I am a postdoc at New Mexico State University under the supervision of Keegan Boyle.
In May 2025, I earned a PhD from Michigan State University, where my advisors were Matthew Stoffregen and Efstratia Kalfagianni. I am interested in Khovanov homology/spectra, categorification, Floer theory, and quantum groups.
I am on the job market. View my CV here.
Hochschild (co)homology for odd Khovanov arc algebras. 2025.
Belted sum decompositions of fully augmented links. With Porter Morgan, Brian Ransom, Cameron Ziegler, and Rolland Trapp. New York J. Math. 31 (2025), 1-42.
The Jones polynomial of an almost alternating link. With Adam Lowrance. New York J. Math. 23 (2017), 1611-1639.
To be posted soon...
Plane Floer homology and the odd Khovanov homology of 2-knots. With Rithwik Vidyarthi and Chen Zhang.
I will be at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington DC, January 4–7, speaking at the special session on recent progress in quantum topology. After that, I'll attend the Simons collaboration on new structures in low-dimensional topology in New York City, March 26–27.
Here are some projects I am thinking about currently.
Unification of the cohomologies of (n,n)-Springer varieties
Mac Lane isomorphisms for quasialgebras gauge equivalent to k[G]
L-spaces and quasi-alternating links in RP^3 (Joint with Keegan Boyle)
Ribbon concordance and odd Khovanov homology (Joint with Rithwik Vidyarthi and Chen Zhang)
I work at the volunteer-run Fountain Theater, where I am realizing a childhood dream by moonlighting as a projectionist. In Ann Arbor, Elena (my fiancée) and I ran a microcinema out of our apartment; we have hopes to reopen one day.
I have amazing friends, including an internationally ranked powerlifter. I used to do that too, but not quite as well.
I'm a big Detroit Tigers fan :(
Elena and me at Festival de Cine in Todos Santos, Mexico.
Barrel jellyfish near ICTP in Trieste, Italy.