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 University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics 719 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506-0027 dave.h.jensen@gmail.com Office: POT 733 | I am an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Kentucky. Research: I am primarily interested in the geometry of algebraic curves and how they vary in moduli. To study these objects, I use tools from tropical geometry and nonarchimedean analytic spaces. My publications and preprints can be found at the publications link above. Press: Hannah Edelen's Math Lab Gives Undergraduates a New Perspective on Their Field Kevin Hartnett's Why Mathematicians Can't Find the Hay in a Haystack, Abstractions Blog Kevin Hartnett's Tinkertoy Models Produce New Geometric Insights, Quanta Magazine Short Bio: After growing up in New Hampshire, I attended Williams College, where I worked with Susan Loepp. I received my PhD from the University of Texas in 2010, under the direction of Sean Keel. After that, I spent three years at Stony Brook University as a postdoc in the algebraic geometry group, and a year at Yale studying tropical Brill-Noether theory. Students: I have 4 former PhD students: Kalila Sawyer (2020), Kaelin Cook-Powell (2021) Angela Hanson (2023), and Noah Speeter (2023) and 3 current students: Eric Burkholder, Doel Rivera Laboy, and Emma Pickard. Algebra Seminar: UK Algebra Seminar Undergraduate Research: I have been heavily involved with undergraduate research throughout my career, serving as a mentor in the UK Math Lab, the SUMRY program at Yale, and an independent research group at Stony Brook. More details can be found at the outreach link above. Expository Notes: I have taught several courses on chip firing and its connections to algebraic geometry:
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