Dan Margalit | |
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| Born | March 6, 1976 |
| Nationality | American |
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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.
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]
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]
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