Hi, I’m John Cobb
I’m a fourth year PhD student in the mathematics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison advised by both Daniel Erman and Michael Kemeny. I am supported by a DoD NDSEG Fellowship. Details are in my CV.
My research interests are within algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. Currently, I am studying things like geometric/homological perspectives on syzygies and moduli spaces of curves.

- jcobb2@math.wisc.edu
- Van Vleck, Office 820
- he/him/his
Featured Courses and Organization
Positivity in Algebraic Geometry
Positivity in Algebraic Geometry is a textbook by Robert Lazarsfeld. This page organizes the Spring 2022 reading schedule.
Directed Reading Program
The DRP is a math mentoring program that pairs undergraduate students with graduate student mentors, for a semester-long independent study project.
Featured Publications
Virtual Criterion for Generalized Eagon-Northcott Complexes
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Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 2021.
Quarternion-Valued Breather Soliton, Rational, and Periodic QKdV Solutions
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Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, 2020.
News
- 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.
- The College Today published an article on the Scott Ward Award.
- I won a DoD NDSEG Fellowship.
- The College Today published an article on the Quaternionic Soliton project.
- I won a Goldwater Scholarship.
Travel
Jul 24–28, '22 | NDSEG Fellows Conference, Boston, MA |
May 23–27, '22 | GAel XXIX, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France |
May 16–20, '22 | Géometrie Algébrique en l'honneur de Claire Voisin, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, France |
Apr 30–May 1, '22 | CA+ Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
Apr 22–24, '22 | Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
Oct 30, '21 | CA+ Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
Jan 16–19, '19 | Joint Mathematical Meetings, Baltimore, MA |