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Leslie Saper

Leslie Saper

Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
saper@math.duke.edu
Box 90320, Dept. of Mathematics, Durham, NC 27708-0320
120 Science Dr, Room 110 Physics Building, Durham, NC 27708-0320
Office hours

Advising & Mentoring

Ph.D. Students Supervised:

  • Mingxue (Dena) Zhu Ho, Realizing Hecke Actions on Modular Forms via Cohomology of Dessins d'Enfants (February 2018 - June 2021)
  • Josh Cruz, Examples of the Local L2-Cohomology of Algebraic Varieties (April 9, 2015 - May 15, 2020)
  • Oliver Gjoneski, Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups, and Multi-Variable Period Polynomials Associated to Cusp Forms, (January, 2007 - May 15, 2011)
  • Dan Yasaki, On the Existence of Spines for Q-rank 1 Groups, (January 1, 2001 - May 15, 2005)
  • Charles Vuono, The Kodaira Embedding Theorem for Kähler Varieties with Isolated Singularities, (September 1, 1989 - May 31, 1992) 

Undergraduate Theses Directed:

  • Kyle Casey, Siegel Modular Forms, (October 30, 2014 - May 15, 2016)
  • Alexander Wertheim, Complex Multiplication on Elliptic Curves, (April 4, 2013 - May 15, 2014)
  • Brandon Levin, Class Field Theory and the Problem of Representing Primes by Binary Quadratic Forms, (November 29, 2004 - May 15, 2007)

Graduate Mentoring: one entering graduate student each year as assigned by the Director of Graduate Studies

Undergraduate Major Advising: three to four undergraduate majors each year as assigned by the Director of Undergraduate Studies

Other undergraduate mentoring through a AWM mentoring group.

Postdoctoral Mentoring: usually one per year