Botong Wang headshot
Incoming von Neumann Fellow

Botong Wang

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Algebraic geometry, topology and combinatorics
Botong Wang is interested in applying algebra-geometric ideas to study problems in combinatorics, topology, and applied mathematics. While at IAS, Botong plans to study the interactions between algebraic varieties, matroids, and their Chern classes, and various posivity properties.

Dates at IAS

von Neumann Fellow
School of Mathematics

Degrees

Purdue University
Ph.D.
2012

Honors

2019
Sloan fellowship