Academic Profile
Academic Background: PhD, Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley.
- Research Interests: Geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology, and knot theory.
- Appointments: Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at UIC.
- Publications: Co-developer of Culler–Vogtmann Outer space; articles in Inventiones Mathematicae.
- Additional Contributions: Known for the cyclic surgery theorem.