Ben Elias

 I am currently an Associate Professor in the University of Oregon Math Department.

Previously, I was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at MIT, under the supervision of Roman Bezrukavnikov.

I completed my PhD in 2011 at Columbia University, under the supervision of Mikhail Khovanov.

I graduated from Princeton University in 2005, writing my thesis under the supervision of Ramin Takloo-Bighash.
My teaching webpage is here.
I am interested in categorical representation theory. I helped write a book! For more on my research and a list of my publications, go here.
For a tutorial on making diagrams in inkscape like I do, unzip this file and play around.
For links to my current and previous application materials, go here.
I have taken over the reins of WARTHOG, the Workshop on Algebra and Representation Theory Held on Oregonian Grounds, from Nick Proudfoot.

In March of 2013, Geordie Williamson and I gave a masterclass on Soergel bimodules and the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjectures at the QGM in Aarhus, Denmark. Videos and lecture notes can be found here. Exercises and lecture notes can be found here.

In January of 2014, I gave a masterclass on Soergel bimodules and the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjectures at the IMSc in Chennai, India. Videos and lecture notes can be found on that website.

In August of 2014, I gave a workshop on Soergel bimodules and the Kazhdan-Lusztig conjectures at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Lecture notes and exercises can be found on that website.

In Summer of 2017, Geordie Williamson, Shotaro Makisumi, and I gave a graduate summer school at the MSRI. The auxiliary website for the course is here.

In September of 2018 I gave a minicourse in Besse-en-Chandesse as part of this conference. You can find lecture notes and exercises here.

From August 10-14, 2020 I organized a conference at University of Oregon called QUACKS, or in long form: QUAntum groups, Categorification, Knot invariants, and Soergel bimodules.

In August 8-12, 2022 I organized a conference called QUACKS II.

In August 2023 I gave a minicourse in Bath, England as part of an LMS colloquium. Here are lecture notes and exercises.

Ben Elias
Department of Mathematics
Fenton Hall, Room 210
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541) 346-5629
Fax: (541) 346-0987
e-mail: bezzzzlizzzzas@uorezzzzgon.edu