Joan Licata
Associate Professor/ Honours Convener
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About
My personal webpage may be found here.
Affiliations
Groups
- Algebra & topology, Convenor
Research interests
My research focuses on low-dimensional manifolds and the natural algebraic and geometric structures associated to them. I am particularly interested in contact 3-manifolds, Legendrian and topological knot theory, and invariants inspired by Floer theory.
Projects
- Morse theory in dimensions three and four, Supervisor
- Surface mapping class groups, Supervisor
- Topics in contact geometry, Supervisor
- Topics in low-dimensional topology, Supervisor
Teaching information
I teach a variety of classes across the curriculum. Recently, I've taught the first semester advanced stream (MATH1115), vector calculus (MATH2305), and mathematical writing (MATH8705). I also teach topics and reading courses on three-manifolds, Morse theory, hyperbolic geometry, contact geometry and knot theory.
Location
Room 2.86, Hanna Neumann Building 145