Sümeyra Sakallı  


I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of South Florida (Fall 2024-current). Previously, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas (2020-2024), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany (2018-2020).  

I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota in 2018, my advisor was Anar Akhmedov, M.S. in Mathematics from Koc University, Istanbul, Turkiye in 2012, and B.S. in Mathematics from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkiye in 2010.

Research Interests 

Symplectic, contact and low-dimensional topology, algebraic geometry. 

More could be found here: Research.

Teaching

Teaching and mentoring activities. 

Contact Info

Sümeyra Sakallı (she/her)

sumeyras AT usf.edu  or  smyrasa AT gmail.com

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, CMC 312

University of South Florida,

Tampa, FL, 33620, USA