I am an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Louisiana State University .

Workshop on geometric group theory , Goa, India, August 9-14, 2010.

Teaching:  

In Fall 2009 I am teaching 1550 Sections 5 and 6. The homework for these courses is available on WeBWorK.

Professional Information:  

Research interest: Geometric group theory.
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Papers:
• Morse theory and conjugacy classes of finite subgroups II, (to appear in Geometriae Dedicata), pdf.
  (with Noel Brady and Matt Clay)
  
  
• Super-exponential 2-dimensional Dehn functions, preprint, pdf.
  (with Josh Barnard and Noel Brady)
  
  
• Morse theory and conjugacy classes of finite subgroups, Geometriae Dedicata 135, (2008), no. 1. pdf
  (with Noel Brady and Matt Clay)
  
  
• Super-exponential distortion of subgroups of CAT(-1) groups, Algebraic & Geometric Topology 7 (2007).   pdf
  (with Josh Barnard and Noel Brady)
  
  
• The asymptotic density of finite-order elements in virtually nilpotent groups, Journal of Algebra 316 (2007), no. 1.   pdf