Research opportunities and support for undergraduates
Research Opportunities
REU at UVA
2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the University of Virginia
At UVA Math Department
As of Fall 2020, there is a number of faculty members interested in mentoring undergraduate research:
- Julie Bergner, 319 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Topology, algebra, combinatorics
Background needed: Flexible; General Topology and/or Survey of Algebra needed for some projects
- Juraj Földes, 322 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Analysis, Differential equations, Probability
Background needed: Real analysis or other proof based course, Probability, Differential equations
Availability: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- Evangelia Gazaki, 221 Kerchof Hall
Number theory
Availability: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- Peter Humphries, 324 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Number theory
Background needed: MATH 3340
Availability: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- You Qi, 305 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Representation Theory, quantum topological invariants of manifolds
Background needed: Abstract Algebra and/or some familiarity with algebraic topology
Availability: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- Ken Ono, 228 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Number theory
Background needed: Abstract algebra, real and complex analysis
Availability: Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- Mark Pengitore, 303 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Geometric group theory
Background needed: Group theory, metric geometry, and algebraic topology
Availability: Fall 2022
- Leonid Petrov, 209 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Simulation and study of integrable stochastic systems
(examples: 1, 2)
Background needed: Probability, Stochastic processes, coding background
Outside the Department
There are opportunities to participate in mathematics research at the undergraduate level. In particular, the AMS has compiled a list of summer REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) that are organized at various institutions throughout the US.
Research Support