Thomas Lam

I am a Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor at the Harvard Department of Mathematics.

Address: Thomas Lam
Department of Mathematics Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138.

E-mail: tfylam[at]math.harvard.edu

Office Phone: 617-495-9493.

Research

My current field of interest is in algebraic combinatorics with a representation theoretic bent. I also like thinking about problems in discrete and algebraic geometry. In the past, I did some extremal combinatorics.
Here are some papers and preprints.
Research Statement and CV.

Current Teaching

Fall 2008 Math131

Old Teaching

Fall 2007 Math 221
Fall 2007 Math 21a
Spring 2007 Math 21b
Fall 2006 Math 121
Fall 2006 Math 250
Fall 2005 Math 192

Other stuff

Here are some other things I'm involved in or interested in:

Australia -- Home.

Hong Kong -- Birthplace.

[Y]clan -- my gaming and generally random clan in Sydney.

Jin Yong -- the best author ever.  Smiling Pride and Shooting Eagle are my favourites!

Go -- current late night hobby, started half a year ago.  I'm around 5kyu and play on either IGS or KGS when online.  Vigleik used to beat me all the time.  Gobase. Sensei.

Ice Hockey -- ice rink closed right now :(.

Starcraft -- I nearly went professional!  I used to be Sectoid on Aus-1.

Anime -- right now Naruto, Full Metal Alchemist,...

IMO Argentina -- I think I was 17 and I wrote a story about this.  Hi Norm, Step, Just, Jon and Dan!

UNSW -- got my undergraduate degree here!