Alexander Wang

About Me:

I am a fifth-year graduate student in mathematics at the University of Washington, interested in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and related things. My advisor is Bianca Viray.

In Fall 2026, I am on the academic job market.

Previously, I was an undergraduate mathematics student at the University of Michigan. Go Blue!

Contact Information:

Mathematics:

Research

I am generally interested in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and related areas. My research primarily focuses on rational points on curves and surfaces and the Brauer-Manin obstruction.

  1. On the Hasse Principle for conic bundles over even degree extensions, with Sam Roven.
    In preparation.
    arXiv:2508.07564
  2. Centrally symmetric and balanced triangulations of $\mathbb{S}^2 \times \mathbb{S}^{d-3}$ with few vertices, with Hailun Zheng.
    European J. Combinatorics 85 (Mar. 2020), 103043.
    arXiv:1811.08505

As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, I participated in several REUs and other research experiences - detailed information can be found here.

Teaching

In the 2024-25 academic year, I was the Lead Teaching Assistant for the University of Washington Department of Mathematics.

In 2023, I was awarded the University of Washington Department of Mathematics Excellence in Teaching award.

You can find information about my past teaching here.

Biography

In the 2023-24 school year, I served as both the:

for the University of Washington Mathematics Department.

I have organized several seminars as a graduate student, found here.

I was previously an undergraduate mathematics student at the University of Michigan, from September 2017 to December 2020. My website can be found here. Note that this site is no longer being updated.

Miscellaneous:

Here are some projects that I have worked on.