Researcher biography

I am interested in low-dimensional geometric topology, with a focus on knot theory, quantum invariants of 3-manifolds, and knot homologies --especially in relation to concordances and 4-dimensional smooth topology. I recently got interested in the deep connections, usually provided by combinatorial algebraic topology, between discrete structures --such as matchings and discrete Morse functions-- and their smooth counterparts. As a side interest, I try to apply techniques from topological data analysis to knot theory.