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Research experiences for undergraduate faculty

July 27, 2026 – July 31, 2026

at the American Institute of Mathematics

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, equips faculty to involve their students in areas of active research.

The workshop is one in a series of annual REUF workshops that brings together faculty at undergraduate institutions who are interested in engaging in research with their students. The workshop is also a research renewal opportunity for faculty who want to reengage in research or are considering a change of research area.

The goals of the workshop are to promote undergraduate research in undergraduate institutions, and to forge lasting research collaborations among the participating faculty. The majority of the workshop will be spent working in small research groups on problems, reporting on progress, and formulating plans for future work. In addition, there will be opportunities for participants to continue research activities beyond the workshop week.

Accepted participants will receive support for travel, accommodation, and per diem. Preference will be given to faculty who teach and advise substantial numbers of minority students, students with disabilities, or first generation college students.

This event will be run as an AIM-style workshop. Participants will be invited to suggest open problems and questions before the workshop begins, and these will be posted on the workshop website. These include specific problems on which there is hope of making some progress during the workshop, as well as more ambitious problems which may influence the future activity of the field. Lectures at the workshop will be focused on familiarizing the participants with the background material leading up to specific problems, and the schedule will include discussion and parallel working sessions.

For more information email workshops@aimath.org

Participants

Jeremy Avigad Carnegie Mellon University avigad@cmu.edu
Shalmali Bandyopadhyay The University of Tennessee at Martin sbandyo5@utm.edu
Diana Cheng Towson University, Maryland dcheng@towson.edu
Thir Dangal Augusta University tdangal@augusta.edu
Brianna Donaldson American Institute of Mathematics brianna@aimath.org
keiko dow D'Youville University keikosekiyadow@gmail.com
Neranga Fernando Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401 nfernando@knox.edu
Shanzhen Gao Virginia State University sgao@vsu.edu
Mark Ginn Appalachian State University ginnmc@appstate.edu
Pamela Guerrero University of Tennessee at Martin pguerrer@utm.edu
Mark Hunnell Winston-Salem State University hunnellm@wssu.edu
Sara Johnson University of Puget Sound sarajohnson@pugetsound.edu
Kristi Karber University of Central Oklahoma kkarber1@uco.edu
Sergey Lapin Washington State University slapin@wsu.edu
Aihua Li Montclair State University lia@montclair.edu
Sarita Nemani Georgian Court University snemani@georgian.edu
Archana Neupane Timsina Hampton University timsina.archana@gmail.com
Cristian Rodriguez Avila Mount Holyoke College crodriguezavila@mtholyoke.edu
Lihan Wang California State University, Long Beach lihan.wang@csulb.edu
Ulrica Wilson Morehouse College ulrica.wilson@morehouse.edu
Lihong Zhao Kennesaw State University lzhao12@kennesaw.edu