Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley

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Upcoming Activities & Travel:

• Practicum for Undergraduate Mathematicians in Combinatorics at IPAM/UCLA;- Co-organizer;- April 13-14, 2024; - Los Angeles, CA
  - Anastasia Chavez (St. Mary's College) and I are co-organizing this workshop.
• AIM SQuaRE; Collaboration; April 22-26, 2024;- Pasadena, CA
• SIAM Annual Meeting; Session Organizer; July 8-12, 2024;- Spokane, WA
• 2024 Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra; Invited Speaker; July 22-26, 2024;- Santiago, Chile
• Computational Interactions between Algebra, Combinatorics, and Discrete Geometry at IPAM/UCLA;- Co-organizer;- February 10-14, 2025; - Los Angeles, CA
  - Matthias Beck (San Francisco State), Daniel Erman (University of Hawai'i at Manoa), Selvi Kara (Bryn Mawr College), and I are co-organizing this workshop.

• Joint Math Meetings;- Invited Speaker;- January 3-6, 2024; - San Francisco, CA
• 55th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing ; Invited Speaker; March 04-08, 2024;- Boca Raton, FL
• Discrete Math Seminar at University of Massachussetts at Amherst; Invited Speaker; March 13, 2024;- Amherst, MA (Virtual)
• Algebra Seminar at Georgia Tech;- Invited Speaker;- April 01, 2024;- Atlanta, GA
• Combinatorics Seminar at UC Berkeley;- Invited Speaker;- April 10, 2024;- UC Berkeley, CA

• I co-organized the UC Berkeley Combinatorics Seminar with Christopher Ryba, Mitsuki Hanada, and John Lentfer

• Joint Math Meetings - MSRI (SLMath) Special Session on Geometric and Topological Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- January 6, 2023; - Boston, MA
• Math Colloquium at Sonoma State University;- Invited Speaker;- February 1, 2023;- Rohnert Park, CA
• Math Mondays Lecture at UC Berkeley;- Invited Speaker;- February 6, 2023;- Berkeley, CA
• Combinatorial and Algebraic Aspects on Lattice Polytopes;- Invited Speaker;- February 20-22, 2023;- Hyogo, Japan
• Math Colloquium at University of Illinois at Springfield;- Invited Speaker;- March 10, 2023;- Springfield, IL
• AIM Workshop - Gems of Combinatorics; Invited Participant; March 27-31, 2023;- San José, CA
• AMS Special Session on Topological and Geometric Methods in Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- April 15-16, 2023;- Cincinnati, OH
• Raising Voices in Mathematics Lecture at San Francisco State University;- Invited Speaker;- April 28, 2023;- San Francisco, CA
• SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS23);- Attendee;- May 13-17, 2023;- Portland, OR
• Coloquio en la Universidad de Costa Rica; - Invited Speaker;- June 7, 2023;- San José, Costa Rica
• Data Science and Social Justice: Networks, Policy, and Education (Part II) at ICERM; Invited Participant; June 20-July 14, 2023; Providence, RI
• Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC);- Attendee;- July 17-21, 2023;- Davis, CA
• Graduate Research Workshop in Combinatorics at the University of Wyoming;- Postdoc Participant;- July 23-August 4, 2023;- Laramie, WY
• AIM SQuaRE; Collaboration; August 7-11, 2023;- Pasadena, CA
• Center for Science and Math Education Speaker Series at San Francisco State University;- Invited Speaker;- September 13, 2023;- San Francisco, CA
• Combinatorics & Graph Theory Seminar at Michigan State University;- Invited Speaker;- October 25, 2023;- East Lansing, MI
• Modern Math Workshop & SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference;- October 25-29, 2023;- Portland, OR
• Discrete CATS Seminar at University of Kentucky;- Invited Speaker;- November 06, 2023;- Lexington, KY

• I co-organized the UC Berkeley Combinatorics Seminar with Sylvie Corteel & Christopher Ryba.

