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Current von Neumann Fellow

Botong Wang

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Algebraic Geometry, Topology and Combinatorics

Home Institution

University of Wisconsin–Madison
Botong Wang is interested in applying algebra-geometric ideas to study problems in combinatorics, topology, and applied mathematics. While at IAS, Wang plans to study the interactions between algebraic varieties, matroids, and their Chern classes, and various positivity properties.

Dates at IAS

von Neumann Fellow
School of Mathematics

Degrees

Purdue University
Ph.D.
2012

Honors

2019
Sloan fellowship