nathanchen [at] math.harvard.edu
Nathan Chen is a
About
Research Focus
A large part of my research is devoted to studying rational maps between algebraic varieties. These appear in various guises, such as birational invariants called measures of irrationality, (birational) automorphisms and self-maps, and moduli spaces of curves on a given variety.
Current Position
This Fall 2025, I will be a Benjamin Peirce fellow at Harvard. I am on the tenure-track job market.
I was a J. F. Ritt assistant professor at Columbia from 2022-2024 and an NSF postdoc at Columbia and Harvard from 2021-2025.
I co-organize the Harvard-MIT algebraic geometry seminar.
Background
I received my Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 2021 under Robert Lazarsfeld. I graduated from UC San Diego in 2016 with an undergraduate degree in math.
Statement
Being a mathematician is a privilege. I fully support underrepresented groups in mathematics, and I encourage all students to reach out if they have any questions or are interested in things like summer research.