Geometric Group Theory Organizations

The following is a list of departments which have people specializing in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. Please notify me of errors or omissions.

Math Departments Lists: All International, Germany Irish, UK, US.
Societies: AMS, CMS, DMV, IMU, LMS, MAA, SIAM, SMF
Other Organizations: AIM, CMI, IMA, IPAM, MathSciNet, MSRI, NSF, MFO, BIRS, YMN.
Subject Area Organizations: Group Pub Forum, Magnus The World of Groups Topology Atlas,
Geometry Center, abraCAdaBRI. Computational Topology British Topology Braids

Individual Departments

Allegheny C.:

Matt Clay

Australian National U.:

Mike Newman

Bar-Ilan U., Israel:

Stuart Margolis
Mina Teicher

Bates C.:

Peter Wong

Birmingham Southern:

Barry Spieler

Boston C.:

Martin Bridgeman
Tao Li

Bowdoin C.:

Jennifer Taback

Bowling Green State U.:

Elmas Irmak

Brandeis U.:

Ruth Charney

Brigham Young U.:

Jim Cannon
Greg Conner
Eric Swenson

Brown U.:

Jeff Brock
Hee Oh
Richard Schwartz

Bucknell U.:

Adam Piggott

CUNY:

Gilbert Baumslag
Peter Brinkmann
Sean Cleary
Bilal Khan
Joseph Maher
Denis Osin
Vladimir Shpilrain

CUNY - Lehman College:

Michael Handel

Cal - Tech:

Danny Calegari

Cal Poly:

Anton Kaul

Carlton U., Canada:

Inna Bumagin
Ben Steinberg

College of New Jersey:

Andrew Clifford

Colorado State U. - Fort Collins:

Alexander Hulpke

Columbia U.:

Jason Behrstock
Joan Birman
Katherine Crowley
Zeph Grunschlag
Brian Mangum
John Morgan
Walter Neumann

Cornell U.:

Ken Brown
Marshall Cohen
Allen Hatcher
Tim Riley
Bill Thurston
Karen Vogtmann

DePaul U.:

Eric Sedgwick

Dublin City U., Ireland.:

Tom Brady

Duke U.:

John Harer

E. China Normal U.:

Qing Zhou

ENS-Lyon, France:

Damien Gaboriau
Ghani Zeghib

ENS-Paris, France:

Frédéric Paulin

ETH - Zurich:

Marc Burger
Guido Mislin

Eastern Illinois U.:

Leo Comerford

Ecole Poly., Lausanne, Switzerland:

Laurent Bartholdi
Ruth Corran
Nicolas Monod

Emory U.:

Aaron Abrams
Emily Hamilton

Eotvos U.:

Gabor Moussong

Fairfield U.:

Benjamin Fine

Florida State U.:

Phil Bowers
Sergio Fenley
Wolfgang Heil

Georgia South-Western State U.:

Dongwen Qi

Georgia Southern U.:

Xiangdong Xie

Georgia Tech.:

Igor Belegradek
Predrag Cvitanovic
Dan Margalit

Glasgow U., Scotland:

Peter Kropholler
Steve Pride

Hamilton C.:

Debra Boutin

Harvard U.:

Curt McMullen

Harvey Mudd C.:

Francis Su

Hebrew U., Israel:

Ruth Lawrence
Alex Lubotzky
Shahar Mozes
Ilya Rips
Zlil Sela

Heriott-Watt U., U.K.:

Nick Gilbert
Jim Howie

IHES, France.:

Mikhael Gromov

IRMA, Strasbourg, France:

Michel Coornaert
Thomas Delzant
Jean-Louis Loday
Athanase Papadopoulos

Indiana U. - Bloomington:

Chris Connell
David Fisher

James Madison U.:

Carl Droms
Leonard VanWyk

KAIST, South Korea:

Sang-hyun Kim

Katholieke U. Leuven:

Karel Dekimpe
Paul Igodt

Keio U., Japan:

Makoto Matsumoto

Lafayette C.:

Ethan Berkove
John Meier

Lousiana State U.:

Tara Brendle
Pallavi Dani
Dasbach Oliver

McGill U., Canada:

Olga Kharlampovich
Alexei Miasnikov
Dani Wise

Melbourne U., Australia:

Marcus Brazil
Oliver Goodman
Craig Hodgson
Chuck Miller
Paul Norbury
Lawerence Reeves
Hyam Rubinstein
G.A. Swarup

Miami U., Ohio:

Dan Farley

Michigan State U.:

Bob Bell
Nikolai Ivanov

Moscow State U., Russia:

Anton Klyachko

N. Dakota State:

Azer Akhmedov

National U. Singapore:

Jon Berrick

Oklahoma State U.:

Andrew Przeworski
David Wright

Oregon Grad. Inst.:

