Felipe Rincón

Dr. Felipe Rincón is a Senior Lecturer in Algebra at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory. He works at the intersection of combinatorics, tropical geometry, and algebraic geometry, focusing on matroid theory and its connections to tropical geometry.

Research Interests

• Combinatorics
• Matroid theory
• Tropical geometry
• Algebraic geometry

His research explores how combinatorial structures like matroids influence geometric and algebraic objects, particularly through tropicalization. Key topics include tropical ideals, moduli spaces, and applications to compressed sensing.

Recent Publication Trends

Dr. Rincón’s work bridges abstract combinatorics (e.g., matroid subdivisions, positroids) with applied fields (e.g., signal processing). He investigates tropicalization of algebraic varieties, CSM cycles, and the balance properties of tropical ideals.

Advising and Grants

He advises PhD students Benjamain Dobres, Samuel-Louis Gardiner, and Xiaoan Yang, and leads the EPSRC-funded project Matroids in tropical geometry (2021-2023, £210,270).

Labs and Teams

Dr. Rincón is a core member of Queen Mary’s Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry Research Group and the Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory, collaborating on international programs like the Barcelona CRM Intensive Research Program (2026).