Rekha Rachel Thomas

Education

• Ph.D. Operations Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1994.
  
  Thesis: Groebner basis methods for integer programming
  Advisor: Bernd Sturmfels
  
• M.S. Operations Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1992.
  
• B.Sc. Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 1989.

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, September 2003 --
• Assistant Professor
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, September 2000 - August 2003.
  • Departments of Mathematics & Industrial Engineering, Texas A & M University, May 1999 - August 2000.
  • Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University, Sept.1995 - April 1999.
• Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Konrad Zuse Zentrum für Informationstechnik , Berlin, Germany, Jan.1995-July 1995.
  • Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Sept. - Dec. 1994.
• Research Professor, MSRI, Berkeley, January - March 2003. Special year in commutative algebra.
• Visiting Scholar
  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, 1999-2000.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 1997.