Dylan Thurston

I am currently visiting the University of California, Berkeley, as the Chancellor's Professor, affiliated with the MSRI program on Cluster Algebras. I study low-dimensional topology, particularly finite-type invariants and geometric 3-manifold topology. I received my Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley; my advisor was Vaughan Jones. Before coming to Columbia I was at Harvard as a Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor.

Teaching

In Fall 2012, I am teaching a graduate seminar on Curves on Surface, affiliated with the program on Cluster Algebras at MSRI.

Research

I have a page of writing, including publications, preprints, and drafts, with electronic versions, and notes for talks.

I am an editor of the newly-formed journal Quantum Topology, published by the European Mathematical Society. We are currently looking for submissions for the first issue.

Personal

I used to live at the Millstone and Seedpod cooperatives. I spend a lot of time with my partner, Ken Shan, an assistant professor in the Computer Science department at Rutgers. I taught him to bicycle.

Contact Information

E-mail: dpt@math.columbia.edu
Office: Mathematics 614, (212) 854-2298
Address: Dylan Thurston, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, Room 614, MC 4436, New York, NY 10027-6940

Picture with a model of the 600 cell