Ian Cavey

Ian Cavey is a J.L. Doob Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He received his PhD from Ohio State University in Spring 2023, advised by Dave Anderson.

His research explores combinatorial structures in algebraic geometry, with emphasis on:

• Polytopes via toric geometry
• Moduli spaces (Grassmannians, flag varieties, Schubert varieties)
• Hilbert schemes of points

He co-organizes academic initiatives including the University of Illinois Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Seminar and the Early-Career Conference in Combinatorics (June 3-7, 2024).