Algebraic combinatorics concerns nonnegative integers which occur in algebraic settings. Professor Skandera’s research focuses on the evaluation of Hecke algebra and symmetric group characters, studied from four points of view: explicit character evaluations, symmetric generating functions, coordinate ring generating functions, and applications to total nonnegativity.
Mark Skandera
Associate Professor
610.758.3786
mas906@lehigh.edu
0017 - Chandler-Ullmann Hall
Education:
Brown University, Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics, 1991
UC-Berkeley, M.S. in Operations Research, 1992
MIT, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, 2000
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Research Areas
Additional Interests
- Algebraic Combinatorics
Research Statement
Biography
Before beginning his academic career, Professor Skandera studied applied mathematics at Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley and at MIT, and worked as a software developer for Boston Treasury Systems. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College, and Haverford College, and visiting positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He has been a professor at Lehigh University since 2006.
Links to Professor Skandera’s papers and presentations can be found on the website.
Teaching
Professor Skandera teaches calculus, linear algebra, probability, abstract algebra, and combinatorics at Lehigh.