Patrick Chan

Mathematics PhD Student at Indiana University Bloomington

Voice PhD Minor at IU’s Jacobs School of Music | Engineering Research Assistant at Loyola University Chicago

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Mathematics                           

Papers & Preprints:

2 Nondegenerate Neural Codes and Obstructions to Closed Convexity. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 37(1):114–145, 2023. Available at arXiv:2011.04565

2 Quiver Varieties and Root Multiplicities in Rank 3. Available at arXiv:2508.04804

 

Conferences:

Q Virginia Topology Conference (UVA, Fall 2025)

Q Mini-courses in 4-Manifolds (CRM, Summer 2025)

Q Georgia International Topology Conference (UGA, Summer 2025)

Q Mapping Class Groups and Beyond (METU, Summer 2025)

Q Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference “GSTGC” (IU, Spring2025) (Organizer)

Ä  FIScal Handler Topologically Allied Conference Organizer “FISH TACO”

Ä  HOspiTality CORrespeNdent Topologically Allied Conference Organizer “HOT CORN TACO”

Q Midwest Topology Seminar: (UIUC, Fall 2023) (LUC, Winter 2024) (IU, Spring 2024)

 

Home Seminars:

Indiana University – Graduate Student Seminar

Talks Given:

Ä A Cat of adj. and adj.: the words used to describe categories for graphical calculus. October 15th, 2025.

 

Indiana University – Topologists and Friends Organized Graduate Seminar (Top-FrOGS)(Not Organizer, but Namer of)

Talks Given:

Ä A Wall to Wall Introduction: A storybook view of CTC Wall’s construction of an h-cobordism from two of his papers. August 3rd and 10th, 2025.

Ä Dancing with Spheres: a portrait of . January 30th, 2025.

 

Indiana University – TQFT Learning Seminar

Talks Given:

Ä An Introduction to Modular Tensor Categories. April 16th, 2025

Ä An Introduction to (2,1)-TQFTs and Frobenius Algebras. February 19th, 2025.

 

Indiana University – Hyperbolic Knots Seminar

Talks Given:

Ä The last leg of “On the question of genericity of hyperbolic knots” roadmapped. March 25th, 2025.

 

Indiana University – Fall 2022: Visualizing Mathematics (Organizer)