Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Liana Sega Liana Sega

Assistant Professor

MAA Student Chapter Sponsor
Ph.D. 2002, Mathematics, Purdue University
B.S. 1997, Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania 		Manheim 307B
(816) 235-2849
segal@umkc.edu

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Research Interests:
  • Commutative Algebra, Homological Algebra
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Dr. Sega (pronounced "Shega") does research in commutative algebra and focuses on homological properties of finitely generated modules over commutative Noetherian (local) rings. She recently helped discover an important counterexample to a conjecture of Auslander about certain properties of Gorenstein rings. Before joining our faculty in Fall 2005, since 2003 she has been a Visiting Research Instructor at Michigan State University, was previously a postdoctoral fellow during 2002-2003 at MSRI (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) in Berkeley, CA, and in Summer 2002 was a Liftoff Mathematician for the Clay Mathematics Institute.

Dr. Sega comes from a family of mathematicians which includes both her parents and her sister. About teaching she says: "One of my main strengths as a teacher is the ability to focus on my students as individuals, be receptive to their difficulties, and find ways to overcome them...I think teaching should be a partnership between the teacher and the students, requiring commitment from both...Teaching is the most fulfilling part of my life as a mathematician." Dr. Sega is now the sponsor of the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) Student Chapter at UMKC started in Winter 2004. She is also very interested in training mathematics teachers: "I already had a good experience teaching a class for elementary teachers (geometry) and I would like to be involved more with future teachers."

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