I'm a PhD candidate in the UCSB math department. My email address is jliptrap@three.math.extraneous.words.ucsb.edu, and my office is South Hall 6432N. I have an MS in Mathematics from UCSB (2009), and a BS in Mathematics from Caltech (2006).
My thesis advisor is Zhenghan Wang. Most of my current research revolves around fusion categories, primarily motivated by fractional quantum Hall physics, primarily motivated by topological quantum computation, primarily motivated by simulation of quantum phenomena, primarily motivated by future scientific and technological applications, primarily motivated by... :)