Tim Magee completed his PhD in 2017 at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Texas at Austin, studying under Sean Keel. After graduating, he spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Matemáticas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Unidad Oaxaca, where he worked with Alfredo Nájera Chávez. He is now a research associate at the University of Birmingham, working with Marta Mazzocco.