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CURRICULUM VITAE
Douglas C. Ravenel
Department of Mathematics
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-4415
FAX (585) 273-4655

March, 2008

Education:

  • B.A. with Highest Honors in Mathematics, Oberlin College, 1969.
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, Brandeis University, 1972.
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    Employment:

    Publications:

    Sabbaticals:

  • Fall 2005,  Harvard University.
  • Fall 2002,  Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK.
  • Spring 2000, Johns Hopkins University.
  • Fall 1994, University of Paris XIII.
  • Fall 1989, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley.
  • 1979-80, Cambridge University, University of Bonn, and University of Bern.
  • Fall 1978, Oxford University.
  • 1974-1975, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
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    Research Grants:

    Articles and invited talks related to departmental leadership:

    University service:

    General professional service:


  • Editor of the New York Journal of Mathematics 1994-present. 
  • Reviewer for roughly three NSF proposals per year.
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    Meetings organized:

  • Elliptic Cohomology and Chromatic Chenomena & Higher Chromatic Phenomena
    • Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 2002
  • BMSA Chairs Colloquium, 2002
  • AMS Workshop for New Chairs, New Orleans, January, 2001, and San Diego, January 2002.
  • Journees de theorie de l'homotopie, Luminy, January, 1997.
  • Fields Institute Homotopy Theory Year,  Toronto,  1995--96.
  • International Conference on Homotopy Theory, Gargnano, Italy, June, 1995.
  • AMS Special Session in Homotopy Theory,  Annual Meeting, San Francisco,

    • 1995.
  • Algebraic Topology Conference in Honor of Samuel Gitler,  Cocoyoc, Mexico,

    • 1993.
  • International Conference on Algebraic Topology , Arcata, California, 1986.
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    Selected invited lectures:

  • International Congress of Mathematicians, Helsinki, 1978.
  • Bourbaki Seminar, Paris, 1990.
  • Canadian Mathematical Society Meeting, Halifax, June, 2004.
  • AMS Meeting, Rider University, April, 2004.
  • Geometry and Topology Conference, Lehigh University, June, 2003.
  • JAMI Conference on Recent Progress in Homotopy Theory, Johns Hopkins University, March 2000.
  • AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, Denton, Texas, May, 1999.
  • Barcelona Conferences on Algebraic Topology, 1990, 1994 and 1998.
  • J. F. Adams Memorial Lectures, Manchester, June, 1997.
  • Sheffield Homotopy Theory Mini-conference, May, 1997.
  • Homotopy Theory Conferences, Northwestern University, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1992 and 1997.
  • CRM Summer School on Homotopy Theory (series of 10 lectures), Barcelona, September, 1996
  • International Conference on Homotopy Theory, Gargnano, Italy, June, 1995.
  • Paris Conference on Algebraic Topology, 1994.
  • AMS Conference on periodicity and structured homology theories in homotopy theory, 1994.
  • ELAM (5 lectures), Mexico City, August, 1993.
  • International Algebraic Topology Conference in honor of Samuel Gitler, Cocoyoc, Mexico, August, 1993.
  • Cech Centennial Conference on Homotopy Theory, Boston, June, 1993.
  • Midwest Topology Seminar, University of Minnesota, September, 1992.
  • International Conference on Homotopy Theory, Gargnano, Italy, September, 1992.
  • AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, Baltimore, January, 1992.
  • Algebraic Topology and Algebraic K--theory Conference, Lake Louise, Canada, December, 1991.
  • IMA Summer Graduate Program (10 lectures), Northwestern University, August, 1991.
  • International Conference on Algebraic Topology , Oaxtepec, Mexico, July, 1991.
  • Holiday Symposium (10 lectures), New Mexico State University, December, 1990.

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