I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at University of Oklahoma. My research area is Geometric Group Theory.

Professional Information:  

CV
Research Statement


Teaching:

In the spring semester I am teaching Math 3333 (Linear Algebra).

Papers:

• Super-exponential 2-dimensional Dehn functions, in preparation (preprint available upon request).
  (with Josh Barnard and Noel Brady)
  
  
• Morse theory and conjugacy classes of finite subgroups, To appear in Geometriae Dedicata. pdf
  (with Noel Brady and Matt Clay)
  
  
• Super-exponential distortion of subgroups of CAT(-1) groups, Algebraic & Geometric Topology 7 (2007), 301-308.   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, 54-78   pdf

Other Activities:  

• I co-organized an AMS Session on Geometric Group Theory in March 2008.
• Here is a talk I gave at MSRI on August 16, 2007 in Connections for Women: Teichmuller Theory and Kleinian Groups entitled ``Measuring Sets in Infinite Groups''. (video)

Links:

Geometry and Topology Seminar
Pramod Achar's webpage.