Curriculum vitae

Mitchell Pound

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Utah State University

ANSC 220 Logan, UT, 84341

Email: mitchell.pound@usu.edu

EDUCATION

Utah State University — Logan, UT Ph.D. in Mathematics | Expected May 2028

• Dissertation: “Generalized Framework for Symplectic Abelianization”
• Committee: Dr. Peter Crooks (Chair), Dr. Matt Young, Dr. Zhaohu Nie, Dr. Andreas Malmendier, Dr. Maria Rodriguez

Utah State University — Logan, UT B.S. in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude | 2023

Utah State University — Logan, UT B.S. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude | 2023

Utah State University — Logan, UT B.S. in Finance, Magna Cum Laude | 2023

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted and published articles

• Some incarnations of Hamiltonian reduction in symplectic geometry and geometric representation theory.
  Joint with P.Crooks, X. Gao, and C. Thompson.
  Springer INdAM volume for Poisson 2024. To appear.

• The Loki equipment exercise part 2: Crisis management.
  Joint with A. Romney, C. Hartwell, J. Harrison.
  Management Teaching Review 9 (2024), 158-174

• Bruno: A Julia package for simulation, financial asset pricing and delta hedging.
  Joint with S. Clemens, T. Brough, P. Jahangiry, J. Goodridge.
  Journal of Open Source Software (2023)

• Pivoting at the midpoint: How midpoint course adjustments influence student engagement.
  Joint with A.Romney.
  Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence 5 (2021), 5

Preprints

• Generalized Gelfand–Cetlin data and abelianization - Update when finally on arXiv

AWARDS, HONORS, & FELLOWSHIPS

• ICM 2026 Graduate Student Travel Grant, American Mathematical Society | 2026
• Graduate Student Teaching in Excellence, Utah State University | 2025/2026
• Graduate Student Research in Excellence, Utah State University | 2024
• “A” Pin Award for academic achievement, Utah State University | 2023

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Utah State University — Logan, Utah
Instructor of Record

• Summer 2026, USU, MATH 2250 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
• Spring 2026, USU, MATH 1060 Trigonometry
• Summer 2025, USU, MATH 2210 Multivariable Calculus
• Spring 2025, USU, MATH 2270 Introduction to Linear Algebra

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• Utah Representation Theory, Algebra, and Number Theory Symposium. Towards generalized abelianizations of symplectic quotients. March 2025.

• JuliaCon 2023. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Bruno.jl - Financial derivative asset pricing and modeling. July 2023.

• Association for Private Enterprise Education 47th meeting. Cancun, Mexico. Revenue and Distributional Impacts of Minnesota’s Alternative Minimum Income Tax. April 2023.

SERVICE

Departmental & University Service

• President, American Mathematical Society Graduate Student Chapter | 2025 - Present
• Co-Organizer, Departmental Graduate Student Algebraic and Differential Geometry Seminar | 2026

LANGUAGES & SKILLS

• Statistical Tools & Programming: Julia, Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Git, LaTeX.
• Languages: English (Native), Portuguese, Spanish, French