I recently earned my mathematics PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago where I studied computational algebraic geometry. My research interests lie in the intersection of tropical geometry and numerical algebraic geometry. I was a student of Jan Verschelde.

Research Statement

CV

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago (2018)

PhD Mathematics

Wheaton College (2013)

MAT (Masters of Arts in Teaching)

Wheaton College (2011)

BS Mathematics

Upcoming Activities

Recent Activities

Jan 15-Feb 17, 2018: Mittag-Leffler Institute Program on Tropical Geometry, Amoebas and Polytopes. Stockholm
Oct 16-20, 2017: Sage Coding Sprint, Minneapolis
Aug 14-26, 2017: Stockholm Master Class in Tropical Geometry. Stockholm
Jul 31-Aug 4, 2017: SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry. Atlanta
Jul 27-29, 2017: Applied Macaulay2 tutorials. Atlanta
Jul 17-21, 2017: Macaulay2 Conference. Berkeley
Jan 4-7, 2017: Joint Mathematics Meetings. Atlanta
Sep 19-23 2016: Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing (CASC), Bucharest
Jun 12-18 2016: MRC in Algebraic Statistics
May 23-26 2016: Macaulay2 Workshop, Warwick
May 7-10 2016: Macaulay2 Workshop, Utah
Mar 30-Apr 1 2016: European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG), Lugano

Contact

Email: sommars1 [at] uic [dot] edu
Office: SEO 724