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General Information

Full Name Blake A. Farman
Date of Birth 11 October 1987
Languages English

Education

  • 2018
    Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematics
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
    • Dissertation: Geometry of Derived Categories on Noncommutative Projective Schemes
    • Advisor: Matthew Ballard
  • 2011
    Master of Science, Mathematics
    University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
    • Major Concentration: Abstract Algebra
    • Minor Concentration: Algebraic Number Theory
  • 2009
    Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
    • Minors
      • Applied Mathematics
      • French

Appointments

  • 2020 - Present
    Assistant Professor
    University of Louisiana At Monroe
  • 2020 - 2023
    Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics
    University of Louisiana At Monroe
  • 2018 - 2020
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Project NExT Fellow (Red '22)

Funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    Fourier-Mukai Partners in Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry (Not Funded)
    Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Research Competitiveness Subprogram
    • $142,041

Undergraduate Mentoring and Research Supervision

  • Spring 2023
    The Entrepreneurship Pelican Cup
    • Served as faculty advisor for one of the six finalists in the Entrepreneurship Pelican Cup business competition.
  • Spring 2021
    Sagar Bhetuwal
    • Number Theory research project focused on providing a formal verification of the proof of the Prime Number Theorem using the Lean proof assistant.

Conferences and Workshops

  • 2023
    AMS Mathematics Research Community
    Beaver Hollow Conference Center, Java, NY
    • Derived Categories, Arithmetic and Geometry
  • 2023
    University of Louisiana System For our Future 2023
    Lake Charles, LA
  • 2023
    Mathematical Association of America MathFest
    Tampa, FL
    • Project NExT
  • 2023
    Joint Mathematics Meetings
    Boston, MA
    • Project NExT
  • 2022
    Mathematical Association of America MathFest
    Philadelphia, PA
    • Project NExT
  • 2021
    Derived, Birational, and Categorical Algebraic Geometry
    Banff International Research Station, Banff, CA
  • 2020
    Derived, Birational, and Categorical Algebraic Geometry (Online)
    Banff International Research Station, Banff, CA