Yongwei Yao's Resume

Department of Math and Statistics Georgia State University Office 1431, 25 Park Place Atlanta, GA 30303

(404)413-6454 (office) (404)413-6403 (Dept. fax) yyao_AT_gsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2002.
  • Advisor: Professor Craig Huneke.
  • Thesis title: Finite F-representation type and primary decomposition.

Postdoctoral work experience

• 2012–present: Associate Professor at Mathematics and Statistics Department of Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
• 2006–2012: Assistant Professor at Mathematics and Statistics Department of Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
• 2003–2006: Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at Mathematics Department of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
• 2002–2003: Postdoctoral fellow at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA.

Research interests

Commutative algebra: Tight closure, Frobenius closure, and Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity theories over Noetherian rings of prime characteristic p; and general primary decomposition theories over Noetherian rings.

Invited/contributed conference/seminar talks

• 20-minute talk at a Special Session at Spring Southeastern Meeting of AMS, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, March 12–13, 2011.
• 60-minute talk at the conference ``Frobenius splitting in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, and representation theory'', University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 17–22, 2010.
• 20-minute talk at a Special Session at Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting of AMS, Florida Atlantic University, Boca-Raton, FL, October 30–November 1, 2009.
• 20-minute talk at a Special Session at Spring Central Sectional Meeting of AMS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, March 27–29, 2009.
• 25-minute talk at "AMS–SMS (Shanghai Math Society) International Meeting", Fudan University, Shanghai, China, December 17–21, 2008.
• 40-minute talk at "Commutative Algebra and its Interactions — A conference in honor of Mel Hochster", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 31–August 5, 2008.
• 20-minute talk at the Fall Eastern Section Meeting of AMS, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, October 6–7, 2007.
• 50-minute colloquium talk at Clemson University, SC, September 13, 2007.
• 20-minute talk at the Spring Southeastern Section Meeting of the AMS, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, March 3–4, 2007.
• 20-minute talk at the Spring Western Section Meeting of the AMS, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, April 29–30, 2006.
• 20-minute talk at the Fall Eastern Section Meeting of the AMS, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, October 8–9, 2005.
• Commutative Algebra seminar talk at Mathematics Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, June 23, 2005.
• 30-minute contributed talk at the 30th Annual Spring Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences (Commutative Algebra: Recent Developments in Tight Closure), April 14–16, 2005, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
• 20-minute talk at Sixth International Joint Meeting of the AMS and the Sociedad Matematica Mexicana (SMM), Houston, Texas, May 13–15, 2004.
• Commutative Algebra seminar talk at Mathematics Department, University of California, Riverside, CA, May 23, 2003.
• Commutative Algebra seminar talk at Mathematics Department, University of Utah, Salk Lake City, UT, February 21, 2003.
• 20-minute talk at the Fall Southeastern Section Meeting of the AMS, Orlando, FL, November 9–10, 2002.
• 20-minute talk at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 6–9, 2002.
• 20-minute talk at the Fall Eastern Section Meeting of the AMS, Williamstown, MA, October 13–14, 2001.

Other conferences attended (selected list)

• Workshop on ``Computing Frobenius Singularities and Invariants'' at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 29–June 1, 2012.
• The ``Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Conference'' at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, May 22–26, 2011.
• Commutative Algebra: Connections with Algebraic Topology and Representation Theory — A conference on the occasion Luchezar Avramov's 60th birthday, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 18–22, 2008.
• Workshop on F-singularities and D-modules, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, August 6–10, 2007.
• ARCC (AIM) workshop: Integral Closure, Multiplier Ideals and Cores, Palo Alto, CA, December 17–21, 2006.
• AMS Spring Western Section Meeting, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, April 29–30, 2006.
• AMS Fall Eastern Section Meeting, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, October 8–9, 2005.
• Minnowbrook workshop on Commutative Algebra and its interactions with Homological Algebra, Representation Theory, Intersection Theory, and Singularity Theory, at the Minnowbrook Adirondack Conference Center in upstate New York State, August 5–10 2005.
• The 30th Annual Spring Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences (Commutative Algebra: Recent Developments in Tight Closure), April 14–16, 2005, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
• Midwest Commutative Algebra and Geometry Meeting: A Conference in Honor of Joseph Lipman, West Lafayette, IN, May 17–21, 2004.
• Sixth International Joint Meeting of the AMS and the Sociedad Matematica Mexicana (SMM), Houston, TX, May 13–15, 2004.
• AMS Spring Western Section Meeting, San Francisco (SFSU), CA, May 3–4, 2003.
• AMS Fall Southeastern Section Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 9–10, 2002.
• AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, University of Michigan, MI, March 2002.
• Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 6–9, 2002.
• AMS Fall Eastern Section Meeting, Williams College, MA, October 13–14 2001.
• AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, University of Kansas, KS, March 2001.
• Centennial Celebration of Commutative Algebra, University of Nebraska, NE, April 2000.
• AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, University of Illinois, IL, March 1999.