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, equivariant 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
Algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics, including quantum cohomology, equivariant 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 worked at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in Topology and Geometric Analysis in the Division of Mathematical Sciences.
- I co-organize the annual Mid-Atlantic Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics (MAAGC) Workshop. The sixth annual workshop will take place May 3-4, 2019, at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
- I co-organize the Philadelphia Combinatorics, Algebra, and Geometry (CAGE) Seminar, usually held Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm, at the University of Pennsylvania/Drexel University.
- The Math-Physics Joint Seminar is usually held Tuesdays or Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm, at the University of Pennsylvania.
- The Swarthmore Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium is held Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30pm in Science Center 199.
Recent Events:
- I am currently serving a five-year term on the Prize Committee for the Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research for the American Mathematical Society in 2018-2022. I served on the Nominating Committee of the American Mathematical Society in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and I was on the AMS Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Employment Security in 2016-2018.
- I gave the Alice Dickinson Lecture in Mathematics at the Women in Mathematics in New England (WiMiN 2015) conference, September 2015.
- I was on the Program Committee for the 27th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, July 6-10, 2015, at KAIST in Daejoon, Korea.
- I gave a Colloquium talk at the 2015 IAS Program for Women and Mathematics, "Aspects of Algebraic Geometry", May 2015.
- I co-organized the Special Session on Algebraic Geometry at the AWM Research Symposium, University of Maryland, April 11-12, 2015.
About Me:
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 worked at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in Topology and Geometric Analysis in the Division of Mathematical Sciences.