Deniz Genlik's Math Page

I am Deniz Genlik, a J. L. Doob Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is a postdoctoral position named after Joseph Leo Doob. My postdoctoral mentor is Felix Janda.

My research area is algebraic geometry, and my research interests are accumulated around Gromov-Witten theory. Mostly, I have been thinking about Gromov-Witten invariants, mirror symmetry, crepant resolutions, holomorphic anomaly equations, Hilbert schemes of points, and certain tools to study these. Recently, I also started to be interested in combinatorial-geometric aspects of moduli spaces of curves, Newton-Okounkov bodies and their implications in optimization.

Before coming to UIUC, I completed my Ph.D. at the Ohio State University under the supervision of Hsian-Hua Tseng. Before that, I completed my M.Sc. thesis under the supervision of Sergey Finashin at Middle East Technical University.

I am on the academic job market during Fall 2026.

If you would like more details, you can have a look at my CV. (Last Updated: October 2026)

My e-mail is mylastname@illinois.edu

I am a co-organizer of

UIUC Algebraic Geometry Seminar, co-organizing with Felix Janda, Lena Ji, and Sheldon Katz,
UIUC Algebraic Geometry Preprint Seminar, co-organizing with Lena Ji.

I also co-organized the following workshops:

Workshop on Tevelev Degrees and Related Topics, co-organized with Felix Janda,
Workshop on Combinatorics and Geometry of Moduli of Curves, co-organized with Ian Cavey and Felix Janda,
Workshop on Topological Recursion and Related Topics, co-organizing with Felix Janda.

I have been a faculty mentor for IML (Illinois Mathematics Lab) research projects with undergraduate students in Spring 2025, Spring 2026, Summer 2026, and Fall 2026. Through IML, I have mentored 12 undergraduate students so far.

Here, you can learn more about my research.

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