My research interests lie mainly in the fields of low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry. In particular, I have been learning hyperbolic knot theory and working on knots and links in Seifert-fibred spaces such as the 3-torus and the unit tangent bundle of the modular surface.
Publications and preprints:
On the geometry of rod packings in the 3-torus
With Jessica S. Purcell
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society.
Published open access Feb 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.12993
(arXiv version: arXiv:2212.04662)
A geometric classification of rod complements in the 3-torus
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.
Published in Oct 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/16949
(arXiv version: arXiv:2307.06317)
Volume bounds for hyperbolic rod complements in the 3-torus
With Norman Do and Jessica S. Purcell
Pacific Journal of Mathematics.
Published in Sept 2025.
https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2025.339.167
(arXiv version: arXiv:2409.02357v2)
Modular links: Bunch algorithm and upper volume bounds
With José Andrés Rodríguez Migueles
Accepted by Algebraic & Geometric Topology.
Available at arXiv:2308.12847, 2023.
Crushing Surfaces of Positive Genus
With Benjamin A. Burton, Thiago de Paiva and Alexander He
Accepted by Algebraic & Geometric Topology.
Available at arXiv:2403.11523, 2024.
A lower bound for the volumes of modular link complements
With Dionne Ibarra and José Andrés Rodríguez Migueles
Submitted for publication. Available at arXiv:2402.00400, 2024.
Volumes, Lorenz-like templates, and braids
With Thiago de Paiva and José Andrés Rodríguez Migueles
Submitted for publication. Available at arXiv:2410.04391, 2024.
A robot that unknots knots
With Dionne Ibarra, Louis H. Kauffman, Emma N. McQuire, Gabriel Montoya-Vega, Sujoy Mukherjee, and Corbin Reid
Submitted for publication. Available at arXiv:2504.01254, 2025.
Can you see the complement of the three rods in the 3-torus is the complement of the Borromean rings in the 3-sphere?
Non-destructive crushing
(Some notes taken during a mini-course given by Alex He in July 2023)
Relationship between bunches of strands in a modular knot and its hyperbolic volume?
Some slides and poster for talks:
AustMS 2023
A complete classification of rod complements in the 3-torus
Winter School at POSTECH 2023