
Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics
Research Interests: Algebraic and Geometric Topology, in particular: mapping class groups, moduli spaces, cobordism categories, spaces of manifolds, surgery, configuration spaces, characteristic classes, K-theory and applications of homotopy theory to geometry.
Publications
$E_\infty$-cells and general linear groups of finite fields
          – Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure  
  
          (2025)  
  
          57,   
  
          1845  
  
          (doi: 10.24033/asens.2599)  
  
  The Alexander Trick for Homology Spheres
          – International Mathematics Research Notices  
  
          (2024)  
  
          2024,   
  
          14689  
  
          (doi: 10.1093/imrn/rnae255)  
  
  Asymptotic mapping class groups of Cantor manifolds and their finiteness properties (with an appendix by Oscar Randal-Williams)
          – Revista Matemática Iberoamericana  
  
          (2024)  
  
          40,   
  
          2003  
  
          (doi: 10.4171/rmi/1502)  
  
  Correction: Monodromy and mapping class groups of 3-dimensional hypersurfaces
          – Mathematische Annalen  
  
          (2024)  
  
          391,   
  
          2005  
  
          (doi: 10.1007/s00208-024-02990-x)  
  
  Monodromy and mapping class groups of 3-dimensional hypersurfaces.
          – Mathematische annalen  
  
          (2024)  
  
          391,   
  
          1965  
  
          (doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2308.06397)  
  
  On automorphisms of high-dimensional solid tori
          – Geometry & Topology  
  
          (2024)  
  
          28,   
  
          1629  
  
          (doi: 10.2140/gt.2024.28.1629)  
  
  Classical homological stability from the point of view of cells
          – Algebraic and Geometric Topology  
  
          (2024)  
  
          24,   
  
          1691  
  
          (doi: 10.2140/agt.2024.24.1691)  
  
  Configuration spaces as commutative monoids
          – Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society  
  
          (2024)  
  
          56,   
  
          2847  
  
          (doi: 10.1112/blms.13104)  
  
  Smooth generalized symmetries of quantum field theories
          – Journal of Geometry and Physics  
  
          (2024)  
  
          201,   
  
          105212  
  
    
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