• Math Colloquium at UC Santa Cruz;- Invited Speaker;- January 13, 2022;- Santa Cruz, CA
• Algebra and Discrete Math Seminar at UC Davis;- Invited Speaker;- February 7, 2022;- Davis, CA
• Math Colloquium at University of San Francisco;- Invited Speaker;- February 9, 2022;- San Francisco, CA
• Discrete Mathematics Seminar at Arizona State University;- Invited Speaker;- March 2, 2022;- Tempe, AZ
• Algebra-Geometry-Combinatorics Seminar at San Francisco State University;- Invited Speaker;- March 9, 2022;- San Francisco, CA
• Joint Math Meetings - AMS Special Session on Geometric and Topological Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- April 5, 2022; - Virtual
• Joint Math Meetings - AMS Special Session on Latinxs in Combinatorics;- Co-organizer;- April 5-6, 2022; - Virtual
  - Pamela Harris (Williams College), Laura Escobar (Washington University in St. Louis) and I co-organized this session.
• Mathematics Colloquium at San José State University;- Invited Speaker;- April 20, 2022;- San José, CA
• Math Monday Seminar at St. Mary's College of California;- Invited Speaker;- May 2, 2022;- Moraga, CA
• Math/CS Colloquium at Santa Clara University;- Invited Speaker;- May 3, 2022;- Santa Clara, CA
• Seminario Sabanero de Combinatoria; Invited Speaker; May 5, 2022; Bogotá, Colombia (Virtual)
• Northern California Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Cal State Stanislaus;- Invited Plenary Speaker;- May 7, 2022;- Turlock, CA
• AIM Workshop - Ehrhart polynomials: inequalities and extremal constructions; Invited Participant; May 9-13, 2022; San José, CA
• Frankfurt-Bochum Combinatorics Seminar;- Invited Speaker;- May 17, 2022;- Frankfurt-Bochum, Germany (Virtual)
• AMS Mathematics Research Community: Trees in Many Contexts; Participant; June 5-11, 2022; Java Center, NY
• Summer@ICERM Colloquium; Invited Speaker; June 24, 2022; Providence, RI
• Data Science and Social Justice: Networks, Policy, and Education at ICERM; Invited Participant; June 13-July 6, 2022; Providence, RI
• Latinxs in the Mathematical Sciences at IPAM/UCLA; Invited Speaker & Math Circle lead; July 7-9, 2022; Los Angeles, CA
• Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC);- Speaker;- July 18-22, 2022;- Bangalore, India
• AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Geometric, and Topological Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- September 16-17, 2022;- El Paso, TX
• National Diversity in STEM (SACNAS) Conference;- Postdoc Leadership Institute Participant;- October 25-29, 2022;- San Juan, Puerto Rico

• I co-organized the Graduate Online Combinatorics Colloquium with Galen Dorpalen-Barry (University of Minnesota) & Alex McDonough (Brown University).
• I co-organized the Discrete CATS Seminar with Khrystyna Serhiyenko in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky.

• Joint Math Meetings - AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences;- Invited Speaker;- January 6-7, 2021; - Virtual Talk
• The Applied Algebra Seminar at York University;- Invited Speaker;- February 1, 2021;- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Combinatorics and Geometry Seminar at University of Washington;- Invited Speaker;- February 10, 2021;- Seattle, Washington
• The Sum Things Up Challenge, hosted by The Young People's Project at The National Math Festival;- Invited Participant;- February 16, 2021;- Virtual Program
• Bolstering the Advancement of Masters in Mathematics (BAMM!) Program panel;- Invited Panelist;- March 5, 2021;- Virtual
• Science-in-Action Speaker Series at College of San Mateo;- Invited Speaker;- March 17, 2021;- San Mateo, California
  - Recording of my talk: here
• Combinatorics Seminar at Dartmouth College;- Invited Speaker;- April 6, 2021;- Hanover, New Hampshire
• KY-WV LSAMP 13th Annual Research Symposium;- Speaker;- April 9-10, 2021;- Lexington, Kentucky
• Math Club Seminar at University of Virginia;- Invited Speaker;- April 13, 2021;- Charlottesville, Virginia
• Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium (WAGS)- Invited Speaker;- April 23-24, 2021;- Virtual
• Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference;- Speaker;- April 23-25, 2021;- Virtual
• paraDIGMS 2021 Spring Conference ;- Invited Lightning Talk Speaker;- April 23-26, 2021;- Virtual
• USTARS at ICERM;- Speaker;- April 29-30, 2021;- Virtual Talk
• Discrete Math Seminar at University of Massachusetts, Amherst;- Speaker;- May 7, 2021;- Amherst, MA
• Coloquio en la Universidad de Costa Rica; - Invited Speaker;- June 4, 2021;- San José, Costa Rica
• Latinx Mathematicians Research Community;- Participant;- June 7-11, 2021;- Virtual
• Graduate Research Workshop in Combinatorics;- Participant;- June 14-25, 2021;- Virtual
• Queer and Trans Mathematicians in Combinatorics Conferene at the Fields Institute;- June 12-14, 2020;- Virtual
  - I was part of the Program Committee.
• Discrete Math Seminar at Kennesaw State University;- Invited Speaker;- September 24, 2021;- Kennesaw, Georgia
• AMS Special Session on New Trends in Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- October 9-10, 2021;- Virtual
• SACNAS National Conference;- October 25-29, 2021;- Virtual
  - Pamela Harris (Williams College) and I co-organized the session, "Testimonios: Stories of Latinx & Hispanic Mathematicians" at SACNAS.
• LGBTQ+ Math Day hosted by the Fields Institute;- Invited Panelist;- November 18, 2021; - Virtual
• OURFA²M²;- Invited Speaker;- December 4, 2021; - Virtual

