Teena Meredith Gerhardt (born 1980) is a professor of mathematics at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

. Her research focuses on

algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometry, geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zero of a function, zeros of multivariate polynomials; th ...

, including

algebraic K-theory Algebraic ''K''-theory is a subject area in mathematics with connections to geometry, topology, ring theory, and number theory. Geometric, algebraic, and arithmetic objects are assigned objects called ''K''-groups. These are groups in the sens ...

and

equivariant stable homotopy theory In mathematics, more specifically in topology, the equivariant stable homotopy theory is a subfield of equivariant topology that studies a spectrum with group action In mathematics, a group action of a group G on a set S is a group homomorph ...

Education and career

Gerhardt studied mathematics as an undergraduate at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, graduating in 2002. She completed her Ph.D. in 2007 at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. Her dissertation, ''The

R(S^1)

-graded equivariant homotopy of

\operatorname(\mathbb_p)

'', was supervised by Lars Hesselholt; it concerned the

homotopy theory In mathematics, homotopy theory is a systematic study of situations in which Map (mathematics), maps can come with homotopy, homotopies between them. It originated as a topic in algebraic topology, but nowadays is learned as an independent discipli ...

of the topological Hochschild homology ring of a

finite field In mathematics, a finite field or Galois field (so-named in honor of Évariste Galois) is a field (mathematics), field that contains a finite number of Element (mathematics), elements. As with any field, a finite field is a Set (mathematics), s ...

. She was a Zorn Postdoctoral Fellow at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

from 2007 until 2010, when she joined Michigan State University as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2017 and full professor in 2023.

Recognition

Gerhardt has won multiple teaching awards at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Michigan State University. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in the 2025 class of fellows.

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