Hi, I'm

Nutan Nepal

Ph.D. student, Department of Mathematics · North Carolina State University

Advisor: Jacob P. Matherne. Graduation expected May 2027.

I'm interested in Incidence Algebras and Hodge Theory of Matroids. I'm also interested in Lorentzian Polynomials and Kazhdan-Lusztig-Stanley Theory.

Education

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC · Aug 2022 — Present

Ph.D. in Mathematics

Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ · Sep 2017 — May 2020

B.S. in Mathematics, minor in Computer Science

Publications & preprints

2026

Induced Lorentzian and volume polynomials

C. Eur, N. Nepal, and D. Qin.

Submitted.

2025

Inverse Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials of matroids under deletion

T. Braden, L. Ferroni, J. P. Matherne, and N. Nepal.

Submitted.

Academic activities & presentations

  • Poster. Inverse Kazhdan-Lusztig Polynomials of Matroids, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics (AlGeCom), Purdue University — April 2026
  • Poster. Inverse Kazhdan-Lusztig Polynomials of Matroids, Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics (TLC), Duke University — Nov 2025
  • Poster. Equivariant Chow Polynomials of Matroids, MAAGC, George Washington University — Oct 2024

Conferences & workshops

  • (Upcoming) 2026 Thematic Program: Algebraic Combinatorics and Applications, Center for Mathematrics at University of Notre Dame — July 2026
  • Geometry and Polynomial Sampling, American Institute of Mathematics Workshop — Mar 2025
  • Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Curves, Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute Summer Graduate School, UC Berkeley — July 2024
  • Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics (TLC), UNC Greensboro — Mar 2024

Teaching

North Carolina State University — Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2022 — Present

Instructor of record

  • Finite Mathematics and Its Applications — Fall 2024

Teaching assistant

  • Calculus II — Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Summer I 2023, Summer II 2023, Fall 2025
  • Calculus III — Fall 2023
  • Applied Differential Equations — Spring 2024, Spring 2025

Other experiences

BTI Solutions — Software Quality Assurance Analyst, Berkeley Heights, NJ — Aug 2020 - July 2021