Sava Krstic

Oregon State U.:

Bill Bogley

Oxford U., U.K.:

Martin Bridson
Cornelia Drutu-Badea
Marc Lackenby

Paris-Sud, France:

Frédéric Haglund
Pierre Pansu
Estelle Souche

Pitzer C.:

David Bachman

Polish Acad. Sciences:

Tadeusz Januszkiewicz
Piotr Przytycki

Portland State U.:

Paul Latiolais

Princeton U.:

David Gabai

Purdue U.:

Ben McReynolds

Pusan National U., Korea:

Donghi Lee

Queen Mary and Westfield, U.K.:

Ian Chiswell

Rice U.:

Tim Cochran
Shelly Harvey
John Hempel
Andy Putman
Mike Wolf

Rutgers - Newark:

Mark Feighn
Jane Gilman
Lee Mosher

Rutgers U.:

Lisa Carbone
Feng Luo

SUNY - Albany:

Boris Goldfarb
Richard Goldstein
Ted Turner

SUNY - Binghamton:

Matthew Brin
Ross Geoghegan
Lucas Sabalka
Dmytro Savchuk

SUNY - Stony Brook:

John Milnor

SUNY-Buffalo:

Jason Manning
Bill Menasco
Adam Sikora

San Jose State U.:

Roger Alperin
Tim Hsu

Santa Clara U.:

Richard Scott

Seoul National U., South Korea:

Seonhee Lim

Stanford U.:

Soren Galatius

Stevens Institute:

Bob Gilman

T.U. Braunschweig, Germany:

Max Horn

T.U. Eindhoven, the Netherlands:

Arjeh Cohen

Temple U.:

Igor Rivin

Texas A & M U.:

Lewis Bowen
Rostislav Grigorchuk
Volodia Nekrashevych
Zoran Sunik

The Ohio State U.:

Nathan Broaddus
Indira Chatterji
Mike Davis
Mohamad Hindawi
Jean-Francois Lafont

The Technion, Israel:

Arye Juhasz
Vladimir Lin
Yoav Moriah
Michah Sageev

Tohoku U., Japan:

Koji Fujiwara

Trinity College:

Matt Horak
Melanie Stein

Tufts U.:

Moon Duchin
Mauricio Gutierrez
Zbigniew Nitecki
Kim Ruane
Genevieve Walsh
Richard Weiss

U. Aix Marseille I, France:

Hamish Short

U. Aix Marseille III, France:

Thierry Coulbois
Martin Lustig

U. Alabama:

Jon Corson

U. Arkansas:

Matthew Day

U. Athens, Greece:

Panos Papazoglu

U. Auckland, New Zealand:

Marston Conder

U. Autònoma de Barcelona:

Warren Dicks

U. Bielefeld, Germany:

Herbert Abels
Kai-Uwe Bux

U. Birmingham, U.K.:

Ralf Gramlich

U. Blaise Pascal, France:

Yves Stalder

U. Bonn, Germany:

Werner Ballmann
Ursula Hamenstadt

U. Bourgogne, France:

John Crisp
Luis Paris

U. Bremen, Germany:

Emanuele Delucchi

U. Bristol, U.K.:

Michael Tweedale

U. Caen, France:

Chris Cashen
Patrick Dehornoy
Eddy Godelle
Gilbert Levitt
Matthieu Picantin

U. California - Berkeley:

Ian Agol
Robion Kirby
Peter Teichner

U. California - Davis:

Joel Hass
Misha Kapovich
Greg Kuperberg
Jennifer Schultens
Abby Thompson

U. California - Irvine:

David Eppstein

U. California - San Diego:

Justin Roberts

U. California - Santa Barbara:

Stephen Bigelow
Daryl Cooper
Darren Long
Jon McCammond
Martin Scharlemann

U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium:

Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace

U. Chicago:

Alex Eskin
Benson Farb
Howard Masur
Shmuel Weinberger
Robert Zimmer

U. Claude Bernard - Lyon I, France:

David Bessis
Bertrand Rémy

U. College - Galway, Ireland:

Ted Hurley

U. College London, U.K.:

Henry Wilton

U. Dortmund, Germany:

Gerhard Rosenberger

U. Duesseldorf, Germany:

Oleg Bogopolski

U. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Brazil:

Victor Gerasimov

U. Florida:

Alexander Dranishnikov

U. Frankfurt, Germany:

Robert Bieri
Jens Harlander
Cynthia Hog-Angeloni
Klaus Johannson
Richard Weidmann

U. Fribourg, Switzerland:

Laura Ciobanu

U. Göttingen, Germany:

Roman Sauer

U. Geneva, Switzerland:

Goulnara Arzhantseva
Pierre De La Harpe
Andre Haefliger
Anders Karlsson
Tatiana Nagnibeda

