Thomas Fiore Email & Phone Number

Professor Fiore's mathematical areas of expertise are higher category theory, mathematical music theory, and algebraic topology. He has published in journals such as Advances in Mathematics, Algebraic & Geometric Topology, and Music Theory Online. He has presented scientific research, expository lectures for students, and minicourses for faculty at conferences, seminars, and REU's in the US, Canada, and several European countries. Before joining the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2009, Professor Fiore was an L.E. Dickson Instructor at the University of Chicago, and a Profesor Visitante at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In 2005 the University of Michigan awarded him the PhD for his thesis "Pseudo Limits, Biadjoints, and Pseudo Algebras: Categorical Foundations of Conformal Field Theory". In 1999, the University of Pittsburgh granted him a BPhil in Germanic Languages and Literatures and a BS in Mathematics. His studies abroad included semesters at Universität Augsburg, Germany and Universität Wien, Austria. Professor Fiore was humbled to recently receive several awards and grants: a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, the Hasse Prize of the Mathematical Association of America, a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the National Science Foundation, and a Rackham Faculty Research Grant of the University of Michigan. He was also a guest at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany several times. He was a Co-Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Mathematics and Music for 6 years, 2013 - 2018. In this role, he learned important project management skills during his deep involvement in all aspects of the journal. Professor Fiore passionately teaches classes throughout the curriculum. His teaching experience includes Calculus 1, 2, 3, Differential Equations, Introductory Linear Algebra, Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Abstract Algebra, Proof-Based Linear Algebra, Topology, Algebraic Topology, and Manifolds.

Listed skills include Algebraic Topology, Higher Category Theory, and Mathematical Music Theory.