Robert Lipshitz

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I have advised the following Ph.D. students:

  • Michael Gartner. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2019.
    • Thesis: Naturality in Heegaard Floer homology.
    • Currently a data scientist at Freya Systems.
  • Keegan Boyle. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2019.
    • Thesis: On symmetries of knots and their surgeries.
    • Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia.
  • Jeffrey Musyt. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2019.
    • Thesis: Equivariant Khovanov homotopy and periodic links.
    • Currently an Assistant Professor at Slippery Rock University.
  • James Cornish. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2018.
    • Thesis: Growth Rate of 3-Manifold Homologies under Branched Covers.
    • Currently an instructor at Boston College.
  • Mike Wong. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2017. Co-advised with P. Ozsváth.
    • Thesis: Unoriented skein relations for grid homology and tangle Floer homology.
    • Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Louisiana State University.
  • Corrin Clarkson. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2014.
    • Thesis: Three Manifold Mutations Detected by Heegaard Floer Homology.
    • Currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics at New York University.
  • Jonathan Hanselman. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2014.
    • Thesis: Bordered Heegaard Floer homology and graph manifolds.
    • Currently an Assistant Professor at Princeton University.
  • Jonathan Hales. Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2013. Co-advised with O. Plamanevskaya.
    • Thesis: Exotic Four-Manifolds, Corks, and Heegaard Floer Homology.
    • Currently a Quantitative Trader at Manchester Trading.
  • Kristen Hendricks. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2013. Co-advised with P. Ozsváth.
    • Thesis: Localization and Heegaard Floer Homology.
    • Currently an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University.
  • Ina Petkova. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2012. Co-advised with P. Ozsváth and D. Thurston
    • Thesis: Bordered Heegaard Floer homology, Satellites, and Decategorification.
    • Currently an Assistant Professor at Dartmouth University.

I have advised the following Master's Degree students:

  • Jacqueline Stone, M.S., University of North Carolina, 2013.
    • Master's project: Algebraic Topology from the Perspective of Morse Homology
    • Currently the Math Learning Specialist at UNC's Learning Center.

I am currently advising the following Ph.D. students:

  • Holt Bodish (University of Oregon).
  • Jesse Cohen (University of Oregon).
  • Champ Davis (University of Oregon).
  • Gabe Montes de Oca (University of Oregon).