Frauke M. Bleher - Ph.D. Students

CURRENT

• Petros Mavromichalis: starting Fall 2025. Expected: Ph.D. Spring 2029.

• Joseph Baroni: starting Spring 2025. Expected: M.Sc. December 2025.

GRADUATED with a Ph.D.

• Margarita Bustos-Gonzalez: Ph.D. May 2025 (Supervision Fall 2021 - Spring 2025).
  Thesis: "Holomorphic differentials of alternating four covers."
  Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, starting 2025.

• Nicholas Camacho: Ph.D. December 2020 (Supervision Fall 2017 - Fall 2020).
  Thesis: "Holomorphic differentials of Klein four covers."
  Positions: Teaching Position at North Port High School, North Port FL, since 2021, and
                  Adjunct Instructor at State College of Florida, Venice, FL, since 2021.

• Adam Wood: Ph.D. August 2020 (Supervision Fall 2017 - Summer 2020).
  Thesis: "Galois structure of holomorphic polydifferentials in positive characteristic."
  Positions: Teaching Position at Westminster School, Atlanta, GA, since 2023.
                  Teaching Position at Breck School, Golden Valley, MN, 2022-2023.
                  Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 2020-2022.

• Ben Margolin: Ph.D. May 2016 (Supervision Spring 2013 - Spring 2016).
  Thesis: "Non-commutative deformation rings."
  Positions: Financial Representative with Northwestern Mutual, since 2014, and
                  Lecturer at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, since 2016.

• Daniel Wackwitz: Ph.D. August 2015 (Supervision Fall 2012 - Summer 2015).
  Thesis: "Versal deformation rings of modules over Brauer tree algebras."
  Positions: Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI, since 2021
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI, 2015-2021.

• Roberto Soto: Ph.D. August 2015 (Supervision Fall 2012 - Summer 2015).
  Thesis: "Universal deformation rings and semidihedral 2-groups."
  Positions: Associate Professor (tenured) at CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, since 2021.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, 2015-2021.

• David Meyer: Ph.D. August 2015 (Supervision Spring 2010 - Summer 2015).
  Thesis: "Universal deformation rings and fusion."
  Positions: Visiting Assistant Professor at Reed College, Portland, OR, since 2022.
                  Visiting Assistant Professor at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 2021-2022.
                  Visiting Assistant Professor at Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2018-2021.
                  Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2015-2018.

• Shannon Talbott: Ph.D. July 2012 (Supervision Spring 2009 - Summer 2012).
  Thesis: "Universal deformation rings of modules for algebras of dihedral type of polynomial growth."
  Positions: Associate Professor (tenured) at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, since 2018.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 2013-2018.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH, 2012-2013.

• José Vélez-Marulanda: Ph.D. July 2010 (Supervision Fall 2007 - Summer 2010).
  Thesis: "Universal deformation rings of modules over self-injective algebras."
  Positions: Professor (tenured) at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, since 2020.
                  Associate Professor (tenured) at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2015-2020.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 2010-2015.

• Jennifer Froelich (now Schaefer): Ph.D. August 2008 (Supervision Spring 2006 - Summer 2008).
  Thesis: "Universal deformation rings related to the symmetric group S₅."
  Positions: Professor (tenured) at Dickinson College, since 2021.
                  Associate Professor (tenured) at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2014-2021.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2008-2014.

• Giovanna Llosent: Ph.D. July 2007 (Supervision Fall 2003 - Summer 2007).
  Thesis: "Stable endomorphism rings and Ext groups of the symmetric group S₄."
  Positions: Professor (tenured) at CSU San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, since 2018.
                  Associate Professor (tenured) at CSU San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, 2013-2018.
                  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at CSU San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, 2007-2013.

GRADUATED with a M.Sc.

• Joseph Baroni M.Sc. December 2025 (Supervision Spring 2025 - Fall 2025).