Naageswaran Manikandan

I am a PhD student working under Prof. Dr. Chris Wendl at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, affliated to Berlin Mathematical School (BMS). 

My doctoral research centers on symplectic and low-dimensional topology. In low dimentional topology, I work on developing obstructions for various notions of positivity of links using Khovanov homology and its related theories. In symplectic topology, my work is focused on understanding properties and applications of punctured pseudoholomorphic curves to gain insights into contact manifolds and their symplectic fillings. 

I obtained my masters degree in mathematics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, affliated to Berlin Mathematical School (BMS). I worked with Prof. Dr. Chris Wendl on the intersection theory of punctured psedoholomorphic curves for my masters thesis.