Faculty Profile for Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee

Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee
Assistant Professor — Mathematics
MCS 575
phone: (512) 245-4722
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Kalfagianni, E., & Lee, C. R. S. (2023). Jones diameter and crossing number of knots. Advances in Mathematics, 417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2023.108937
- Garoufalidis, S., Lee, C. R. S., & van der Veen, R. (2020). The Slope Conjecture for Montesinos knots. International Journal of Mathematics. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X20500561
- Lee, C. R. S. (n.d.). Computing Khovanov homology via categorified Jones-Wenzl projectors. Contemporary Mathematics Issue on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory.
- Lee, C. R. S. (n.d.). Stable Khovanov homology and volume. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.
- Lee, C. R. S. (2022). Jones slopes and coarse volume of near-alternating links. Communications in Analysis and Geometry.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Excellence. December 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Research Excellence. December 8, 2023
Selected Grants
- Lee, Christine Ruey Shan. Surfaces and the geometry and topology of quantum link invariants, National Science Foundation, Federal, $109708. (Funded: September 2023). Grant.
- Lee, Christine Ruey Shan. CAREER: COLORED LINK HOMOLOGIES AND THE GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY OF SURFACES IN LOW-DIMENSIONS, National Science Foundation, Federal, $466294. (Funded: September 2025 - September 2030). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Provided media
Scientific American
October 2024-Present
Faculty supervisor
Association for Women of Mathematics Chapter
September 2024-Present
Volunteer
Girls Talk Math
July 2024-Present
Judge for the MAA sectional undergraduate presentations
The 103rd Annual Section Meeting of the MAA
March 2024-Present
Member
PhD Proposal Committee
May 2023-Present