Go to content
- {{#headlines}}
- {{title}} {{/headlines}}
Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
|---|---|
| Research fields | Geometry, Topology |
| Keywords | geometric analysis, symplectic and contact geometry, pseudoholomorphic curves, Floer homology, Hamiltonian dynamics |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
|---|---|
| City | Berkeley |
| Institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Institute | Department of Mathematics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Mohnke | Institut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin |
|---|---|
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/05/2018 |
Programme(s)
| 2016 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
|---|
Nominator's project description
| Professor Hutchings is a leading expert in the field of symplectic topology, in particular in connection with 3- and 4-dimensional topology. Together with Professor Clifford Taubes, his doctoral advisor from Harvard University, he developed the theory of embedded contact homology, revealing deep connections between Seiberg-Witten equations and Cauchy-Riemann equations in dimension three. During his stay in Germany, he will work on the further development of various forms of contact homology and their applications in symplectic and contact topology. |