The Mathematics Department welcomes its newest faculty member, Dr. Gabriel Montoya Vega!
Gabriel Montoya Vega, originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad del Atlántico, a master’s from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, and a Ph.D. from The George Washington University under Professor Józef H. Przytycki. His research focuses on knot theory, including link invariants, skein modules, and Gram determinants, and he has presented his work at renowned institutes such as the Institut Henri Poincaré (France), Oberwolfach (Germany), RIMS (Japan), and the Alfréd Rényi Institute (Hungary). After completing his NSF-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship at the CUNY Graduate Center, Gabriel joins the Department of Mathematics at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. A proud Colombian who now calls Puerto Rico home, he looks forward to contributing to the growth of the mathematical sciences in the region.
