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Somnath Basu

Assistant Professor
Dept: Mathematics and Statistics (DMS)
E-mail: somnath.basu [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
  • String topology (algebraic and geometric structures on loop spaces)
  • Rational homotopy theory and invariants of manifolds
  • Enumeration of curves and singularities
  • Groups acting on manifolds


Academic Background:
  1. Ph.D. in Mathematics State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA, 2011
  2. M.Math (Hons.) Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India, 2005
  3. B.Math (Hons.) Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India, 2003


Positions:
  1. Assistant Professor at IISER Kolkata ( from June '16' - )
  2. Assistant Professor at RKM Vivekananda University (from July ’14 to May ’16).
  3. Riley Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY-Binghamton (from September ’11 to June ’14).


Awards and Honors:
  1. Invited to Université de Nantes for a visit during August-September 2015.
  2. Invited to the Simons Center for Geometry & Physics for a visit during May 2015.
  3. Receipient of AMS-Simons Travel Grant, 2013-2015


Selected Publications:
  1. Of Sullivan models, Massey products and twisted Pontrjagin products Journal of Homotopy Theory and Related Structures, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2015) DOI : 10.1007/s40062-013-0057-0 (published online in 2013)
  2. Transverse String Topology and the Cord Algebra (joint with J. McGibbon, D. Sullivan, M. Sullivan) 1 Curriculum Vitae Somnath Basu Journal of Symplectic Geometry, Vol. 10, No. 2 (2015) http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5722
  3. Enumeration of Curves with Two Singular Points (joint with R. Mukherjee) Bulletin des Sciences Mathemati ´ ques Vol. 139, No. 6 (2015) http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6702
  4. Introductory Lectures on Surgery Theory (joint with T. Farrell) Introduction to Modern Mathematics, Advanced Lectures in Mathematics, Vol. 33 (2015)