Department of Mathematics
MICHAEL BATANIN
BA (Novosibirsk), PhD (Novosibirsk)
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Position: | Research Fellow | |
| Office: | E7A 309 | ||
| Phone: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8926 | ||
| Fax: | [61-(0)2] 9850 8114 | ||
| Email: | mbatanin@maths.mq.edu.au | ||
We all remember from elementary mathematics how to put brackets correctly on an algebraic expression written on a line. But doing the same thing for the expression on a plane or in a space of higher dimension is very complicated task which is tightly related to some deep questions in algebra, geometry and mathematical physics. Michael Batanin is one of the world leaders in the study of this type of problems. He received his PhD in algebraic topology from Novosibirsk State University in Russia in 1987 and worked in Sobolev's Institute of Mathematics until 1996. His main research interests lie in the area of higher category theory, homotopy theory and combinatorics. He has been at Macquarie University since 1996 and is currently a Scott Russell Johnson Research Fellow.