College in June 1996. I grew up mostly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was born in upstate New York, and lived in New York City and New Jersey before moving to Michigan. During academic years 2011-13, I was at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in Topology and Geometric Analysis in the Division of Mathematical Sciences.
- Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30pm: the Swarthmore Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium is held in Science Center 199.
- The Philadelphia Combinatorics and Algebraic Geometry (CAGE) Seminar is held at the University of Pennsylvania/Drexel University, usually Thursdays 2:30-3:30pm (sometimes Tuesdays 2:30-3:30pm).
- The Math-Physics Joint Seminar is held at the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to arriving at Swarthmore College in Fall 2008, I was an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University from 2004 to 2008, and a VIGRE postdoctoral fellow and Ritt Assistant Professor at Columbia University from 2000 to 2004. I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in June 2000, under the direction of William Fulton, and received my A.B. in Mathematics from Harvard College in June 1996. I grew up mostly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was born in upstate New York, and lived in New York City and New Jersey before moving to Michigan. During academic years 2011-13, I was at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in Topology and Geometric Analysis in the Division of Mathematical Sciences.