Robert JS McDonald

Currently, I am a PhD student at the University of Connecticut. My advisor is Alvaro Lozano-Robledo. Current research interests include number theory, arithmetic geometry, elliptic curves, and Galois representations. My thesis focuses on classifying torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over function fields of genus zero and one. Recently, I have become interested in torsion subgroups of elliptic curves over function fields of hyperelliptic curves.

• Thesis Abstract
• Research Statement
• Publications (includes abstracts)
• References

1. Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function Fields of Genus 0, in JNT
2. Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function Fields of Genus 1 (current rough draft)

Seminar Talks

• Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function FieldsDecember 11, 2017Number Theory Seminar, Boston University
• Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function FieldsNovember 28, 2018Algebra Seminar, University of Connecticut
• ABC and Fermat for PolynomialsApril 1, 2017SIGMA Seminar, University of Connecticut
• The Fermat Equation for PolynomialsSpring 2017Undergraduate Math Club Talk, University of Connecticut

Conference Talks

• Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function FieldsMarch 20, 20182018 Automorphic Forms Workshop, Tufts University
• Torsion Subgroups of Elliptic Curves over Function Fields of Genus 0October 14, 2017Maine-Québec Number Theory Conference, University of Maine

• Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory (CTNT)May 2018University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Automorphic Forms WorkshopMarch 2018Tufts University, Boston, MA
• Arizona Winter School: Iwasawa Theory March 2018University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Maine-Québec Number TheoryOctober 2017University of Maine, Orono, ME
• MSRI Summer School: Automorphic Forms and Langlands Program July/August 2017MSRI, Berkeley, CA
• Seventh Upstate New York Number Theory Conference May 2017Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
• Arizona Winter School: Perfectoid SpacesMarch 2017University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Connecticut Summer School in Number TheoryAugust 2016University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Arizona Winter School: Arithmetic GeometryMarch 2016University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• BU/Keio University Workshop 2015 September 2015Boston University, Boston, MA
• Elliptic Curves @ UConn May 2014University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
• Advanced Technological Education (ATE) 2013 Conference Fall 2013American Association of Community Colleges, Washington DC

Currently, I am lecturing two sections of Applied Linear Algebra, Course Webpage