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Curriculum Vitae Calin Chindris Curriculum Vitae Calin Chindris Office Address: University of Missouri-Columbia Mathematics Department Office Phone: 573–882–4125 202 Mathematical Sciences Building Email Address: chindrisc@ math.missouri.edu Columbia, MO 65211 Homepage: http://math.missouri.edu/~chindrisc Education/Employment 2010 – Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), University of Missouri-Columbia 2008 – 2010 Visiting Assistant Professor (Post Doc), University of Iowa 2005 – 2008 Dunham Jackson Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota 2005 Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mathematics (advisor: Harm Derksen) 1999 M.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania, Mathematics (advisor: Andrei Marcus) 1998 B.S. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania, Mathematics (advisor: Andrei Marcus) Grants and Academic Awards 2015 – NSA Research Grant H98230-15-1-0022, PI 2014 – 2015 NSF Conference Grant DMS-1444778, Co-PI 2013 – 2014 NSF Conference Grant DMS-1343353, PI 2012 – 2014 NSF Conference Grant DMS-1242322, PI 2011 – 2015 NSF Research Grant DMS-1101383, PI 2005 Oct. Sumner Myers Award for best Ph.D. Thesis in Mathematics, University of Michi- gan, Ann Arbor 2005 Apr. The Wirt and Mary Cornwell Prize in Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1999 Socrates-Erasmus Fellowship at Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, Spring Term 1994 – 1999 Romanian National Merit Scholarship, Babes-Bolyai University 1994 Third Prize, Romanian National Mathematical Olympiad 1993 First Prize, Romanian National Mathematical Olympiad 1990 – 1994 First Prize, Intercounty Grigore Moisil Mathematical Contest Teaching Awards 2007 Dec. Award from the “Thank a Teacher” program run by the University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning Services, “In appreciation of [my] teaching style and dedication to helping students learn” Calculus IV (Math 2263) Research Interests Representation theory of algebras, Invariant theory, Algebraic combinatorics, Algebraic geom- etry 1 Publications available at http://www.math.missouri.edu/~chindrisc Submitted papers/Work-in-progress 1. (with Dan Kline) On locally semi-simple quiver representations. Preprint available at: arxiv.org/ abs/1507.05689, 2015. 2. (with Andrew Carroll and Zongzhu Lin) Quiver representations of constant Jordan type and vector bundles. Preprint available at: arxiv.org/abs/1402.2568, 2014. Refereed articles (accepted or published) 3. (with Andrew Carroll) Moduli spaces of modules of Schur-tame algebras, Algebras and Rep- resentation Theory, Volume 18, Issue 4 (2015), pp 961-976. 4. (with Andrew Carroll) On the invariant theory for acyclic gentle algebras, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 367 (2015), no. 5, 3481-3508. 5. (with Ryan Kinser and Jerzy Weyman) Module varieties and representation type of finite- dimensional algebras, International Mathematics Research Notices (2013); doi:10.1093/ imrn/rnt216. 6. On the invariant theory for tame tilted algebras, Algebra & Number Theory 7 (2013), no. 1, 193-214. 7. On the geometry of orbit closures for representation-infinite algebras, Glasgow Mathematical Journal 54 (2012), 629-636. 8. Geometric characterizations of the representation type of hereditary algebras and of canonical algebras, Advances in Mathematics 228 (2011), no. 3, 1405-1434. 9. Cluster fans, stability conditions, and domains of semi-invariants, Transactions of the Amer- ican Mathematical Society 363 (2011), no. 4, 2171-2190. 10. Orbit semigroups and the representation type of quivers, Journal of Pure and Applied Alge- bra 213 (2009), no. 7, 1418-1429. 11. Quivers, long exact sequences and Horn type inequalities II, Glasgow Mathematical Journal 51 (2009), no. 2, 201-217. 12. Quivers, long exact sequences and Horn type inequalities, Journal of Algebra 320 (2008), no. 1, 128-157. 13. (with Harm Derksen and Jerzy Weyman) Counterexamples to Okounkov’s log-concavity con- jecture, Compositio Mathematica 143 (2007), no. 6, 1545-1557. 14. Eigenvalues of Hermitian matrices and cones arising from quivers, International Mathematics Research Notices 2006, Art. ID 59457, 27 pp. Other publications (non-peer reviewed) 15. Notes on GIT-fans for quivers. Preprint available at: arxiv.org/abs/0805.1440, 2007. Invited Talks 2015 July The Eighth Congress of Romanian Mathematicians, Iasi, Romania May Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentations of Algebras and Related Topics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts April International Conference on Representation Theory and Commutative Algebras, Uni- versity of Connecticut 2 2014 Nov. University of Missouri-Columbia, Differential Equations Seminar Sep. XXVIth Meeting on Representation Theory of Algebras, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada May Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentations of Algebras and Related Topics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Apr. Texas Tech University, AMS Special Session on Linear Operators in Representation Theory and in Applications 2013 Dec. University of Ottawa, CMS Winter Meeting, Scientific Session on Representations of Algebras Sep. University of Missouri-Columbia, Algebra Seminar 2012 Nov. Northeastern University, Quiver Invariant Theory Seminar Oct. Kansas State University, Colloquium Oct. Kansas State University, Algebra Seminar Oct. University of Missouri-Columbia, Number Theory and Representation Theory Semi- nar 2011 Dec. University of Missouri-Columbia, Number Theory and Representation Theory Semi- nar Nov. Northeastern University, Algebra Seminar Sep. Wake Forest University, AMS Special Session on Non-commutative Algebra May University of Missouri-Columbia, Show Me Algebraic Geometry Meeting Apr. Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentations of Algebras and Related Topics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Apr. University of Missouri-Columbia, Algebra Seminar Apr. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, KUMUNU Conference 2010 Nov. Truman State University, Colloquium Oct. Syracuse University, AMS Special Session on Representations of Algebras Sep. University of Missouri-Columbia, Algebra Seminar Sep. University of Missouri-Columbia, Geometry/Topology Seminar Apr. Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentations of Algebras and Related Topics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Apr. Macalester College, AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Representation Theory Feb. Wake Forest University, Colloquium Feb. University of Missouri-Columbia, Colloquium Jan. Wayne State University, Colloquium 2009 Nov. University of California, Riverside, AMS Special Session on Representations of Alge- bras May University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Conference on Eigenvalue and Saturation Problems for Reductive Groups Apr. Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentations of Algebras and Related Topics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA Mar. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, AMS Special Session on Algebra, Geom- etry and Combinatorics Feb. University of Iowa, Algebra Seminar 2008 Nov. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Semi- nar 3 Nov. Iowa State University, Matrix Groups Seminar Feb. University of South Carolina, Colloquium Feb. University of Iowa, Colloquium Feb. University of Texas, Arlington, Colloquium Jan. University of Waterloo, Canada, Colloquium 2007 Oct. Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference on Repre- sentation Theory and Related Topics, Northeastern University May Universidad Autonoma´ de Zacatecas, joint AMS-SMM Special Session on Representa- tion Theory Apr. University of Arizona, AMS Special Session on Representations of Algebras Mar. University of California, Santa Barbara, Colloquium Feb. University of Minnesota, Combinatorics Seminar 2006 Nov. Northeastern University, Representation Theory Seminar Oct. University of Minnesota, Algebraic Representation Theory Seminar Apr. University of Michigan, Colloquium Mar. University of Pittsburgh, Algebra Seminar 2005 Dec. University of Minnesota, Combinatorics Seminar Oct. University of Minnesota, Jr Colloquium Apr. University of California, Santa Barbara, AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry and Combinatorics Apr. University of California, Santa Barbara, Algebra Seminar 2004 Nov. Texas Tech, Red Raider Symposium, Invariant Theory in Perspective (poster presenta- tion) Oct. University of Michigan, Non-commutative Algebra Seminar 2003 Dec. University of Michigan, Student Commutative Algebra/Algebraic Geometry Seminar Teaching activities Courses taught at University of Missouri-Columbia 2015 Spring Calculus II (1700, 2 sections) 2014 Fall Calculus II (1700, 2 sections) 2014 Spring Matrix Theory (4140/7140, 2 sections) 2013 Fall Algebra II (8411) Topics Course in Algebra (8102): Representations of Quivers 2013 Spring Matrix Theory (4140/7140) Algebra I (8410) 2012 Fall Matrix Theory (4140/7140, 2 sections) 2012 Spring Topics Course in Algebra (8102): Representations of Quivers 2011 Fall Basic Algebra (8210) Algebra II (8411) 2011 Spring Algebra I (8410) 2010 Fall Matrix Theory (4140/7140, 2 sections) Courses taught at University of Iowa 2010 Spring Engineering Math III: Matrix Algebra 4 2009 Fall Topics Course in Algebra: Representations of Quivers Calculus III: Vector Calculus 2009 Spring Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach 2008 Fall Engineering Math IV: Differential Equations (2 sections) Courses taught at University of Minnesota 2008 Sum. 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