Rate My Professor Benjamin Richert

Richert's research centers on commutative algebra, with particular emphasis on free resolutions, the extremal behavior of Hilbert functions and graded Betti numbers, generic behavior, and Gorenstein rings. His scholarly contributions include numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals. Key works encompass "A proof of Evans' convexity conjecture" in Communications in Algebra (2015), "Syzygies of semi-regular sequences" (with Keith Pardue) in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (2009), "The residuals of lex plus powers ideals and the Eisenbud-Green-Harris conjecture" (with Sindi Sabourin) in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (2008), "Lex-plus-powers ideals" (with Christopher Francisco) in the Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics series (2007), "Lower bounds for Betti numbers of special extensions" (with Melvin Hochster) in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (2005), and "Smallest graded Betti numbers" in Journal of Algebra (2001). He also authored "An avuncular chat about reviewing for Mathematical Reviews" in Notices of the American Mathematical Society (2013) and provided errata for related works. Richert engages with the commutative algebra community via resources such as commalg.org.