Matt DeLand Simons Research Instructor, Department of Mathematics Office: 4-114 Math Tower Fall 2009 Hours: Wednesday 9-10 am (office), Thursday 8:30-9:30 am (office), Thursday 1-2 pm (Math Learning Center) E-mail: deland@math.sunysb.edu

Teaching:
Stony Brook University:
• Fall 2009: Math 123, Introduction to Calculus.
  Course details are availabe through the online blackboard system.
  Office Hours are posted above..

Columbia University:
• Summer 2009: Calculus II
• Fall '07: Undergraduate Seminar on Plane Curves
• Summer '07: Linear Algebra
• Spring '07: TA for Algebraic Geometry
for Professor deJong and Calculus 1 for Professor Stein
• Fall '06: TA for Commutative Algebra
for Professor deJong and Calculus 1 for Professor Stein.
• Summer '06: Linear Algebra
• Spring '06: TA for Calculus 3, Professor Cao
• Fall '05: Knot Theory Seminar
• Summer '05: Calculus 4
• Fall '04 - Present: Columbia Math Helproom Employee
• Spring '03 - Spring '04: Yale University CORE Mathematics Tutor

Research:
I work in algebraic geometry. I'm interested in:
• Studying the geometry of a variety by studying the curves it contains,
• Understanding how curves can influence the extrensic geometry of the variety, (producing sections, weak approximation, etc)
• Understanding how varieties are or are close to being "rational".

Papers:

Background:
• CV
• Resume