Interview with Dhruv Ranganathan from Math-Life Balance

Interview with Dhruv Ranganathan

48 minutes Posted Dec 19, 2021 at 11:15 am.

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Dhruv Ranganathan is a lecturer at Cambridge University, working in algebraic geometry. In this video, Dhruv talks about doing research with undergrads, being tortured by math problems, looking for friends to write math papers, and other cool stuff!

Dhruv's webpage: https://www.dhruvrnathan.net

Photo: from the webpage

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