Research opportunities and support for undergraduates
Research Opportunities
REU at UVA
Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the University of Virginia
At UVA Math Department
There is a number of faculty members interested in mentoring undergraduate
research:
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Darien Jade Farnham, 401 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Dynamics, topology, logic, and geometric group
theory
Background needed: Preferably MATH 4430 and MATH 3354, possibly MATH
4770
Availability: Summer 2025
Project ideas: Applying model theoretic methods to study automorphism
groups of manifolds, Dynamics of groups acting on S^1, Bass-Serre
theory, The geometry of right-angled Artin groups
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Peter Humphries, 324 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Number theory
Background needed: MATH 3340
Availability: Fall 2025/Spring 2026
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Thomas Koberda, 304 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Group theory, mathematical logic and foundations,
dynamical systems
Background needed: Prerequisites depend on the topic, but generally a
course in abstract algebra, advanced linear algebra, and real analysis
would be required.
Availability: Fall 2025, Spring 2026
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J.D. Quigley, 331 Kerchof Hall
Research area: Algebra, Topology
Background needed: Abstract algebra, algebraic topology for some
projects
Availability: Fall 2025/Spring 2026
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