Funda Gultepe
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

I am a Phd candidate at the OU MATH department. My thesis advisor is Kasra Rafi.
Click to view my CV

CONTACT INFORMATION

Funda Gultepe
Department of Mathematics,
601 Elm Ave, Physical Sciences Center(PHSC), Room 423,
Norman, OK - 73019-3104

Office: PHSC 1022

E-Mail: fgultepe@math.ou.edu
Starting from Fall 2013, I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign.

RESEARCH

My research interests are in intersections of low dimensional topology, Out(Fn) and Teichmueller Geometry.
Currently, I am working on dynamical properties of subgroups of Out(F_n).
  • Click to see my Research Statement.


    • My research papers:

  • Normal tori in #_n( S^2xS^1),in Topology and its Applications.vol160,issue8., also in arxiv.
  • Essential tori and Dehn twists of the free group, in preparation. (With Matt Clay and Kasra Rafi)




    • TEACHING

    This semester (Summer 2013) I'm teaching Calculus II, MATH 2423.

    PAST COURSES

    • Calculus II discussion Section, Spring 2008
    • Calculus I discussion Section, Fall 2008
    • Business Calculus, Spring 2009
    • Differential and Integral Calculus III discussion Section, Fall 2009
    • College Algebra,Fall 2010
    • College Algebra,Spring 2011
    • Calculus II discussion Section, Fall 2011
    • Calculus I discussion Section, Spring 2012
    • Calculus II discussion Section, Fall 2012
      •



    INVITED TALKS
  • Essential tori and subgroups of Out(F_n) generated by twists.
    • Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference, CCSU, Connecticut. March 23-25, 2013.
  • Essential tori and subgroups of Out(F_n) generated by twists.
    • G3 conference, South Padre Island, Texas March 21-24, 2013.
  • Subgroups of Out(F_n) generated by two Dehn twist automorphisms. Brown University, January 30, 2013
  • Essential Tori and subgroups of Out(F_n)
    • Cool down week for automorphisms of free groups, CRM, Barcelona. November 19-23, 2012.
  • Essential Tori and Dehn Twists in Outer Space
    • Redbud Topology Conference, Norman, Oklahoma November 3-4, 2012.
  • Dehn Twists in Outer Space
    • Topology Students workshop, Atlanta, Georgia June 10-15, 2012.
  • Normal spheres and Normal Tori in #_n( S^2xS^1)
    • OSU Workshop on the Torelli group, Mapping class group, and Out(Fn), Columbus, Ohio May 2-6, 2011.


    SEMINAR TALKS
    TITLE SEMINAR SEMESTER
    Lightlike Submanifolds of semi-Riemannian Manifolds Student Geometry and Topology Seminar Spring 2008
    Automorphisms of the Disk Complex I&II Student Geometry and Topology Seminar Spring 2010
    Automorphisms of the Disk Complex I&II Geometry and Topology Seminar Spring 2010
    Introduction to Out(Fn) and Culler-Vogtmann Graph Student Topology Seminar Fall 2010
    Curve Complex and Mapping Class Groups Graduate Student Seminar Fall 2010
    Normal spheres and normal tori in #_n( S^2xS^1) - I, II, III Student Topology Seminar Spring 2011
    Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry Graduate Student Seminar Fall 2011
    Normal tori in #_n( S^2xS^1) Geometry and Topology Seminar Fall 2011
    Braid Groups, Mapping Class Groups and Configuration Spaces Student Topology Seminar Fall 2011
    Bass-Serre Theory, I&II Student Topology Seminar Spring 2012
    Classification problem in 3 manifolds I: prime decomposition, I, II and III Student Topology Seminar Spring 2013