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Hello! My name is Anakin and I am a PhD student¹ at [The™ Ohio State University] studying mathematics. Currently I am interested in both algebraic combinatorics, mostly of an algebro-geometric flavor, computational commutative algebra, and algebraic complexity theory. On the side, I'm interested in general combinatorial and algebraic topics such as coding theory, cryptography. I'm also a fan of talking about all things math pedagogy.

However, I do try to make time to do things outside of research and taking classes. I am attempting to maintain a blog [commutative.group]. While at UIUC, I founded a math and TCS club [SIGma], helped run the cybersecurity club [SIGPwny], and brewed expensive coffee for the [Coffee Club]. When I'm not talking about those things, I love spending time talking about coffee and motorsports (F1, INDYCAR, WEC, IMSA, FE, you name it).