About
So is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research mentor is Prof. Jonathan Beardsley. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of California, Irvine. His Ph.D. advisor was Prof. Manuel L. Reyes.
- sonakamura[ a t ]unr.edu
- Address
- 105B Orvis Building, Reno, Nevada, 89512, USA
Research interests
Category theory, noncommutative geometry, noncommutative ring theory, hyperstructures, algebraic geometry, etc.
Publications
- N-Koszul algebras of finite global dimension for N≥3. arXiv:2608.20567.
- Quotients of mosaics and related hyperstructures (with Siddhant Jajodia and Manuel L. Reyes). arXiv:2607.21844.
- A ringed-space-like structure on coalgebras for noncommutative algebraic geometry. arXiv:2506.14689.
- Projective Geometries and Simple Pointed Matroids as 𝔽1-modules (with Jonathan Beardsley). arXiv:2404.04730.
- Categories of hypermagmas, hypergroups, and related hyperstructures (with Manuel L. Reyes). J. Algebra 676 (2025), 408–474.
Awards
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Von Neumann Outstanding Performance as a Graduate Student Award, UCI, 2025.
Outstanding performance by a graduate student who has already advanced to Ph.D. candidacy.
Talks
- Spectrums in Representation Theory of Algebras and Related Topics — Osaka Metropolitan University, December 2025.
- UCSD Algebra Seminar (invited) — UC San Diego, October 2025.
- AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting — St. Louis University, October 2025.
Conferences
- West Coast Operator Algebras Seminar 2025 — Claremont, CA, USA, 2025.
- SLMath Summer Graduate School: Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry — University of Antwerp, 2025.
- Joint Mathematics Meetings — Seattle, 2024.
- Seattle Noncommutative Algebra Day — University of Washington, 2023.
- Seattle Noncommutative Algebra Day (online) — University of Washington, 2022.
Teaching
Teaching assistant and grading experience
- Spring 2026
- Math 230C Algebra (for graduate students)
- Winter 2026
- Math 230B Algebra (for graduate students)
- Fall 2025
- Math 230A Algebra (for graduate students)
- Spring 2025
- Math 230C Algebra (for graduate students)
- Winter 2025
- Math 2B Calculus II
- Fall 2024
- Math 2B Calculus II
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Spring 2024
- Math 120A Intro Group Theory
- Winter 2024
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Summer 2023
- Math 5B Calculus Life Science II
- Summer Jumpstart Program 2023 (for graduate students)
- Spring 2023
- Math 120B Intro Rings/Fields
- Winter 2023
- Math 113B Math Modeling in Bio
- Fall 2022
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Spring 2022
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Winter 2022
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Fall 2021
- Math 3A Intro Linear Algebra
- Spring 2021
- Math 121B Linear Algebra (grader)
- Winter 2021
- Math 130B Probability (grader)
Service
- Referee: Communications in Algebra, Journal of Algebra and its Applications.
- UNR Excellence & Inclusion Committee, 2026–present.
- UNR TA/LOA Classroom Observation Committee, 2026–present.
- Organizer: UCI Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium (MGSC), 2024–2026.
- Volunteer: MathCounts Orange County Regional Competition, 2024-2026.
Links
My Ph.D. advisor: Manuel L. Reyes
My postdoc mentor: Jonathan Beardsley
Related people: Ari Rosenfield; Jinghao Chen (GitHub website, UCI website); Poom Lertpinyowong; Yiyun He.
Related organizations: UCI Math; UNR Math&Stats
Useful website: nLab