I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska — Lincoln, and my research is in commutative algebra. Before joining UNL, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Riverside, a postdoc at The University of Michigan, and a graduate student at the
University of Virginia,
where my PhD advisor was
Craig Huneke.
I am originally from Portugal, where I first learned commutative algebra
from
Maria Vaz Pinto at Instituto Superior Técnico.
My research is supported by NSF CAREER grant DMS-2236983, and I am co-PI on the NSF RTG grant Commutative Algebra at Nebraska.
Lecture notes: my lecture notes on symbolic powers are under construction and still missing several chapters. You can find other talk notes, as well as a few videos of talks here. For other lecture notes, including my lectures notes on homological methods in commutative algebra, and notes on homological algebra, graduate algebra, linear algebra, and commutative algebra, see my teaching page.
I organize CHAMPS, showcasing the work of early-career researchers in commutative algebra and related fields on the US academic job market.
Ben Briggs, Josh Pollitz, and I are organizing an MSRI Summer School on Singularities in commutative algebra through cohomological methods, which will be held in July 2026.
My research is supported by NSF CAREER grant DMS-2236983, and I am co-PI on the NSF RTG grant Commutative Algebra at Nebraska.
Lecture notes: my lecture notes on symbolic powers are under construction and still missing several chapters. You can find other talk notes, as well as a few videos of talks here. For other lecture notes, including my lectures notes on homological methods in commutative algebra, and notes on homological algebra, graduate algebra, linear algebra, and commutative algebra, see my teaching page.
I organize CHAMPS, showcasing the work of early-career researchers in commutative algebra and related fields on the US academic job market.
Ben Briggs, Josh Pollitz, and I are organizing an MSRI Summer School on Singularities in commutative algebra through cohomological methods, which will be held in July 2026.
Last updated: June 1, 2026