Adam Sheffer

Adam Sheffer is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is a member of Baruch's Discrete Math Group and serves as the Director of the NYC Discrete Math REU and the Baruch College Computer Science Program. His research focuses on computational geometry, discrete mathematics, and additive combinatorics, with notable contributions to incidence geometry and polynomial methods. He is the author of Polynomial Methods and Incidence Theory (Cambridge University Press) and an editor of the Journal of Computational Geometry.

Sheffer's academic activities include organizing the Polymath Jr Program and the NYC Geometry Seminar. He has mentored numerous student research projects, several of which have led to published papers. Key research interests include geometric incidences, distinct distances problems, and combinatorial configurations. His work frequently bridges algebraic and geometric techniques to solve problems in discrete mathematics.