Brian Udall
I am a 3rd year PhD candidate at in the department of Mathematics at Rice University, working with Christopher Leininger.
My current research interests lie in geometric group theory and low dimensional topology, with a particular interest in mapping class groups of surfaces, graphs, and 3-manifolds.
Email:
(First and last initial) 3 (at) rice.edu
Research:
Undergraduate Research:
The Krein-von Neumann Extension of a Regular Even Order Quasi-Differential Operator (With Minsung Cho, Seth Hoisington, and Roger Nichols).
Finite-Invariance Index of Infinite Type Surfaces and the Stability of Ends (Undergraduate Thesis, Unpublished draft)
Teaching:
As Instructor of Record
Multivariable Calculus (Fall 2023, Rice University MATH 212)
Multivariable Calculus (Summer 2023, Rice University MATH 212)
Teaching Assistant
Honors Multivariable Calculus (Spring 2024, Rice University MATH 232, Instructor: Steve Wong)
Elements of Analysis (Spring 2023, Rice University MATH 302, Instructor: Khanh Le)
Honors Linear Algebra (Fall 2022, Rice University MATH 354, Instructor: Christopher Leininger)
You may have seen me (or might see me) at:
Riverside Workshop on Geometric Group Theory (UC Riverside, May 2024)
Young Geometric Group Theory XII (University of Bristol , April 2024)
Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 2024)
Big Log Cabin Workshop (Young Arizona, January 2024)
Texas Geometry and Topology Conference (Rice University, November 2023)
Wasatch Topology Conference (University of Utah, October 2023)
Redbud Topology Conference (University of Oklahoma, April 2023)
Geometry, Arithmetic, and Groups (In honor of Alan Reid) (UT Austin, June 2022)
Talks given:
Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference (March 2024)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups
University of Virginia Geometry Seminar (January 2024)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups
University of Maryland Geometry-Topology Seminar (January 2024)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups
George Mason University TADS (January 2024)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups
Lightning Talks given:
Young Geometric Group Theory XII (April 2024)
Sphere graphs and big Out(F_n)
Texas Geometry and Topology Conference (November 2023)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups
Wasatch Topology Conference (October 2023)
Combinations of parabolically geometrically finite groups