Education:

Harvard University:
Ph.D. in mathematics, June 1998, dissertation entitled Hecke rings of groups over local fields, Benedict H. Gross, advisor

A.M. in mathematics, June 1995

Brown University:
Sc.B. in mathematics and physics (magna cum laude, with Honors), June 1993

Academic Appointments:

American University, Assistant Professorship (tenure-track), September 2004-present
Bucknell University, Assistant Professorship (tenure-track), July 2001-August 2004
University of Toronto, Assistant Professorship, July 2000-June 2001
University of Rochester, Assistant Professorship, July 1998-June 2000

Research Interests:

Representation Theory
Automorphic Forms
Number Theory

Publications:

[1] Depth-zero base change for ramified U(2,1), with J. Adler, preprint.
[2] Conductors and newforms for SL(2), with A. Raghuram, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 231(1) (2007), 127-154.
[3] Depth-zero base change for unramified U(2,1), with J. Adler, Journal of Number Theory, 114(2) (2005), 324-360. Printer's error corrected in Journal of Number Theory, 121(1) (2006), 186.
[4] A variation on the solvable case of the Dedekind conjecture, with K. Wilson, Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society, 20(2) (2005), 81-90.
[5] Conductors and newforms for U(1,1), with A. Raghuram, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science, 114(4) (2004), 319-343.
[6] On the correspondence of representations between GL(n) and division algebras, with A. Raghuram, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 131 (2003), 1641-1648.
[7] Hecke algebras and automorphic forms, with D. Pollack, Compositio Mathematica, 130(1) (2002), 21-48.
[8] Parahoric fixed spaces in unramified principal series representations, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 204(2) (2002), 433-443.
[9] Decomposition of double cosets in p-adic groups, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 197(1) (2001), 97-117.
[10] A q-analog of Freudenthal's weight multiplicity formula, Indagationes Mathematicae, N.S., 11(1) (2000), 87-94.
[11] Hecke rings of groups over local fields, Ph.D. Thesis, Harvard University, 1998.

Grants, Honors and Awards:

Consultant on National Security Agency Young Investigator Grant, 2007-2009
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Fund Grant, American University, 2006-2008
Mellon Fund Research Support Award, American University, 2005-2006
Selected to give the address at the annual banquet of the Bucknell University chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematical Society, 2004
Scholarly Development Grant, Bucknell University, 2003-2004
Nominated for Professor of the Year, University of Rochester, 2000
Joseph Leonard Walsh Fund Award (Harvard scholarship award), 1994-98
Elected Full Member of Sigma Xi, 1995
NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, 1993-94
NDSEG Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, 1993
David Howell Premium for Excellence in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (Brown senior prize), 1993
Henry Parker Manning Mathematical Prize (Brown junior prize), 1992

Selected Invited Talks:

• Oklahoma State University Mathematics Department Colloquium, March 2008
• Oklahoma State University Automorphic Forms Seminar, March 2008
• American Mathematical Society Special Session on Automorphic Forms: Representation Theory of p-adic and Adelic Groups, Chicago, Illinois, October 2007
• City University of New York Graduate Center Number Theory Seminar, March 2007
• American Mathematical Society Special Session on Number Theory, Storrs, Connecticut, October 2006
• University of Akron Mathematics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates Seminar, July 2006
• University of Akron Mathematics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates Seminar, July 2005
• American University Mathematics Department Colloquium, February 2005
• University of Maryland Lie Group and Representation Theory Seminar, December 2004
• American Mathematical Society Special Session on Representation Theory of Reductive Groups, Evanston, Illinois, October 2004
• University of Iowa Mathematics Department Colloquium, May 2004
• University of Akron Mathematics Department Colloquium, April 2004
• Pi Mu Epsilon (Bucknell University Chapter) Annual Banquet, April 2004
• American University Mathematics Department Colloquium, February 2004
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst Representation Theory Seminar, December 2003
• Five College Number Theory Seminar, December 2003
• University of Connecticut Algebra Seminar, November 2003
• Wesleyan University Algebra Seminar, October 2003
• Purdue University Seminar on Automorphic forms and Representation Theory, April 2003
• Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Workshop on the Langlands Program and Its Applications, January 2003
• Cornell University Lie Groups Seminar, November 2002
• Pennsylvania State University Algebra and Number Theory Seminar, October 2002
• University of Toronto Number Theory and Lie Theory Seminar, March 2001
• McMaster University Number Theory Seminar, October 1999
• University of Rochester Number Theory Seminar, September 1999
• Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Workshop on Algebraic Modular Forms and Modular Forms mod p, October 1998
• University of Rochester Number Theory Seminar, September 1998
• Harvard University Workshop on p-adic Groups, July 1998

