Danny Calegari
Encyclopedia
Danny M. C. Calegari is the Richard Merkin Professor of Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology
, and is one of the recipients of the 2009 Clay Research Award
for his work in geometric topology
and geometric group theory
.
with honors. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley
under the joint supervision of Andrew Casson
and William Thurston
; his dissertation concerned foliation
s of three-dimensional manifold
s. From 2000–2002 he was Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor at Harvard University
, after which he joined the Caltech faculty; he became Merkin Professor in 2007.
Calegari is also an author of short fiction, published in Quadrant
, Southerly, and Overland
. His story A Green Light was a winner of a 1992 The Age Short Story Award
.
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
, and is one of the recipients of the 2009 Clay Research Award
Clay Research Award
The Clay Research Award is given annually by the Clay Mathematics Institute to mathematicians to recognize their achievement in mathematical research...
for his work in geometric topology
Geometric topology
In mathematics, geometric topology is the study of manifolds and maps between them, particularly embeddings of one manifold into another.- Topics :...
and geometric group theory
Geometric group theory
Geometric group theory is an area in mathematics devoted to the study of finitely generated groups via exploring the connections between algebraic properties of such groups and topological and geometric properties of spaces on which these groups act .Another important...
.
Education and early career
In 1994, Calegari received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
with honors. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
under the joint supervision of Andrew Casson
Andrew Casson
Andrew John Casson FRS is a mathematician, an expert on geometric topology.Casson is the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics at Yale University in the United States where he served as department chair between 2004 and 2007. His Ph.D. advisor at the University of Liverpool was C. T. C...
and William Thurston
William Thurston
William Paul Thurston is an American mathematician. He is a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds...
; his dissertation concerned foliation
Foliation
In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension....
s of three-dimensional manifold
Manifold
In mathematics , a manifold is a topological space that on a small enough scale resembles the Euclidean space of a specific dimension, called the dimension of the manifold....
s. From 2000–2002 he was Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, after which he joined the Caltech faculty; he became Merkin Professor in 2007.
Calegari is also an author of short fiction, published in Quadrant
Quadrant (magazine)
Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal. The magazine takes a conservative position on political and social issues, describing itself as sceptical of 'unthinking Leftism, or political correctness, and its "smelly little orthodoxies"'. Quadrant reviews literature, as well as...
, Southerly, and Overland
Overland (literary journal)
Overland is an Australian literary and cultural journal. It was founded in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, Australia, with Stephen Murray-Smith being the first editor. The current editor is Jeff Sparrow. The journal has a left-wing orientation.- External links :*...
. His story A Green Light was a winner of a 1992 The Age Short Story Award
The Age Short Story Award
The Age Short Story Award is a competition that is run in conjunction with International PEN, the international writers' association. It was established in 1979. From 1979 to 1984 it was run in conjunction with Tabloid Story and was known as The Age-Tabloid Story Awards. The inaugural award was won...
.