Ahmad Mokhtar
Ph.D. Candidate, Simon Fraser University
Mathematics Dept.
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5A 1S6
ahmad_mokhtar at sfu dot ca
I am a Ph.D. student in Algebraic Geometry at Simon Fraser University. I am interested in Fano schemes (which parametrize linear spaces on varieties), toric geometry, toric degenerations and computational algebraic geometry. My Ph.D. advisor is Nathan Ilten. Here is my full CV.
I am co-organizing the SFU graduate student seminar in number theory and algebraic geometry (gradieNTAG) together with Sharon Robins and Pijush Sarmah.
In my free time I like to read books, hike and ice skate. One of the craziest hikes I have done is the Statlu and Brotherhood lake trail in Fraser Valley, BC, Canada. The roundtrip to the upper lake took eleven hours.
publications
talks
- Khovanskii-finite rational curves of arithmetic genus 2, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG23), Eindhoven Univeristy of Technology, July 2023 (slides, video)
- Fano schemes of singular symmetric matrices, University of British Columbia AG seminar, March 2023
- Fano schemes of singular symmetric matrices, Simon Fraser University NTAG seminar, February 2023
- Intro to moduli spaces through Grassmannians and Fano schemes, SFU gradieNTAG seminar, January 2023
- Toric degenerations of quintic rational space curves, Simon Fraser University NTAG seminar, January 2020
- Toric degenerations of quintic rational space curves, 2nd Biennial Meeting of SIAM Pacific Northwest Section, Seattle University, October 2019 (canceled due to visa issues)