Victor Reiner

Victor Reiner is a Professor at the School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota. He specializes in algebraic, geometric, and topological combinatorics, with a focus on areas like Stanley-Reisner rings, matroids, and combinatorial commutative algebra.

• Research & Teaching
  • Organizes the NSF RTG in Combinatorics and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in algebra, combinatorics, and geometry.
  • His advising philosophy emphasizes student autonomy, career goal alignment, and clear communication of research progress. He discourages co-authorship during student advising to highlight individual contributions.
• Editorial Contributions
  • Editor for open-access journals: Algebraic Combinatorics, Combinatorial Theory, and Confluentes Mathematici.
• Software & Diagrams
  • Develops research tools like TUTTE (for computing Tutte polynomials) and collaborates on visualizations of combinatorial structures.