Richard Hammack

Richard Hammack is a mathematics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who works in graph theory and combinatorial topology. He developed an early fascination with mathematical visualization as an undergraduate painting major at Rhode Island School of Design. Subsequently an interest in computer graphics led him to a masters degree in computer science, then a PhD in mathematics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to his current position he taught at Randolph Macon College, Wake Forest University and UNC Chapel Hill. The author of over 50 research papers and three books, he has recently begun making small-scale mathematical paper constructions. He is presently completing a pop-up book about 4-dimensional geometry.