John Hutchens
Adjunct Professor
Part-Time Faculty
Biography
John Hutchens grew up near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. He earned his PhD at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Growing up, he always enjoyed mathematics, but fell in love with math during his undergraduate Abstract Algebra course. He began his research career studying algebraic groups, before working on topological symmetry groups, and now focuses mostly on inverse eigenvalue problems related to graphs.
Expertise
- Inverse Eigenvalue problems related to graphs
- Group theory
- Matrix groups
- Topological symmetry groups
Research Areas
- Combinatorial linear algebra
- Algebraic groups
- Spatial graph theory
Education
- North Carolina State University, PhD in Mathematics, 2013