Jason Behrstock
| Jason Behrstock | |
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 Jason Behrstock in 2010 | |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | City University of New York |
| Alma mater | State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Thesis | Asymptotic Geometry of the Mapping Class Group and Teichmüller Space (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Yair Minsky |
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| Known for | Geometric group theory |
| Notable awards | |
Jason Behrstock is a mathematician at City University of New York known for his work in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.[1]
Life and career
Behrstock was born in California and was educated in California's public school system.[2] He received his Ph.D. from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2004.[3] He went to work at Columbia University and the University of Utah before his time at Lehman College, City University of New York.[4]
Awards and honors
- In 2009, Behrstock was award the Feliks Gross Endowment Award by the CUNY Graduate Center, a research award for young faculty.[5]
- In 2010, Behrstock was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.[4]
- In 2012, Behrstock became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
- Behrstock became a Simons Fellow in 2014.[7]
Selected publications
- Behrstock, Jason A. "Asymptotic geometry of the mapping class group and Teichmüller space". Geom. Topol. 10 (2006), 1523–1578.
- Behrstock, Jason; Druţu, Cornelia; Mosher, Lee. "Thick metric spaces, relative hyperbolicity, and quasi-isometric rigidity". Math. Ann. 344 (2009), no. 3, 543–595.
- Behrstock, Jason A.; Minsky, Yair N. "Dimension and rank for mapping class groups". Ann. of Math. (2) 167 (2008), no. 3, 1055–1077.
References
- ↑ "Jason Behrstock". Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
- ↑ "PROFESSOR JASON BEHRSTOCK WINS ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP". The Meridian. Apr 1, 2010. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
- ↑ Jason Alan Behrstock at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- 1 2 "Prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship Awarded to Lehman Mathematics Professor Jason Behrstock". Lehman Today. Lehman College, City University of New York. Mar 1, 2010. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Lehman Economics Professor Wins Feliks Gross Award". Lehman Today. Lehman College, City University of New York. May 3, 2012. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015. The article is about another recipient, but mentions Behrstock.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- ↑ "Simons Fellows Awardees: Mathematics". Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
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