Biography:Dan Margalit (mathematician)
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| Born | March 6, 1976 |
| Nationality | United States |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
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| Thesis | Algebra versus Topology in Mapping Class Groups (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Benson Farb |
Dan Margalit (born March 6, 1976) is an American mathematician at Vanderbilt University. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology, with a particular focus on mapping class groups of surfaces.
Education and career
Margalit earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University.[1] He earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 2003, advised by Benson Farb. His thesis was titled Algebra versus Topology in Mapping Class Groups.[2] Margalit was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Utah from 2003 to 2008. He was a faculty member at Tufts University from 2008 to 2010, before going to the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] In 2023, Margalit moved to Vanderbilt University as chair of the Department of Mathematics.[3]
Margalit is known for his work in exposition of geometric group theory, particularly his book with Benson Farb, A Primer on Mapping Class Groups.[4]
Awards and honors
Margalit became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2019; he was recognized "for contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory, exposition, and mentoring."[5] Margalit was a 2009 Sloan Research Fellow.[6] For 2021 he received the Levi L. Conant Prize of the AMS.[7] For 2024 he was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition.[8]
Selected publications
Books
- Farb, Benson; Margalit, Dan (2011). A Primer on Mapping Class Groups. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3904-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=TmMrru65-XsC.[4]
- Clay, Matt; Margalit, Dan (2017). Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8539-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=UV3yDQAAQBAJ.[9]
Translations
- Fathi, Albert; Laudenbach, François; Poénaru, Valentin (2012). Thurston's Work on Surfaces (translation from French). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14735-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qHZ2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PR11.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dan Margalit (Curriculum Vita)". 2019. https://people.math.gatech.edu/~dmargalit7/papers/cv_short_2019.pdf.
- ↑ Dan Margalit at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Calhoun, Hollis (August 16, 2023). "Renowned scholar Dan Margalit joins Vanderbilt University as professor and chair of Department of Mathematics". Vanderbilt University. https://as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2023/08/16/renowned-scholar-dan-margalit-joins-vanderbilt-university-as-professor-and-chair-of-department-of-mathematics/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reviews of A Primer on Mapping Class Groups
- "A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (review)". Mathematical Association of America. https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/a-primer-on-mapping-class-groups.
- Bestvina, Mladen (May 27, 2014). "Book Review: A primer on mapping class groups". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (American Mathematical Society (AMS)) 51 (4): 691–700. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-2014-01454-5. ISSN 0273-0979.
- Calegari, Danny (2014). "Review". SIAM Review (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 56 (3): 554–557.
- ↑ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". American Mathematical Society. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list.
- ↑ "Math professor wins research fellowship". Tufts Daily. March 12, 2009. https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2009/03/12/math-professor-wins-research-fellowship/.
- ↑ Levi L. Conant Prize 2021
- ↑ Leroy P. Steele Prize 2024
- ↑ Dymarz, Tullia (January 2, 2019). "Reviews". The American Mathematical Monthly (Informa UK Limited) 126 (1): 91–96. doi:10.1080/00029890.2019.1531665. ISSN 0002-9890.
- ↑ Díaz, Raquel (February 26, 2016). "Thurston's work on surfaces (review)". European Mathematical Society. https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/thurstons-work-surfaces-0.
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