Hank Morris
Email: nhmorris at uchicago dot edu
Office: Eckhart 8
Department of Mathematics
5734 S University Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
I study algebraic geometry, with particular interests in Hodge theory, moduli spaces, and connections to topology. My advisor is Benjamin Bakker.
Publications and preprints
- Rigidity for Families of Abelian Varieties over ℳg,n
2026.
- Flat Vector Bundles on Very General Curves and Dimension of Non-Abelian Hodge Loci
Submitted, 2025.
- Monodromy Representations and Rigidity for Families of Curves
2024. (available upon request)
Invited talks
- Dartmouth College, April 2026.
- University of Chicago, January 2026.
- Institute for Advanced Study, November 2025.
Conferences attended
- Summer Research Institute in Algebraic Geometry,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, July 2025.
- Summer Research Institute “Bootcamp”, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
July 2025.
- CMND Thematic Program: Discrete Groups in Topology and Algebraic Geometry,
University of Notre Dame, June 2025.
- Georgia Algebraic Geometry Seminar, Athens, Georgia,
March 2025.
- Motives and Mapping Class Groups, AIM, Pasadena, California,
January 2025.
- A Panorama of Moduli, Frankfurt, Germany,
March 2024.
- CIRM Workshop: Hodge theory and o-minimality, Luminy, Marseille, France,
January 2024.
- Arizona Winter School 2023, Tucson, Arizona,
March 2023.
Organization and service
- Organized Hodge Modules learning seminar: Spring 2025
- Organized D-Modules learning seminar: Fall 2024
- Organized Algebraic Groups learning seminar: Spring 2024
- Organized Étale Fundamental Groups learning seminar: Fall 2022
Teaching
- University of Chicago:
- Math 15100: Calculus I; Autumn 2026
- UIC:
- Math 210: Calculus III; Summer 2026
- Math 179: Emerging Scholars Workshop for Calculus I (Instructor of Record); Spring 2026
- Math 110: College Algebra (TA); Fall 2024
- Math 180: Calculus I (TA); Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026
Awards and Grants
- RTG Fellow in Algebraic Geometry: Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Summer 2024, Fall 2025