Topology group
Seminar list for this semester.
Seminar list for Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007.
Permanent Faculty
| Fred Cohen |
Algebraic Topology specifically Homotopy Theory.
Cohomology of groups. Braid groups, function spaces, simplicial groups, configuration spaces and interconnections. |
| John Harper |
H-spaces, co-H-spaces, Lusternik-Schnirrelmann category and
other topics in unstable homotopy theory. Published books:
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| Jonathan Pakianathan |
Group actions on complexes. Cohomology of groups. Lie groups and Lie algebras. Hochschild cohomology of blocks and modular representations. Braid groups and Configuration Spaces. |
| Doug Ravenel |
Algebraic topology specifically problems related to
homotopy groups of spheres, the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence, and
its connections with number theory. See Ravenel's
research page for more details.Published books:
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Emiritus Faculty
| Joseph
Neisendorfer
|
Rational homotopy theory. Unstable Homotopy Theory. Published books:
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Postdoctoral Faculty
|
John Olsen
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The topology of free loop spaces. Morse theory on free loop spaces. The geometry of manifolds all of whose geodesics are closed. For more detailed information, please see this link . |
Recent Postdoctoral Faculty that have moved
| Scott
Bailey |
Assistant Professor at Clayton State University. |
| Troy
Winfree |
Currently working as a mathematician for Boeing in Seattle. |
| Juan
Ortiz-Navarro |
Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. |
| Paul
Pearson |
Professor at Fort Lewis College. |
| Aaron
Heap |
Professor at SUNY Geneseo. |
| Ryan Budney |
Associate Professor at University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Mike
Jackson |
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Grove City College. |
| Ethan
Pribble |
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SUNY College at Old Westbury. |
| Inga Johnson |
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Willamette University. |
Current Graduate Students
- Don Larson (Ravenel)
- Ali Al-Raisi (Cohen)
- Mentor Stafa (Cohen)
- Patrick Papadopulos (Cohen)
Past Graduate Students
| For information on grandstudents (there are some!), see the Mathematics Genealogy Project |
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| Jonathan Lopez (2010, Cohen) | (Actuary, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western NY) |
| Sun Qiang (2009, Cohen) | (Research Associate, Aetna Health.) |
| Andrew Salch (2007, Ravenel) | (Wayne State University.) |
| Tao Jin (2008, Cohen) | (Harvard University Economics Ph.D. program.) |
| Maria Voloshina Nogin (2003, Cohen) | (California State University at Fresno.) |
| Takeshi Sato (2000, Cohen) | (No information available) |
| Eva Culakova (1999, Harper) | (BioStat Dept. at University of Rochester) |
| Jeff Wang (1997, Cohen) | (Industry) |
| Miguel Xicotencatl (1997, Cohen) | (Centro de Investigacion, Mexico City) |
| Jie Wu (1995, Cohen) | (National University of Singapore) |
| Binhua Mao (1994, Ravenel) | (No information available) |
| Jesus Gonzalez Espino Barros (1994, Gitler) | (Centro de Investigación, Mexico City) |
| Octav Cornea (1993, Neisendorfer) | (Université de Montréal) |
| Ran Levi (1993, Cohen) | (University of Aberdeen) |
| Dai Tamaki (1993, Cohen) | (Shinshu University, Japan) |
| Younggi Choi (1992, Ravenel) | (National Seoul University, South Korea) |
| Janice Pearce (1992, Neisendorfer) | (Berea College) |
| Shiu-chun Wong (1991, Cohen) | (Zechiang University, Hangchou. Email: scwong (at) math.zju.edu.cn) |
| Marie Anna Maier (1987, Harper) | (No information available) |
| Robert Thompson (1986, Ravenel) | (Hunter College, CUNY) |
| Daniel Waggoner (1985, Cohen) | (Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta) |
| Austin C. Pearlman (1985, Ravenel) | (Deceased) |
| Judy Wathen (1982, Harper) | (No information available) |
| Stephen A. Mitchell (1981, Ravenel) | (University of Washington) |
| David J. Pengelley (1980, Ravenel) | (New Mexico State University) |
| Daciberg Goncalves (1977, Harper) | (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| Laura Weiss (1973, Harper) | (No information available) |
| Gerald Lieberman (1972, Harper) | (No information available) |
Recent Graduate Courses
| Fall 2012 | MTH 546: Cohomology
of Groups. Instructor: Pakianathan |
| Spring 2011 | MTH 549: Lie Groups, Lie Algebras
and their representations, Part II.
Instructor: Pakianathan |
| Fall 2010 | MTH 549: Lie Groups, Lie Algebras
and their representations, Part I.
Instructor: Pakianathan |
| Spring 2010 | MTH 549: A solution to the Arf-Kervaire
Invariant Problem.
Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2010 | MTH 591: Topics in Alg. Topology:
Spectral Sequences and Characteristic Classes.
Instructor: Pakianathan |
| Fall 2009 | MTH 549: Topological Automorphic Forms.
Instructor: Ravenel |
| Fall 2009 | MTH 591: Topics in Alg. Topology:
Vector Bundles and Characteristic Classes.
Instructor: Pakianathan |
| Spring 2007 | MTH 443: Algebraic
Topology. Instructor: Cohen |
| Spring 2007 | Topics course: MTH
549:Algebraic curves in algebraic topology Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2006 | MTH 443: Algebraic
Topology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2005 | MTH 443: Algebraic
Topology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2004 | MTH 443: Algebraic
Topology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Fall 2003 | Topics course: MTH
549: Elliptic cohomology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2003 | MTH 443: Algebraic
Topology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Spring 2003 | Topics course: Exponents in the
homotopy groups of spheres. Instructor: Neisendorfer |
| Fall 2002 | Topics course: Introduction to
classical techniques of homotopy theory. Instructor: Cohen |
| Spring 2002 | Topics course: Group cohomology and
the descending central series Lie algebra. Instructor: Cohen |
| Spring 2002 | MTH
443: Algebraic Topology. Instructor: Ravenel |
| Fall 2001 | Topics course: Group cohomology, braid
groups and mapping class groups. Instructor: Cohen |
| Fall 2001 | Topics course: MTH
549: Model Categories. Instructor: Ravenel |
Topology links
| Hopf Archive |
| ArXiv |
| Don Davis' Topology page |
| Midwest Topology Seminar |
| List of webpages for some Algebraic Topologists |
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