Show Notes
Professor Toro is the new director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SL Math).
SL Math website - https://www.msri.org/
Announcement of Professor Toro's appointment - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/tatiana-toro-msri-director-2022
MSRI is renamed SL Math - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/msri-press-release-may-19-2022
Professor Toro's University of Washington webpage - https://sites.math.washington.edu/~toro/
Podcast with David Eisenbud - Professor Toro's predecessor - https://www.numberphile.com/podcast/david-eisenbud
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