Alexandru I. Suciu

Professor of Mathematics
Northeastern University

Alex Suciu

I hail from Bucharest, Romania. After completing high school, I did my undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Bucharest. Here is a picture from those days. For my graduate studies, I went to Columbia University, receiving my Ph.D. degree in 1984. Here is a picture from around that time, taken in Cambridge, UK. After a J.W. Gibbs Instructorship at Yale University, I came in 1986 to Northeastern University, where I’ve been ever since.

My research interests are in Topology, and how it relates to Algebra, Geometry, and Combinatorics. I currently investigate cohomology jumping loci, and their applications to algebraic varieties, low-dimensional topology, and toric topology, such as the study of hyperplane arrangements, Milnor fibrations, moment angle complexes, configuration spaces, and various classes of knots, links, and manifolds, as well as the homology and lower central series of discrete groups.

Recent papers and preprints

Teaching

I teach a variety of math courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. If you are interested in taking a directed study course or a reading course with me (in addition to those courses regularly offered), please contact me.

  • In Fall 2021, I taught MATH 4565, an undergraduate course in Topology.
  • In Spring 2022, I taught MATH 7721, a Readings in Topology course.
  • In Summer-2 2022, I taught MATH 3175, an undergraduate course in Group Theory.
  • In Fall 2022, I taught MATH 3150, an undergraduate course in Real Analysis, and MATH 4565, an undergraduate course in Topology.
  • In Fall 2023, I taught MATH 3150 Real Analysis and MATH 4565 Topology.
  • In Spring 2024, I taught MATH 3175, an undergraduate course in Group Theory.
  • In Fall 2024, I teach MATH 3150 Real Analysis and MATH 4565 Topology.
  • In Spring 2025, I will teach MATH 3150 Real Analysis.

Activities