Slava Krushkal

Professor

P. O. Box 400137 Dept. of Mathematics 321 Kerchof Hall

434-924-4949 krushkal@virginia.edu Personal Webpage

Research Areas

Geometric Topology

Publications/Research

A counterexample to the strong version of Freedman's conjecture, Annals of Mathematics 168 (2008), 675-693. Preprint version:  http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0610/0610865v2.pdf (.pdf)

Tutte chromatic identities from the Temperley-Lieb algebra, Geometry and Topology 13 (2009), 709-741 (with Paul Fendley). Preprint version:  http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0711/0711.0016v3.pdf (.pdf)

Research Interests

Low-dimensional geometry and topology

Education

• Bachelor of Science (BS), Novosibirsk State University
• Master of Science (MS), University of California, San Diego
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, San Diego

Research Projects

• Low-dimensional topology and topological methods in condensed matter physics
  • Project sponsored by U.S. NSF - Directorate Math. & Physical Sciences
  • 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2013