Hi, I’m John Cobb
I am a NSF postdoctoral fellow with Hal Schenck at Auburn University. I received my PhD from the mathematics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2024, where I was advised by both Daniel Erman and Michael Kemeny. From 2019 to 2022, I was supported by a DoD NDSEG Fellowship. Details are in my CV.
My research interests are primarily within algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. My work involves syzygies, toric varieties, defining equations of curves, and applications to statistics and data science.

- jdcobb3@gmail.com
- Extension Hall, Office 204A
Featured Publications
Semigroup Graded Stillman's Conjecture
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Journal of Algebra, 2025.
Syzygies of Curves in Products of Projective Spaces
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Mathematische Zeitschrift, 2023.
Latest News
- I started a NSF postdoc at Auburn.
- I graduated with a PhD in Mathematics from UW Madison.
- I’ve passed my specialty exam.
- A beer featuring art about algebraic geometry research that I helped design is now being sold in Madison. Check it out.
- I began my first year in the Mathematics PhD program at UW Madison.
Latest Travel
Sep 14–18, '26 | Macaulay2 Workshop, Auburn University, Auburn, AL |
Apr 19–24, '26 | Regularity in algebra, combinatorics, and geometry, BIRS, Banff, Canada |
Mar 28–29, '26 | AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, Boston College, Boston, MA |
Dec 29–Jan 9, '26 | Macaulay2 Winter School, Hue, Vietnam |
Dec 23–25, '25 | Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand |
Dec 16–20, '25 | Colloquium, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Oct 30–Nov 4, '25 | CAT Seminar, Instituto de Matemáticas de la UNAM, Oaxaca, Mexico |