About

Research & academic service

I work in algebraic topology, with a particular interest in higher category theory and its connections to higher K-theory. I received my PhD in 2010 from MIT, advised by Mark Behrens, and was a postdoc from 2010–2013 at the University of Chicago, working with Peter May.

I organize the Collaborative Research Group in Diagram Categories in Homotopy Theory, funded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences.

I serve as an editor for Orbita Mathematicae and Homology, Homotopy and Applications.

Teaching

Courses

  • Spr 2026MATH 201Linear Algebra
  • Spr 2026MATH 332Abstract Algebra
  • Fall 2025MATH 113Discrete Structures
  • Spr 2025MATH 112Intro to Analysis
  • Spr 2025MATH 113Discrete Structures
  • Fall 2024MATH 201Linear Algebra
  • Fall 2024MATH 412Topics in Algebra: Galois Theory
Publications

Papers

Preprints

  • A comparison of definitions of equivariant trees
    with Julia E. Bergner, Maxine E. Calle, David Chan, and Maru Sarazola
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  • Characterizing model structures on finite posets
    with Kristen Mazur, Constanze Roitzheim, Rekha Santhanam, Danika Van Niel, and Valentina Zapata Castro
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  • Realizing compatible pairs of transfer systems by combinatorial N-operads
    with David Chan, Myungsin Cho, David Mehrle, Pablo S. Ocal, Ben Szczesny, and Paula Verdugo
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  • Enumerating submonoids of finite commutative monoids
    with Caoilainn Kirkpatrick, Amelie el Mahmoud, Kyle Ormsby, Dale Schandelmeier-Lynch, Riley Shahar, Lixing Yi, Avery Young, and Saron Zhu
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Research publications

  • Uniquely compatible transfer systems for cyclic groups of order prqs
    with Kristen Mazur, Constanze Roitzheim, Rekha Santhanam, Danika Van Niel, and Valentina Zapata Castro
    Topology Appl. 376 (2025), Paper No. 109443, 21 pp.
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  • Equivariant infinite loop space theory, I. The space level story
    with J. Peter May and Mona Merling
    Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 305 (2025), no. 1540
    PDF
  • The symmetric monoidal 2-category of permutative categories
    with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    High. Struct. 8, no. 1, 244–320, 2024
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  • Model structures on finite total orders
    with Scott Balchin, Kyle Ormsby, and Constanze Roitzheim
    Math. Z. 304, no. 3, Paper No. 40, 35 pp., 2023
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  • Multiplicative equivariant K-theory and the Barratt–Priddy–Quillen theorem
    with Bert Guillou, J. Peter May, and Mona Merling
    Adv. Math. 414, Paper No. 108865, 111 pp., 2023
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  • Saturated and linear isometric transfer systems for cyclic groups of order pmqn
    with Usman Hafeez, Peter Marcus, and Kyle Ormsby
    Topology Appl. 317, Paper No. 108162, 20 pp., 2022
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  • Self-duality of the lattice of transfer systems via weak factorization systems
    with Evan Franchere, Kyle Ormsby, Weihang Qin, and Riley Waugh
    Homology Homotopy Appl. 24, no. 2, 115–134, 2022
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  • 2-categorical opfibrations, Quillen's Theorem B, and S-1S
    with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    New York J. Math. 27, 1009–1059, 2021
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  • Biased permutative equivariant categories
    with Kayleigh Bangs, Skye Binegar, Young Kim, Kyle Ormsby, David Tamas-Parris, and Livia Xu
    Homology Homotopy Appl. 23, no. 1, 77–100, 2021
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  • Comparison of Waldhausen constructions
    with Julia E. Bergner, Viktoriya Ozornova, Martina Rovelli, and Claudia Scheimbauer
    Ann. K-Theory 6, no. 1, 97–136, 2021
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  • A multiplicative comparison of Waldhausen and Segal K-theory
    with Anna Marie Bohmann
    Math. Z. 295, no. 3-4, 1205–1243, 2020
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  • 2-Segal objects and the Waldhausen construction
    with Julia E. Bergner, Viktoriya Ozornova, Martina Rovelli, and Claudia Scheimbauer
    Algebr. Geom. Topol. 21, no. 3, 1267–1326, 2021
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  • Symmetric monoidal G-categories and their strictification
    with Bert Guillou, J. Peter May, and Mona Merling
    Q. J. Math. 71, no. 1, 207–246, 2020
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  • The edgewise subdivision criterion for 2-Segal objects
    with Julia E. Bergner, Viktoriya Ozornova, Martina Rovelli, and Claudia Scheimbauer
    Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 148, no. 1, 71–82, 2020
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  • The 2-dimensional stable homotopy hypothesis
    with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    J. Pure Appl. Algebra 223(10):4348–4383, 2019
    PDF
  • A symmetric monoidal and equivariant Segal infinite loop space machine
    with Bert Guillou, J. Peter May, and Mona Merling
    J. Pure Appl. Algebra 223(6):2425–2454, 2019
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  • 2-Segal sets and the Waldhausen construction
    with Julia E. Bergner, Viktoriya Ozornova, Martina Rovelli, and Claudia Scheimbauer
    Topology Appl. 235, 445–484, 2018
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  • Stable Postnikov data of Picard 2-categories
    with Nick Gurski, Niles Johnson, and Marc Stephan
    Algebr. Geom. Topol. no. 5, 2763–2806, 2017
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  • Extending homotopy theories across adjunctions
    with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    Homology Homotopy Appl. 19, no. 2, 89–110, 2017
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  • K-theory for 2-categories
    with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    Adv. Math. 322: 378–472, 2017
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  • Constructing equivariant spectra via categorical Mackey functors
    with Anna Marie Bohmann
    Algebr. Geom. Topol. 15(1):537–563, 2015
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  • A model structure on GCat
    with Anna Marie Bohmann, Kristen Mazur, Viktoriya Ozornova, Kate Ponto, and Carolyn Yarnall
    Women in Topology: Collaborations in Homotopy Theory, Contemp. Math. 641, 123–134, 2015
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  • Infinite loop spaces, and coherence for symmetric monoidal bicategories
    with Nick Gurski
    Adv. Math. 246:1–32, 2013
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  • Modeling stable one-types
    with Niles Johnson
    Theory Appl. Categ. 26:520–537, 2012
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  • Spectra associated to symmetric monoidal bicategories
    Algebr. Geom. Topol. 12(1):307–342, 2012
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  • Explicit formulas for 2-characters
    Topology Appl. 157(2):369–377, 2010
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Other publications

  • Homotopical Combinatorics
    joint with Andrew Blumberg, Mike Hill, Kyle Ormsby, and Constanze Roitzheim
    Notices of the AMS, Vol 71, No 2, 2024
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  • Topological Invariants of Higher Categories
    joint with Nick Gurski and Niles Johnson
    Notices of the AMS, Vol 66, No 8, 2019
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  • Invitación a la teoría de homotopía: Grupo fundamental y espacios recubridores
    Introduction to basic concepts in homotopy theory — in Spanish
    Lect. Mat. 39(1):29–48, 2018
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  • Espacios de lazos infinitos
    Survey paper about infinite loop spaces — in Spanish
    Bol. Mat. 18(2):163–182, 2011
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