Hello!

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. My mathematical interests include combinatorial algebraic geometry and applications to scattering amplitudes. Before that I was a Chancellor’s Fellow at UC Davis for five months, mentored by Jaroslav Trnka. I completed a PhD at UC Berkeley in May 2026, advised by Bernd Sturmfels. Before that I was at Amherst College, where I wrote an undergraduate thesis mentored by Jenia Tevelev. In my free time, I rock climb, run, read comics, and play guitar.

Contact: lpratt [symbol] perimeterinstitute [symbol] ca

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Upcoming and recent travel:

• September 28-October 2: Universe+ annual meeting (University of Cambridge, UK)
• October 28: Speaking in Universe+ Seminar
• April 26th - May 22nd 2027: Participating in Combinatorics and Geometries for Particle Physics and Cosmology (Santa Barbara, CA)

I am grateful for the support of NSF GRFP no. 2023358166 during my graduate career, for the support of a UC Davis Chancellor’s fellowship during April-August 2026, and for the current support of a Perimeter Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.