Hello! My name is Cosmin Roman, and I am a PhD graduate from the Mathematics Department at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. Presently, I am an Assistant Professor at the Lima campus of the OSU, one of the few places with high (and for the unprepared, almost lethal!) concentration of Ring Theorists in the US. I am from Romania - while born in Bucharest, its capital, my hometown is Baia Mare, north-west part of Romania. I graduated a very prestigious highschool in Baia Mare, Gheorghe Sincai Lyceum; I got my bachelor degree from another prominent school, the Bucharest University in Romania (Mathematics Department), and Master degree from Ohio State University.
I liked mathematics since I was in secondary school, and I participated at several national Math Olympiads (I was best at mathematics for a few years in a row in my county of Maramures, and got two 3rd prizes at the national Olympiad ... almost making it to the International ).
My other interests revolve around history (Romania's history especially, which still abounds in mysteries), computers and computer science, music (I was a big fan of Depeche Mode; I'm into old romanian rock music nowadays).

I am married, and have three wonderful kids, their ages in an arithmetic progression (of course). I try to stay in touch with my brother, who is studying Law, and also "scratching", and with my friends and former coleagues from Romania (not always very succesful, but always trying).

Plans for the future (professionally, at least)? Get more people interested in Math, which is THE most fascinating field of study - and also get the Rings to behave ...