About me

I am a mathematician at Amherst College, specializing in algebraic geometry and combinatorics. Much of my work revolves around connections between Young tableaux and algebraic curves. My teaching includes courses at all levels, and I particularly enjoy teaching courses involving programming.

I grew up in Seattle, and still miss the mountains all around, but I am a happy East coast transplant. I enjoy the snowy winters and all the scenery around the Pioneer valley. When time and childcare schedules allow it, I cycle along the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my home in Northampton to the Amherst campus.

My family pronounces our last name “fleeger.” This is not the original German pronunciation, and I will happily answer to anything reasonable.

For the 2025-26 academic year, I am a visiting scientist in the Nonlinear Algebra group at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.