Rate My Professor Molly Lynch

Lynch has authored several notable publications, including 'Relations in doubly laced crystal graphs via discrete Morse theory' published in the Journal of Combinatorics (Volume 12, Number 1, 2021, pp. 117-155), which examines Stembridge relations in crystal graphs. In 2025, she published 'Approximating Mathematical Constants using Minecraft' in Mathematics Magazine and co-authored 'Generalized Hockey Stick Theorem' with Michael Weselcouch (arXiv:2506.16469), offering a sign-reversing involution proof for a novel identity generalizing classical hockey stick identities. She mentors undergraduate researchers extensively, supervising projects presented at the Virginia Tech Summer Research Conference, Hollins Science Seminars—including tau-indifferent parking functions and health metrics impacts on economic growth—and the Mathematical Association of America MD-DC-VA Section meetings. Lynch contributed as a co-principal investigator to Hollins University's $999,998 NSF S-STEM grant awarded in 2023 for the Artemis Scholarship Program, which supports high-achieving women in STEM through full scholarships, mentorship, and leadership development in fields like mathematics. She serves as newsletter editor for the MAA MD-DC-VA Section and has presented at conferences such as the AMS 2025 Fall Western Sectional Meeting and Roanoke College's conversation series. Her efforts enhance undergraduate research opportunities and promote women in STEM at Hollins.