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Stephen McKean

Assistant Professor
Permanent Faculty

Office: 220 TMCB

Teaching Schedule Fall 2025

Office Hours
  • Monday 1-1:50 pm in 220 TMCB
  • Tuesday 3-3:50 pm in 220 TMCB
  • Thursday 12-12:50 pm in 220 TMCB
ClassMATH 290 Section 003MWF 11-11:50am136 TMCB
MATH 465 Section 001MWF 9-9:50am121 TMCB

Research Interests:


Algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, and applications to number theory, physics, and biology

Degrees:

University of Utah, BS in Mathematics (2017)
Georgia Institute of Technology, MS in Mathematics (2019)
Duke University, PhD in Mathematics (2022)

Prizes and Awards:

  1. Hoopes Prize for outstanding thesis advisement, Harvard (2024)
  2. Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2022)
  3. Rudin Prize for outstanding PhD dissertation, Department of Mathematics, Duke (2022)
  4. Teaching on Purpose Fellowship, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke (2022)
  5. Bass Instructional Fellowship, Duke (2021)
  6. L.P. Smith Award for excellence in teaching, Department of Mathematics, Duke (2021)
  7. Festa Fellowship for academic and leadership skills, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019)

ADVISED FOR THE STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE (SRC) 2025: