RICHARD PAUL HORJA
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University
Education
B.Sc. (mathematics), University of Bucharest, Romania, 1992
European Exchange Student, Tempus Program, University of Dortmund, Germany, 1992-3
Ph.D. (mathematics), Duke University, December 1999
Thesis: Hypergeometric Functions and Mirror Symmetry in Toric Varieties
Advisor: Prof. David R. Morrison, Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Duke University
Current and Previous Longer Term Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, 2005-present
Marsden Postdoctoral Fellow, The Fields Institute, University of Toronto, 2004-2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 2001-2004
Member, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, 2000-2001
Researcher, Max-Planck-Institut Für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany, 2000
Recent Selected Conferences and Activities
ESI Research Conference on Homological Mirror Symmetry, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, July 12-22, 2006
Workshop on Convex and Algebraic Geometry, Oberwolfach Mathematical Institute, Germany, January 29-February 4, 2006
Mini-Workshop on Heterotic Strings, Derived Categories, and Stacks, Oberwolfach Mathematical Institute, Germany, November 13-19, 2005
Workshop on D-modules and Hypergeometric Functions, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2005
Workshop on Arithmetic and Geometry of Higher Dimensional Varieties with Special Emphasis on Calabi-Yau Varieties and Mirror Symmetry, Toronto, Canada, March 5-6, 2005
Workshop on Derived Categories, Quivers and Strings, Edinburgh, UK, August 2-6, 2004
AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference,Conference on String Geometry, Snowbird, Utah, June 5-11, 2004
2004 AMS Spring Eastern Section Meeting,Lawrenceville, NJ, April 17-18, 2004
KITP Miniprogram: Geometry, Topology, and Strings, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 14 - August 8, 2003
2003 School and Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Physics, Workshop on Geometric Integral Transforms and Applications, Salamanca, Spain, June 2003
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, Visitor, May-June 2003
2002 Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Physics, K-theory, Derived Categories and Strings,Genova, Italy, June 2002
Program in Higher Dimensional Complex Geometry, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK, June 2002For a detailed vita: See here (PDF Format).
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