Sarah Griffith

Sarah Griffith

Algebraic geometer and combinatoricist.

CV

Education:

  • 2017 - Present: Mathematics doctorate student at Brown University, under Brendan Hassett.
  • 2014 - 2017: Stanford University, BA in Mathematics.

Publications:

  • A Torelli Theorem for Graph Isomorphisms. Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, Volume 198, August 2023, 105764.
  • Exponential Lower Bounds on the Generalized Erdős-Ginzburg-Ziv Constant. With Jared Bitz, Xiaoyu He. Published in Discrete Mathematics Vol. 343, 2017.

External research presentations (virtual or in person):

  • Feb 2022, TU Berlin. Diskrete Mathematik/Geometrie & Diskrete Geometrie Seminar. The Torelli theorem, or how to determine a graph from its algebraic data.
  • Mar 2022, University of Vermont. Combinatorics Seminar. The Torelli theorem, or how to determine a graph from its algebraic data.
  • Apr 2023, Pittsburgh AWM Sectional. The Torelli Theorem For Graphs.
  • Oct 2 2023 (planned), Georgia Tech. Algebra Seminar. A stronger Torelli theorem for graphs.
  • TBA 2023 (rescheduled), University of Kentucky. Algebra Seminar. Title TBA.

Refereeing:

  • Sep 2023, Discrete Mathematics.

Article reviews:

  • Aug 2023, MathSciNet.

Conference and workshop attendance:

  • Feb 2019, Algebraic Geometry Northeast Series. At UMass Amherst.
  • Oct 2019, Facets of Algebraic Geometry. At University of Michigan.
  • Feb 2021, Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry. At ICERM (virtual).
  • Sep 2021, Algebraic Geometry Northeast Series. At Boston College.
  • Apr 2022, Derived Categories and Moduli Spaces FRG Workshop. At Cornell.
  • Apr 2023, Georgia Algebraic Geometry Symposium. University of Georgia.

Honors:

  • 2023: Brown Mathematics Excellence in Teaching Award.

Teaching history:

A teaching fellow is a course instructor/lecturer.

  • TA, Math 100, Calculus II (Spring 2019).
  • TA, Math 90, Calculus (Fall 2019).
  • TA, Math 60, Calculus (Spring 2020).
  • TA, Math 100, Calculus II (Fall 2020).
  • TA, Math 100, Calculus II (Spring 2021).
  • Teaching fellow, Math 200, Multivariable Calculus for Physicists and Engineers (Fall 2022).
  • Teaching fellow, Math 200, Multivariable Calculus for Physicists and Engineers (Spring 2022).
  • Teaching fellow, Math 520, Linear Algebra (Spring 2023).
  • Teaching fellow, Math 520, Linear Algebra (Fall 2023).

Mentoring:

  • 2023: Mentor for directed reading (topic TBD).
  • 2022: Mentor for Brown’s Math Family program (underrepresented student mentorship in groups).
  • 2021: Mentor for directed reading in algebraic geometry.
  • 2020: Co-organizer, summer online Brown Undergraduate Mathematics Projects program (based on MIT’s Project Lab in Mathematics, with a focus on computer computation).
  • 2018: Mentor for directed reading in category theory.