Teaching:

American University:
    Courses Taught:

Finite Mathematics
Applied Calculus Calculus I (including Honors)
Calculus II (including Honors)
Calculus III
Number Theory
Introduction to Modern Algebra (Galois Theory)

    Independent Studies Supervision:

Advanced Encryption Systems
Topics in Number Theory
Applications of Multivariable Calculus to Economics
Elliptic Curves and Cryptography
Representation Theory of Finite Groups
Cryptography
Number Theory and Cryptography
Measure and Integration
Teaching Apprenticeship in Calculus III
Topology

    Research Project Supervision:

Summer research project supervisor for graduate student
Senior research project supervisor for undergraduate mathematics major

    Theses Supervision:

Advisor for three Master's Degree Projects

    Academic Advising and Mentoring:

Honors 101 Program Mentor, 2006-2007
Academic Advisor for seven undergraduate students
Pre-medical Program Mentor for two students

Bucknell University:
    Courses Taught:

Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Logic, Sets and Proofs
Introduction to Number Theory
Abstract Algebra
Galois Theory

    Theses Supervision:

Honors thesis advisor for a mathematics major, 2003-2004. The thesis, entitled L-functions and the Dedekind conjecture, won the Harold W. Miller Prize for best honors thesis of the 2003-2004 academic year.

    Academic Advising:

Academic Advisor for two mathematics majors

University of Toronto:
    Courses Taught:

Advanced Differential and Integral Calculus
Linear Algebra
Introduction to Number Theory

University of Rochester:
    Courses Taught:

Calculus I (with internet homework system WeBWorK)
Calculus II (with WeBWorK)
Transition to Higher Mathematics
Abstract Algebra

    Academic Advising:

Academic Advisor for two mathematics majors

Harvard University:
    Courses Taught:

Calculus II
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

Pedagogical Training:

Participated in Harvard University graduate reading course, "Theory and Practice of Teaching in the Mathematical Sciences," spring 1997

Participated in Harvard University Teaching Fellow Apprenticeship Program, spring 1994

Departmental Service:

American University:

Graduate Studies Committee member, 2006-2007
Merit Committee member, 2006-2007
Organizer of the American University team for the nationwide William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition (ran practice sessions and administered examination), 2006-2007
Mathematics Search Committee member, 2005-2007
Assessment Committee member (set curricular goals for the mathematics major and devised and carried out methods to assess whether such goals were met by the department), 2005-2007
Organizer of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics session of the American University Science Graduate Open House, 2005-2006

Bucknell University:

Curriculum Committee member (participated in the overseeing of the mathematics curriculum), 2003-2004
Advisor for mathematics majors, 2002-2004
Competition Committee member (duties included running of Putnam Competition practice sessions, and writing and grading of problems for college and high school mathematics competitions given by the department), 2002-2004
Hiring Committee member, 2002-2004
Graduate Studies and Help Sessions Committee member (participated in the running of the mathematics graduate program), 2001-2002

University of Rochester:

Graduate Preliminary Examination Committee member, 1998-2000
Quest Committee member, University of Rochester Mathematics Department (participated in the running of the advanced introductory level "Quest" courses offered by the department), 1998-2000

University Service:

Premedical Program Mentor, 2004-2007
Premedical Program Interviewer, 2005
Panel Member in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors 101 Reception, 2006
University Honors Program Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2004-2005
College of Arts and Sciences Educational Policy Committee member, 2004-2005

Professional Service:

Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews
Referee for the Pacific Journal of Mathematics
Reviewer for W. H. Freeman & Company

Memberships in Professional Societies:

American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America
Sigma Xi (full member)