Selected Presentations & Appearances
Bad Conformal Field Theories
· April 18, 2016
Invited Talk
Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania,
Discriminants and Mirror Symmetry
- Homological Mirror Symmetry
· March 9, 2016
Invited Talk
BIRS ,
Banff, Canada
Discriminants and Mirror Symmetry
- F Theory at 20
· February 25, 2016
Invited Talk
CalTech,
Massless D-branes and Discriminants
· December 21, 2015
Invited Talk
Stanford University,
Physics Department, Stanford
The Kahler Moduli Space of Calabi-Yau Manifolds
· December 22, 2013
Lecture
Hamburg University
Exoflops and Extremal Transitions
· December 17, 2013
Lecture
Stanford
Monodromy and Collapsing del Pezzo Surfaces
· June 11, 2013
Lecture
CRM Montreal
The topological B-model and superpotentials
· August 14, 2012
Lecture
BIRS Banff
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds
· July 9, 2012
Lecture
Warwick University
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds
· July 3, 2012
Lecture
Bonn University
Linear sigma models and (0,2) models
· May 14, 2012
Lecture
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook
A (0,2) McKay Correspondence
· December 12, 2011
Lecture
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
A (0,2) McKay Correspondence
· November 5, 2011
Lecture
Mirror Symmetry Conference, Kansas State U
A Study of (0,2) Deformations of (2,2) Theories
· June 9, 2011
Lecture
String-Math conference, Penn
Quivers and Matrix Factorizations
· May 18, 2011
Lecture
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
A Study of (0,2) Deformations of (2,2) Theories
· May 9, 2011
Lecture
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
D-Branes, Toric Geometry and Matrix Factorizations
· March 18, 2011
Lecture
Commutative Algebra Conference, Univ of South Carolina
Can Instantons Kill H1(End(T)) Singlets?
· December 20, 2010
Lecture
Stanford University
String Theory and the McKay Correspondence
· June 15, 2009
Lecture
University of Pennsylvania
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes
· March 30, 2009
Lecture
University of Michigan
Geometry and String Theory
· February 6, 2009
Lecture
University of Central Florida
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes
· January 14, 2009
Lecture
Stony Brook University
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes
· November 6, 2008
Lecture
Texas A&M University
Probing Calabi-Yau Geometry with D-Branes
· October 20, 2008
Lecture
Virginia Tech
B-Type D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds
· July 21, 2008
Lecture
KITP, Santa Barbara
Non-Commutative Resolutions and Toric Geometry
· May 12, 2008
Lecture
BIRS, Banff
Computations in String Theory with Macaulay 2
· March 17, 2008
Lecture
Cornell University
Service to the Profession
NSF Proposal Review
·
December 2013
Committee Service
NSF Panel
·
February 2013
Committee Service
Coorganizer : String Theory for Mathematicians 5/14/12 – 5/18/12
·
December 14, 2012
Event/Organization Administration
Simons Center, Stony Brook
NSF and other proposals reviewed
·
November 2011
Committee Service
Proposal Review NSF
·
December 15, 2010
Committee Service