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Section 8.3 Steve Butler

Dr. Steve Butler is a professor and the Barbara J. Janson Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University. Prior to coming to Iowa State he did a three year NSF PostDoc under the supervision of Benny Sudakov at UCLA. Before that he earned his doctorate degree in mathematics at UC San Diego under the supervision of Fan Chung. In addition Dr. Butler worked extensively with Ron Graham.

Dr. Butler's primary mathematical interests are spectral graph theory, enumerative combinatorics, mathematics of juggling, discrete geometry, and generally mathematics of fun things. Among other things, he can do eight perfect faro shuffles in a row, and is willing to teach this to anyone who stops by his office.