Ralph Kaufmann

Ralph Kaufmann

  • Professor of Mathematics; Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue

  • Research topics: Quantum Materials
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  • Contact: rkaufman@purdue.edu
    765-49-41205
  • Office Location:
    West Lafayette, IN

Areas of research: Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Physics, Higher Stuctures. 

In particular:

  • Feynman Categories
  • String Topology and Related Operations such as Deligne Conjectures
  • Hopf Algebras
  • Quantum Cohomology and Mirror Symmetry
  • Stringy Phenomena for Stacks/Orbifolds
  • Geometry of Moduli and Teichmueller Spaces
  • Noncommutative Geometry  
  • Nano Wire Networks 
  • Topological Insulators
  • 2+1 dim TQFT and its Extensions