Research

I am a Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno. I obtained my Ph.D. in Mathematics from Michigan State University in 2002 (Advisor: Prof. Ronald Fintushel), after which I completed a 3-year postdoctoral appointment at Columbia University

My research interests lie in Low-Dimensional Topology - the study of knots, surfaces, and 3- & 4-manifolds. I am also interested in the overlap between Knot Theory and (Algebraic) Number Theory.  Most of my research has relied on gauge theoretical techniques, especially Heegaard Floer homology. 

Publications

Current and Former Graduate Students

Teaching

Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Fall 2021


Spring 2021


Fall 2020


Spring 2020

Knots and Everything