U. Giessen, Germany:

Bernhard Muehlherr

U. Goettingen, Germany:

Thomas Schick

U. Illinois - Chicago:

Marc Culler
David Dumas
Alex Furman
Dan Groves
John Holt
Steve Hurder
Louis Kauffman
Mark O'Brien
Mark Ronan
Peter Shalen
Kevin Whyte

U. Illinois - Urbana-Champaign:

Nathan Dunfield
Sergei Ivanov
Ilya Kapovich
Chris Leininger
Igor Mineyev
Paul Schupp
Kim Whittlesey

U. Karlsruhe, Germany:

Enrico Leuzinger

U. Kent, U.K.:

Gerald Williams

U. Leeds, U.K.:

B.J.T. Allenby

U. Lethbridge, Canada:

Dave Morris

U. Maryland:

Bill Goldman

U. Michigan:

Hanna Bennett
Dick Canary
Angela Kubena (Barnhill)
Peter Scott

U. Minnesota:

Scot Adams
Vic Reiner

U. Muenster, Germany:

Linus Kramer
Wolfgang Lueck
Malik Talbi

U. N. Carolina - Asheville:

Patrick Bahls
Dave Peifer

U. N. Carolina - Greensboro:

Greg Bell

U. Nebraska - Lincoln:

Mark Brittenham
Susan Hermiller
John Meakin

U. Neuchatel, Switzerland:

Alain Valette

U. New Orleans:

Craig Jensen

U. Newcastle, Australia:

Murray Elder

U. Newcastle, U.K.:

Mike Batty
Andrew Duncan
Keith Goda
Sarah Rees
Alina Vdovina

U. Notre Dame:

Jeff Diller

U. Nottingham, U.K.:

Martin Edjvet

U. Oklahoma:

Noel Brady
Max Forester
Joel Louwsma

U. P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France:

Francois Dahmani
Vincent Guiradel

U. Paris VI, France:

Andrzej Zuk

U. Paris VII, France:

Michel Broue
Jean Michel

U. Pennsylvania:

Robert Ghrist
Peter Storm

U. Pisa, Italy:

Simona Settepanella

U. Politècnica de Catalunya:

Jose Burillo
Enric Ventura

U. Provence, France:

Jean-Philippe Préaux
Asli Yaman

U. Queensland, Australia:

Stephan Tillmann

U. Rennes, France:

Yves Cornulier
Bert Wiest

U. Sannio, Italy:

Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein

U. South Alabama:

Josh Barnard
Stephen Brick
John Dean

U. Southampton, U.K.:

Jim Anderson
Martin Dunwoody
Aditi Kar
Ian Leary
Armando Martino
Ashot Minasyan
Graham Niblo
Brita Nucinkis
Nick Wright

U. Southern California:

Francis Bonahon

U. St. Andrews, Scotland:

Collin Bleak
Colin Campbell
Delaram Kahrobaei
Edmund Robertson
Nik Ruskuc

U. Sydney, Australia:

Bob Howlett
Anne Thomas

U. Tennessee - Knoxville:

James Conant
Ken Stephenson

U. Texas - Austin:

Daniel Allcock
Cameron Gordon
Alan Reid

U. Toulouse, France:

Christophe Pittet

U. Utah:

Mladen Bestvina
Ken Bromberg
Kevin Wortman

U. Virginia:

Peter Abramenko

U. Wales, U.K.:

Ronnie Brown

U. Warwick, U.K.:

Javier Aramayona
Brian Bowditch
David Epstein
Derek Holt
Daan Krammer
Iain Moffatt
Colin Rourke
Saul Schleimer
Caroline Series

U. Wisconsin:

Tullia Dymarz
Richard Kent

U. Wisconsin - Milwaukee:

Fredric Ancel
Craig Guilbault
Chris Hruska
David Radcliffe

U. York, U.K.:

Brent Everitt

U. de Lille, France:

Marc Bourdon
Leonid Potyagailo

U. de Picardie, France:

Francois Digne
John Guaschi

U. di Roma, Italy:

Claudio Procesi

U. du Quebec a Montreal, Canada:

Steven Boyer

Uni.Basel - Switzerland:

Anna Wienhard

Vanderbilt U.:

Mike Mihalik
A. Yu. Olshanskii
John Ratcliffe
Mark Sapir
Steven Tchantz

Virginia Tech.:

William Floyd

Vivekananda U., India:

Mahan Mj

Wesleyan U.:

Ed Taylor

Williams C.:

Colin Adams
Satyan Devadoss

Wroclaw U., Poland:

Swiatoslaw Gal
Jacek Swiatkowski

Yale U.:

Andrew Casson
Bruce Kleiner
Yair Minsky

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