• Research Visit at Freie Universität Berlin;- January 20-February 21, 2020;- Berlin, Germany
• Discrete and Convex Geometry Seminar at Technische Universität Berlin;- Invited Speaker;- January 22, 2020;- Berlin, Germany
• Discrete Geometry Seminar at Freie Universität Berlin;- Invited Speaker;- February 13, 2020;- Berlin, Germany
• Talk Math With Your Friends Colloquium;- Invited Speaker;- April 9, 2020;- Virtual Talk
  - Recording of my talk: here
• Math SWAGGER;- Participant;- June 29-July 31, 2020;- Virtual Program
• AIM UP;- Research Lead;- July 06-31, 2020;- Virtual REU
• Discrete CATS Seminar at University of Kentucky;- Speaker;- August 31, 2020;- Lexington, KY
• AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Geometric, and Topological Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- September 12-13, 2020;- Virtual
• Cal State East Bay Math Colloquium;- Invited Speaker;- September 18, 2020;- Hayward, CA
• Combinatorics Seminar at UC Berkeley;- Invited Speaker;- September 28, 2020;- Berkeley, CA
• Discrete Mathematics Seminar at Iowa State University;- Invited Speaker;- October 01, 2020;- Ames, IA
• Math SWAGGER Colloquium;- Speaker;- October 16, 2020;- Virtual Talk
• SACNAS National Conference;- Speaker;- October 22-24, 2020;- Virtual Talk
• Combinatorics Seminar at Washington University in St. Louis;- Invited Speaker;- November 2, 2020;- St. Louis, MO
• Math Club Colloquium at San Francisco State University;- Invited Speaker;- November 4, 2020;- San Francisco, CA
• Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar at University of Oklahoma;- Invited Speaker;- November 13, 2020;- Norman, OK

• Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference;- Speaker;- April 5-7, 2019;- Philadelphia, PA
• AMS Special Session on Combinatorical Commutative Algebra and Polyhedral Geometry;- Invited Speaker;- April 13-14, 2019;- Hartford, CT
• Algebraic Combinatorics Lecture & Class of 1960 Speaker at Williams College;- Invited Speaker;- April 25-26, 2019;- Williamstown, MA
• Research Visit at San Francisco State University & UC Berkeley;- April 29-May 3, 2019;- San Francisco & Berkeley, CA
• Hypatian Seminar at UC Santa Barbara;- Invited Speaker;- May 20, 2019;- Santa Barbara, CA
• Summer School on Geometric and Algebraic Combinatorics;- Participant;- June 17-28, 2019;- Paris, France
• Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC);- Poster Presenter;- July 1-5, 2019;- Ljubljana, Slovenia
  - Poster: here
• AMS Special Session on Algebraic & Geometric Combinatorics;- Invited Speaker;- September 14-15, 2019;- Madison, WI
• Modern Math Workshop & SACNAS National Conference;- October 30-November 2, 2019;- Honolulu, Hawai'i
  - Pamela Harris (Williams College) and I co-organized, "Latinxs Count: A Combinatorics (Math) Session" at SACNAS.
  - Session speakers: Myself, Laura Escobar (Washington University in St. Lous), Ryan Moruzzi (Ithaca College), Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College)
• Einstein Workshop on Polytopes and Algebraic Geometry;- Speaker;- December 2-4, 2019;- Berlin, Germany