Tom Gannon

Tom Gannon is a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and will join UC Riverside as an Assistant Professor in July. He earned his PhD in 2022 from the University of Texas at Austin under Sam Raskin. His research focuses on geometric representation theory, with strong connections to algebraic geometry, the Langlands program, homotopy theory, and mathematical physics. Gannon also serves as Deputy Director of the UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle, promoting mathematics education.

Education: PhD in Mathematics (2022), University of Texas at Austin.

Research Interests: Geometric representation theory, Langlands program, algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, categorical methods in representation theory, and homotopy-theoretic approaches to algebraic structures. His work often bridges abstract algebra with geometric techniques, emphasizing categorification and applications to quantum field theories.

Teaching & Outreach: In 2017, Gannon led a summer mini-course on algebraic number theory at UT Austin, focusing on separable field extensions, Galois theory, and modules over PIDs. He has authored expository articles in the Notices of the AMS and contributed regularly to the AMS Graduate Student Blog. His teaching materials include courses on representation theory of Lie algebras and algebraic number theory.

Labs/Teams: Active collaborator with researchers such as Harold Williams and Ben Webster. Engaged in projects with Victor Ginzburg on central D-modules and quantized Coulomb branches.