Professional Experience
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Michigan State University, MI, 2007. Advisor: Ronald Fintushel.
Academic employment
- Professor. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2022—present.
- Associate Professor. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2017—2022.
- Assistant Professor. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2013—2017.
- W2 Research Associate Professor. Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, 2011—2013.
- Postdoctoral Instructor. Department of Mathematics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2008—2011.
- Visiting Ritt Assistant Professor. Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2007.
Grants and fellowships
- National Science Foundation S-STEM Grant: "Enhancing underrepresented participation in mathematics and statistics", PIs: R. Inanc Baykur, Adena Calden, Maryclare Griffin (lead), Farshid Hajir, Nathaniel Whitaker. DMS-2130262. Award amount: $1,499,774. 2022--2028.
- National Science Foundation Grant: "Geometry and topology of 4-manifolds", PI: R. Inanc Baykur. DMS-2005327. Award amount: $284,129. 2020--2024.
- Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant. Award amount: $42,000. 2019--2024.
- National Science Foundation Grant: "Perspectives in topology and geometry of 4-manifolds", PIs: R. Inanc Baykur, Thomas Mark, Gordana Matic (lead). DMS-1612071. Award amount: $46,100. 2016--2018.
- National Science Foundation Grant: "Topology of smooth and symplectic 4-manifolds", PI: R. Inanc Baykur. DMS-1510395. Award amount: $178,561. 2015--2019.
- National Science Foundation Grant: "Northeast Conferences on Geometry and Topology of 4-manifolds", PIs: R. Inanc Baykur (lead), Weimin Chen. DMS-1522633. Award amount: $49,700. 2015--2018.
- Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant. Award amount: $35,000. 2014--2019.
- American Institute of Mathematics SQuaRE Grant: "Symplectic and contact geometry and mapping class groups". 2014--2016.
- UMass Faculty Research Grant: "Interactions between low dimensional topology and mapping class groups". Award amount: $10,000. Summer 2014.
- UMass Flex Teaching Award (10 times). 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
- National Science Foundation Research Grant: "Geometry and Topology of Smooth 4-manifolds", PI: R. Inanc Baykur. DMS-0906912. Award amount: $121,512. 2009--2013.
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Program Membership, Berkeley, CA. Spring 2010.
- Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques Research Fellowship, Bures-sur-Yvette, France. Summer 2009 and Summer 2011.
- Max Planck Institute Research Fellowship, Bonn, Germany. Spring and Summer 2008.
- Institute for Advanced Study Program Membership, Princeton, NJ. Summer 2005.
Service activities
- Conference, workshop, and seminar organizer
- Geometry and Topology Seminar (co-organizer). UMass Amherst, Spring 2014--present.
- Reading Seminar on Automorphism Groups of Manifolds (co-organizer). UMass Amherst, Fall 2023--Spring 2024.
- K3: A new problem list in low-dimensional topology (co-organizer). AIM, October 30-November 3, 2023.
- Workshop on "Braids in symplectic and algebraic geometry" (co-organizer). ICERM, March 21-25, 2021.
- Conference on "Knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Amherst, October 26-28, 2018.
- Conference on "Geometric structures on 3- and 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Dubrovnik, June 11-15, 2018.
- Conference on "Floer homologies and topology of 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Amherst, April 8-9, 2017.
- Conference on "Perspectives in topology and geometry of 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Dubrovnik, June 6-10, 2016.
- Conference on "Geometry and topology of symplectic 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Amherst, April 24-26, 2015.
- Algebraic and Geometric Topology Workshop (co-organizer). METU, Ankara, January 9-10, 2015.
- Workshop on "Group actions on smooth 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Amherst, October 25-26, 2013.
- Workshop on "Geometry and topology of smooth 4-manifolds" (co-organizer). Bonn, June 3-7, 2013.
- Conference on "Low dimensional topology and mapping class groups" (co-organizer). Bonn, July 1-5, 2013.
- Geometric-Topology Seminar (co-organizer). Bonn, Fall 2011--Spring 2013.
- Joint Brandeis-Harvard-MIT-Northeastern Colloquium (co-organizer). Boston, Fall 2010--Spring 2011.
- Topology Seminar (co-organizer). Brandeis University, Fall 2010--Spring 2011.
- Graduate Geometry and Topology Seminar. MSU, Fall 2003--Spring 2006. - Mentoring
- Postdocs: Nathan Sunukjian (2014--2016) → TT at Calvin College, Jonathan Simone (2018-2021) → Postdoc at Georgia Tech, Noriyuki Hamada (2017-2022) → Assistant Professor at Kyushu University.
- Ph.D. students: Andrew Havens (2021) → TT lecturer at UMass Amherst, Richard Buckman (2023) → Lecturer at UMass Amherst , Mihail Arabadji, Porter Morgan (current).
- Exchange Ph.D. student: Kenta Hayano (Max Planck, 2012) → TT at Hokkaido University.
- REU students: Ben Burns (UMass, 2022), Vivek Chakrabhavi (UMass, 2021), Andrew Sharp (UMass, 2018), Kai Nakamura (UMass, 2017), Feride Ceren Kose (Max Planck, 2013).
- Capstone thesis student: Kai Nakamura (UMass, 2018) → Ph.D. student at UT Austin.
- Capstone thesis committee member for: Cristian Rodriguez (UMass, 2017).
- Committee member of the Ph.D. thesis of: Mark Radosevich (Brandeis, 2010), Thomas Shelly (UMass, 2016), Mark Lowell (UMass, 2017), Andrew Havens (UMass, 2021), Richard Buckman (UMass, 2023), Sean Hart (UMass, 2023), Arthur Wang (UMass, 2024).
- Oral exam committee member for Ph.D. candidates Anna Vijayan, Matt Graham (Brandeis), Mihail Arabadji, Porter Morgan, Sophia Marx (UMass Amherst).
- Faculty mentor at the American Institute of Mathematics Research Community in 4-Manifolds (Spring 2021). - Referee
- Advances in Geometry
- Advances in Mathematics
- Algebraic & Geometric Topology
- AIMS Mathematics
- Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society
- Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici
- Communications in Analysis and Geometry
- Expositiones Mathematicae
- Geometry & Topology
- Geometry & Topology Monographs
- Glasgow Mathematical Journal
- Hiroshima Mathematical Journal
- International Journal of Mathematics
- International Mathematics Research Notices
- Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik
- Journal of Differential Geometry
- Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications
- Journal of Symplectic Geometry
- Journal of the London Mathematical Society
- Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan
- Journal of Topology
- Journal of Topology and Analysis
- Manuscripta Mathematica
- Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry
- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
- Mathematical Research Letters
- Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics
- Michigan Mathematical Journal
- Nagoya Mathematical Journal
- New York Journal of Mathematics
- Open Book Series
- Pacific Journal of Mathematics
- Proceedings of Gökova Geometry-Topology Conference
- Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics
- Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
- Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
- Quantum Topology
- Qurterly Journal of Mathematics
- Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
- Tokyo Journal of Mathematics
- Topology and Its Applications
- Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
- Transactions of the London Mathematical Society
- Turkish Journal of Mathematics - Reviewer
- National Science Foundation Grant Panel
- AMS Mathematical Reviews