Ralph Martin Kaufmann

Purdue University; Department of Mathematics
150 N. University Street; West Lafayette, IN
 Phone: (765) 494-1205; Fax: (765) 494-0548
e-mail: rkaufman@math.purdue.edu  URL: http://www.math.purdue.edu/~rkaufman



Students and Post-docs



Current Students

Area, Topic of dissertation
Current topic of research
Artur Jackson
Algebraic Geometry, Geometric Group theory
paused
Michael Monaco
Algebraic Topology
Operadic Theories/Feynman categories
Yang Mo
Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Physics
Hopf algebras
Chris Bairnsfather
Mathematical Physics
Topological Phenomena



Current Post-Docs
Arun Debray



Graduated PhD Students


Area, Topic of dissertation, Prizes
Graduated
Next/Current Employment
Rachel Schwell
Algebraic Topology
Operads, Polytopes, and the A_infty-Deligne Conjecture

The Louis J. DeLuca Memorial  Outstanding Teaching Assistant  Award:
UConn 2007
Central Connecticut State
Full Professor
David Pham Algebra, Algebraic Geometry
G-Frobenius Algebras,Twisting and the Drinfeld Double
Purdue 2009
Central Connecticut State Postdoc.
CUNY QCC
Associate Professor
Ben Ward
Algebraic topology
Cohomology of operad algebras and Deligne's Conjecture
PRF Fellowship
Purdue 2013
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Postdoc.
Tenure-Track at Bowling Green State.
Byeongho Lee Algebraic Geometry
G-Frobenius Manifolds
Bilsland fellowship
Purdue 2015
National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Korea
Postdoc
LG CNS
Yu Tsumurra Algebraic Topology
A 2-Categorical Extension of the Reshetikhin-Turaev theory
Gerald R. MacLane award
Purdue 2015
Ohio State University
Postdoc

Yongheng Zhang Algebraic Topology
Permutahedra, Configuration Spaces and Spineless Cacti
Department of Mathematics Exellence in Teaching Award, Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards
Purdue 2015
Amherst College
Postdoc
Lecturer
Jake Noparstak Differential Geometry
Flows on Teichmüller and Moduli Spaces
Department of Mathematics Exellence in Teaching Award, Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards
Purdue 2015 Marquette University
Postdoc
Lecturer
Jason Lucas Algebraic Topology
Connecting Models of Configuaration Spaces: From Double Loops to Strings.

Department of Mathematics Exellence in Teaching Award, Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Awards
Purdue 2016
Metron
John Abou-Rached
Teichmüller Theory
Counting Closed Geodesics in Orbit Closures
Purdue
2023
SUNY Binghampton



Former Post-docs

Current Institution
Alastair Hamilton
Texas Tech, Associate Prof.
J. Javier Zúñiga
Departamento de Economía Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Associate Prof. 
Lizhen Qin
Nanjing University, Assistant Prof. tenure-track
Dan Li, joint with B. Kaufmann Industry
Heather Lee
Univ of Washington (post-doc)