Instructors & TAs



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Alberto Corso, instructor (sections 001-002).
Alberto is an associate professor of Mathematics who specializes in the area of Commutative Algebra. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and held postdoctoral positions at Purdue University and Michigan State University before moving to UK in 2001. He also held visiting positions at MSRI (Berkeley) and the University of Notre Dame. At the teaching level, in recent years he has been involved in redesigning College Algebra, MA109, and Elementary Calculus and Its Applications, MA123, as well as in developing a Calculus sequence for the Life Sciences, MA137 and MA138. Outside of Mathematics he is kept quite busy by Lina & Nellie, his adorable labra- and goldendoodle.
For more information visit his personal webpage or read his K-Book interview.
Office: POT 701
Office hours: MF 11:00-11:50 am (in POT 701), W 1:00-1:50 pm (on Zoom), and by appointment
E-Mail: alberto.corso@uky.edu



Ian Scott Robinson, teaching assistant (sections 001 and 002).
Ian is currently a first-year graduate student pursuing his PhD in mathematics at UK. He received his BS in mathematics from Murray State University in Murray, KY. His primary mathematical interests include partial differential equations and dynamical systems. Outside of mathematics, he enjoys hiking and traveling. For more information visit his personal webpage.
Office: POT 702
E-Mail: Ian.Robinson@uky.edu
Office hours: TR 1:00 - 2:00 pm (POT 702), F 12:00 - 01:00 pm (Mathskeller), and by appointment.