Blake Farman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Education

Ph D

2018, Mathematics
University of South Carolina

MS

2011, Mathematics
University of Vermont

BS

2009, Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Biographical Sketch

I am currently an Assistant Professor and the Capital One Endowed Professor of Mathematics in the School of Sciences at the University of Louisiana Monroe. I am also a Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) fellow in the Red '22 cohort. I was previously a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Lafayette College.

I am a Vermonter, born and raised. When I'm not doing mathematics, I tend to spend my time outdoors. I enjoy hiking, backpacking, cycling, gardening during the summers and snowboarding in the winter.

More detailed information is available on my website: https://ulm.edu/~farman/index.html

Research Interests

Algebraic geometry is a discipline that utilizes tools from many different areas of mathematics that form the basis for our understanding of a vast array of applications: the study of elliptic curves has produced modern cryptographic methods; methods from homological algebra provide data scientists with cutting edge tools for understanding the shape of data; the study of derived categories provides a link to string theory by way of Kontsevich's homological mirror symmetry.

My particular research interests lie broadly in developing algebraic techniques to study structures in noncommutative algebra through derived categories on noncommutative projective schemes.

More detailed information is available on my website: https://www.ulm.edu/~farman/research.html

Recent Publications

Dare, C., Farman, B., Macri, E., Marquand, L., Qin, X., Peng, T., Pertusi, L., Rekuski, N., Rota, F. Compactifications of Stability Conditions.

Ballard, M. R., Farman, B. A. (2021). Kernels for noncommutative projective schemes (pp. 1129–1180). Journal of Noncommutative Geometry.

Research Grants

Farman, B. (Principal), "Fourier-Mukai Parters in Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry" (Not Funded), Sponsored By Board of Regents Support Fund, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $151041. (June 01 2023 - June 30 2026).

Awards & Honors

June 2022 Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics.

June 2021 Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics.

June 2020 Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics.

Courses Taught

MATH 1007CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS, 3 course(s)

MATH 1011COLLEGE ALGEBRA, 5 course(s)

MATH 1018NATURE OF MATHEMATICS, 4 course(s)

MATH 2002APPLIED LINEAR ALGEBRA, 3 course(s)

MATH 2032CALCULUS III, 1 course(s)

MATH 2040FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS, 1 course(s)

MATH 3080REAL ANALYSIS, 1 course(s)

MATH 3086MODERN ALGEBRA, 2 course(s)

MATH 4007HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS, 1 course(s)

Blake Farman, PhD Assistant Professor, Mathematics