Office: 230
Illini Hall
Phone: (217) 244-7339
FAX: (217) 333-9576
e-mail: sba@math.uiuc.edu
Research:
I'm working in metric geometry and Alexandrov spaces of curvature bounded either above or below; Riemannian geometry; Lorentz geometry; and applications of metric geometry and convexity to robotics.
PhD Students:
Jeremy Wong (Ph.D. 2006)
Chaiwat Maneesawarng (Ph.D. 1999)
Anton Petrunin (Ph.D. 1995)
Robert Currier (Ph.D. 1984)
Nadine Menninga (Ph.D. 1984)
William Taber (Ph.D. 1980)
Current PhD Students:
Scott Tichenor
Chanyoung Jun
Kuo-Tsai Chen Award for Distinguished Mathematical Research, 2004-2006
Prokasy Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1993
Luckman Undergraduate Distinguished Teaching Award, 1993
Outstanding Teacher of Freshmen, Alpha Lambda Delta,
1986
Current drafts of Chapters 6, 7 and 8 of the book Alexandrov Geometry (with Vitali Kapovitch and Anton Petrunin), in preparation: