Faculty Profile for Dr. Philip Puente

profile photo for Dr. Philip Puente
Dr. Philip Puente
Asst Professor of Instruction — Mathematics
ELTB B312
phone: (512) 245-4021

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Graduated from University of Texas at San Antonio in 2005 with a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Physics. Graduated from the University of North Texas with a Phd in 2017 and received his Masters in 2013.

Teaching Interests

Calculus and Linear Algebra

Research Interests

Braid Groups and Reflection groups. Topological Geometry and Discrete Geometry

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Puente, P. C. (2023). Steinberg’s fixed point theorem for crystallographic complex reflection groups. Journal of Algebra, 619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2022.11.028
  • Puente, P. C., & Shepler, A. (2019). Steinberg’s theorem for crystallographic complex reflection groups. Journal of Algebra, 522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2018.11.032

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Academic Excellence, University of North Texas Department of Mathematics. May 1, 2017

Selected Service Activities

Participant
Teaching Math Models in Differential Equations
September 2019-May 2020
Organizer
Business Mathematics Forum Lead
August 1, 2023-Present
Member
Business Mathematics Forum
January 1, 2019-Present
Member
Survey of Mathematics/Elementry Algebra Forum
January 1, 2023-May 31, 2023
Organizer
Business Math Summer Workshop
May 1, 2022-July 31, 2022