Working with and mentoring undergraduate and high school students is a central part of my mathematical life. If you're a student looking to explore different avenues of mathematics not typically found in the classroom, please reach out me to introduce yourself, what your background is, and what you'd like to learn about. 

I'm an organizer and instructor for UCI's Directed Reading Program:

• Spring 2024 - Braid Groups

  • • Students - Gregory Borissov 

    • References: 

      • • Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups, Birman

        • Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist, Clay-Margalit

• Winter 2024 - Nielsen-Thurston Theory

  • • Students - James Corcoran and Kejun Yang 

    • References: 

      • • Automorphisms of Surfaces after Nielsen and Thurston, Bleiler-Casson

        • A Primer on Mapping Class Groups, Farb-Margalit

• Fall 2022 - Lie Groups and Lie Algebras

  • • Students - Dylan Carden, Yining Lu, and Xiaohan Zhao

    • References: 

      • • Lie Groups: An Introduction Through Linear Groups, Rossmann

        • Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, Serre

• Spring 2021 - Algebraic Curves and Riemann Surfaces

  • • Students - Joy Da Ae Shin and Zhengran Ji

    • References: 

      • • Riemann Surfaces, Donaldson

        • Algebraic Curves and Riemann Surfaces, Miranda

• Winter 2021 - Geometric Group Theory and Cohomology

  • • Student - Tianshu Chu

    • References: 

      • • Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist, Clay-Margalit

        • Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology, Bott-Tu