Associate Professor Joan Licata

She received her PhD in 2007 from Yale University and held postdoctoral positions at Stanford University, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Max-Planck Institute before joining ANU in 2012.

Her primary research area is low-dimensional topology, with a focus on knot theory, three-manifolds, and contact geometry. In additional to lecturing and supervising research students, Dr Licata has convened the Honours specialisation in mathematics since 2014.