Abstract: Riemann-Roch theory for graphs, as developed in the work of Baker-Norine, points to the existence of deep combinatorial
structures related to the classical algebraic geometry of linear series on algebraic curves. In this talk I will survey joint work with
Cools-Draisma-Robeva, and with Jensen, pursuing this line of reasoning to give tropical proofs of the Brill-Noether and Gieseker-Petri
theorems, which describe the dimension and local structure of the moduli spaces parametrizing linear series of given degree and rank on a
general curve, as well as new progress toward the Maximal Rank Conjecture.
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