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Dr. Gaywalee Yamskulna

Professor
Mathematics
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 313
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Current Courses

146.002Calculus II

407.001Abstract Algebra I

337.001Advanced Linear Algebra

146.006Calculus II

499.002Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

Research Interests & Areas

Vertex operator algebras. For more information about Yamskulna's research, please visit https://about.illinoisstate.edu/gyamsku/.

Ph D Mathematics

University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

BS Mathematics

Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand

Please visit https://about.illinoisstate.edu/gyamsku/ for more information about Yamskulna's Awards and Honors.

2020

Research group leaders grant from Women in Mathematical Physics workshop, September 20-25, 2020 (with K. Barron).

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery, Alberta, Canada
2020

Summer for Women in Mathematics (SWiM) Research Program Award (2020), Reschedules for Summer 2021 (with D. Addabbo, and K. Barron).

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
2020

CAS Outstanding College Teacher (Sciences & Mathematics), 2018-2019

College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
2018

Departmental Outstanding Teacher Award

Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University
2018

Grant from National Science Foundation, 2018-2019 (with M. Krauel)

2018

Impact Award

Illinois State University
2018

SQuare Grant from the American Institute of Mathematics (with M. Krauel, G. Mason and M. Tuite), 2017-2020

2017

Collaboration Grant for Mathematics from the Simons Foundation, 2011-2017

2011

Grant from National Science Foundation, 2008-2010 (with W. Zhao)

2008

Book Review

Yamskulna, G. The Beautiful Monster. Educational Studies in Mathematics 70 (2009): 295-298.

Journal Article

Yamskulna, G., & Mason, G. On the structure of N-graded Vertex Operator Algebras. Developments and Retrospectives in Lie Theory, Algebraic Methods, Developments in Mathematics 38.Springer 2014 Edition (2014): 247-274.
Yamskulna, G., & Mason, G. Leibniz and Lie algebras. SIGMA 9.063 (2013): 10 pages.
Yamskulna, G., & Jitjankarn, P. C_2-cofiniteness of the vertex algebra (V_L)^+ when L is a non-degernate even lattice. Communications in Algebra 38.12 (2010): 4404-4415.
Yamskulna, G. Rationality of the vertex algebra (V_L)^+ when L is a nondegenerate even lattice of arbitrary rank. Journal of Algebra 321 (2009): 1005-1015.
Yamskulna, G. Classification of irreducible modules of the vertex algebra (V_L)^+ when L is a nondegenerate even lattice of an arbitrary rank. Journal of Algebra 320 (2008): 2455-2480.

Presentations

On Indecomposable N-graded Vertex Algebras. Representation XVI Conference. (2019)
On N-graded vertex algebras associated with Leibniz algebras. Vertex Operator Algebras and Related Toics. (2019)
On N-graded vertex operator algebras. Colloquium in Mathematics at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Chulalongkorn University. (2019)
Vertex Algebras. Workshop on Vertex Algebras. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Thammasat University. (2019)
From Lattices to Vertex Operator Algebras. International Conference on Discrete Mathematics and Applied Sciences. University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. (2014)
Recent developments in the theory of shifted vertex operator algebra. Kyoto University. (2010)
Recent developments in the theory of shifted vertex operator algebra. University of Southern California. Lie Groups, Lie Algebras and their Representations. (2010)
Rationality of the Vertex Algebra VL+ when L is a non-degenerate even lattice of arbitrary rank. Algebraic Geometry, Algebra and Number Theory seminar. University of Texas. (2009)
Rationality of the Vertex Algebra VL+ when L is a non-degenerate even lattice of arbitrary rank. American Mathematical Society meeting Special Session on Kac-Moody Algebras, Vertex Algebras, Quantum Groups and Applications. North Carolina State University. (2009)

Grants & Contracts

Classification of Vertex Operator Algebras and their modules. The Simons Foundation. (2011)
Illinois State University Pre-tenured Faculty Initiative Award. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2006)
Mentoring Travel Grant. National Science Foundation-Association for women in Mathematics. (2003)
Travel Grant. Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Los Angeles. (2001)