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Pedro Ontaneda

Distinguished Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Background

Professor Pedro Ontaneda’s general research interest is the geometry and topology of aspherical spaces. Ontaneda has done work in the study of the relationship between exotic structures and (negative, non-positive) curvature, and its applications to the limitations of PDE methods in geometry. Some of his other areas of interest include geometric group theory, K-theory, mechanics.

Education

  • BS, Universidad Católica del
  • MS, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Research Interests

  • Topology and differential geometry