Javier Carvajal-Rojas

About me

I'm a Costa Rican mathematician working as a Profesor Titular A (roughly, tenure-track assistant-professor) at the CIMAT in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Before coming to the CIMAT, I was a postdoc at the KU Leuven's Section of Algebra headed by Prof. Wim Veys. Before this, I was a postdoc at the EPFL's Chair of Algebraic Geometry under the direction of Prof. Zsolt Patakfalvi.

I obtained my Ph.D. degree in August of 2018 at the University of Utah under the supervision of Prof. Karl Schwede. I defended my Ph.D. thesis in April 2018 under the title "Arithmetic Aspects of Strong F-regularity." I obtained my bachelor's degree at the Universidad de Costa Rica in 2013. I graduated from the Colegio Científico Costarricense (Puntarenas) in 2007---this place really sparked my passion for mathematics.

My CV (Updated November 2023)

I cosign Federico Ardilla's four axioms of mathematics:

• Axiom 1. Mathematical potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.

• Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.

• Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.

• Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.