the Richmond Geometry Day Spring 2026

A one-day workshop

Virginia Commonwealth University

February 7, 2026


The Richmond Geometry Day will focus on emergent research topics while bringing together researchers in algebraic geometry, low-dimensional topology, and mathematical physics.

This meeting is supported by NSF award DMS-2349810.

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Registration

All participants are kindly requested to register here.

Lightning Talk Session

The meeting will feature a lightning talk session with the aim of showcasing research by early-career participants. Everyone is encouraged to apply to present their work at the lightning talk session. The application to contribute to this session is an optional part of the registration.

Here is the lineup of the lightning talk session:

  • Avik Chakravarty (University of Pennsylvania): Globally Generated Vector Bundles on $\overline{M}_{0,n}$ from Lattice VOAs
  • Daebeom Choi (University of Pennsylvania): Contractions of $\overline{\mathrm{M}}_{g,n}$
  • Matthew Elpers (North Carolina State University): Characterizing Slopes for More Three Manifolds
  • Tracy Hall: A knot-like matroid object with trivial Jones polynomial
  • Ilyas Khan (Duke University): Short Time Existence of Asymptotically Conical G_2 Laplacian Flow
  • Anna Paulec (Wake Forest University): Hexagonal Mosaic Knot Theory
  • Shruthi Sridhar-Shapiro (University of Richmond): Stitching Pants with Stripes: Generating Nested Cobordisms
  • Brandon Shapiro (University of Virginia): Hyperbolic Tilings via Category Theory

Location

All lectures will be held in Harris Hall 4169 on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus.

Childcare

For participants wishing to arrange childcare in Richmond, VA, the Virginia Department of Social Services provides a child day care search tool here: Virginia Dept of Social Services Child Care Locator. Please select the search criterion ‘Richmond City’ or the nearby counties ‘Henrico’ or ‘Chesterfield.’ A list of contact information for providers with some drop-in childcare options can also be found here. Other childcare options in Richmond include the YMCA, numerous area churches, and the Weinstein JCC. It may also be possible to locate home daycare providers or babysitters for hire through Care.com.