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Matt Kerr is a Professor of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he has been a faculty member since 2010. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 2003 and held previous positions at UCLA, the Max Planck Institut, the University of Chicago, and Durham University.
Professor Kerr's research centers on Algebraic Geometry and Hodge Theory, with particular expertise in Algebraic Cycles, Moduli Spaces, Normal Functions, and Arithmetic Geometry. His work explores the deep connections between topological invariants of algebraic varieties and their finer analytic and arithmetic properties, contributing to fundamental questions like the Hodge conjecture.
An analysis of Kerr's recent publications (2020-2025) reveals a sustained focus on degenerations of Hodge structures, compactifications of moduli spaces, and arithmetic aspects of algebraic cycles. His research trajectory shows increasing sophistication in applying Hodge-theoretic methods to problems in mirror symmetry, Calabi-Yau varieties, and quantum curves, while maintaining connections to classical problems in algebraic geometry.
Professor Kerr has secured significant research funding through multiple NSF grants, including 'Algebraic cycles, Hodge theory, and arithmetic' (2011-14), 'FRG: Hodge theory, moduli, and representation theory' (2014-19), 'Asymptotic Hodge theory, fibered motives, and algebraic cycles' (2021-24), and 'Algebraic cycles and normal functions' (2025-27). He has mentored numerous postdoctoral researchers and PhD students, including current advisees Devin Akman and Rachel Wu, and has graduated PhD students such as Ryan Keast, Genival da Silva Jr., and Xiaojiang Cheng.
Active in the mathematical community, Kerr organizes major conferences including the Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium (2023), a special session on 'Hodge Theory, Algebraic Cycles, and Arithmetic' for the AMS Central Sectional Meeting (2025), and 'Hodge-theoretical and Combinatorial Aspects of Mirror Symmetry' (2026). His teaching includes undergraduate honors mathematics courses and graduate-level algebraic geometry.
