Seçkin Adalı Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science University of Illinois at Chicago 851 S Morgan St. (M/C 249) Chicago, IL 60607-7045 Email: Homepage: Phone: radali2@uic.edu http://www.math.uic.edu/~adali +1 (773) 750-4714 Research Interests I am an algebraic geometer with interests in representation theory and combinatorics. My thesis studies are focused on the geometry of restriction varieties. Education 2010 - Present Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Thesis title: Singularities of Restriction Varieties Advisor: Prof. İzzet Coşkun Tentative date for defense: May 2016 2008 - 2010 M.S. in Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 2004 - 2008 B.S. in Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Publications Singularities of Restriction Varieties, preprint (pdf) Picard Group of Restriction Varieties, in preparation Awards September 2015 UIC Graduate College Student Travel Presenter’s Award Summer 2015 Research Assistantship, University of Illinois at Chicago, Prof. İzzet Coşkun 2008 - 2010 TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Graduate Research Scholarship Service December 2015 Judge for Senior and Intermediate Level Papers in QED, Young Math Symposium, The Math Circles of Chicago August 2015 Graduate Student Mentor for Incoming Algebraic Geometry Graduate Students, University of Illinois at Chicago Seçkin Adalı 2 April 2015 Co-organizer for Midwest Algebraic Geometry Graduate Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago Spring 2015 Organizer for Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago Presentations March 2016 Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Loyola University Chicago Singularities of Restriction Varieties February 2016 Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Singularities of Restriction Varieties October 2015 Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Extremal Codimension Two Cycles on M3 October 2015 AMS Sectional Meeting Oct 2-4, Loyola University Chicago, Singularities of Restriction Varieties, poster presentation July 2015 2015 Summer Research Institute in Algebraic Geometry, University of Utah, Singularities of Restriction Varieties, poster presentation July 2015 The Graduate Student Bootcamp for the 2015 Summer Research Institute in Algebraic Geometry, University of Utah, Singularities of Restriction Varieties, poster presentation April 2015 Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, When is a Schubert Variety Gorenstein? September 2014 Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Singularities of Schubert Varieties May 2014 Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Introduction to Restriction Varieties Teaching Experience 2010 - Present Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL - Math 090 Intermediate Algebra, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 - SEW Math 090 Summer Enrichment Workshop on Intermediate Algebra, Summer 2012, Summer 2013 - Math 121 Precalculus, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 - Math 125 Elementary Linear Algebra, Spring 2014 - Math 180 Calculus 1, Fall 2010 - Math 181 Calculus 2, Spring 2011 - Math 310 Applied Linear Algebra, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016 2009 - 2010 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Seçkin Adalı 3 - Math 119 Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Fall 2009 - Math 120 Calculus of Functions of Several Variables, Spring 2010 Schools and Workshops Participated August 2015 Degenerations in Algebraic Geometry Workshop, American Institute of Mathematics, San Jose July 2015 The Graduate Student Bootcamp for the 2015 Algebraic Geometry Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City February 2015 RTG Local Cohomology Workshop, University of Illinois, Chicago. April 2014 Michigan-Ohio State-UIC Algebraic Geometry Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus. June 2013 İstanbul Summer School in Algebraic Geometry, İstanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences March 2013 Graduate Student Workshop on Moduli Spaces and Bridgeland Stability, University of Illinois, Chicago. Languages English, fluent French, intermediate Turkish, native References İzzet Coşkun, UIC (Thesis advisor) coskun@math.uic.edu Kevin Tucker, UIC kftucker@uic.edu Dawei Chen, Boston College dawei.chen@bc.edu Olga Kashcheyeva, UIC (Teaching) kolga@uic.edu Chicago, February 7, 2016