Michelle A. Lastrina
Carver 419
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University
Contact: lastrina@iastate.edu
Major Professor: Maria Axenovich


Research Interests
    Graph theory: product graphs, planar graphs, list coloring, coloring extension problems

Course Currently Teaching:

    Math 165 G1 (Fall 09)  

Courses Taught:
    Math 140 B (Spring 09)
    Math 140 B1 (Fall 08)
    Math 166 A2 (Summer Session I 08)
    Math 140 C (Spring 08)
    Math 140 B2 (Fall 07)
    Math 166 H1 (Spring 07)
    Math 141/2 A2,B2,C2 (Fall 06) [Recitaion sections]

Education:
    BA in Mathematics, Mount Holyoke College 2006

Talks given:
    List coloring on planar graphs: Extending a precoloring of two vertices. Discrete Math Seminar, Iowa State University; November 10, 2009
    Can you paint yourself into a corner?
Math/Stat Club, Mount Holyoke College (Invited); October 21, 2009
    Planar 5-list coloring: Non-extendability at distance 4
.  Discrete Math Seminar, Iowa State University; March 3, 2009
    List coloring of Cartesian products of graphs.  Discrete Math Seminar, Iowa State University; December 9, 2008
    An Overview of k-Harold and k-Audrey, the Ihara Zeta Function, and Seidel Switching. Discrete Math Seminar, Iowa State University; September 26, 2006