Dan Margalit (mathematician)
{{Short description|American mathematician}}
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| fields = Mathematics
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- Brown University (BS)
- University of Chicago (PhD)
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| doctoral_advisor = Benson Farb
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Dan Margalit (born March 6, 1976) is an American mathematician at Vanderbilt University. His research fields include geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology, with a particular focus on mapping class groups of surfaces.
Education and career
Margalit earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University.{{cite web|url=https://people.math.gatech.edu/~dmargalit7/papers/cv_short_2019.pdf|title=Dan Margalit (Curriculum Vita)|date=2019|access-date=May 8, 2020}} He earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 2003, advised by Benson Farb. His thesis was titled Algebra versus Topology in Mapping Class Groups.{{MathGenealogy |id=75109 }} Margalit was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Utah from 2003 to 2008. He was a faculty member at Tufts University from 2008 to 2010, before going to the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2023, Margalit moved to Vanderbilt University as chair of the Department of Mathematics.{{cite web|url=https://as.vanderbilt.edu/news/2023/08/16/renowned-scholar-dan-margalit-joins-vanderbilt-university-as-professor-and-chair-of-department-of-mathematics/|title= Renowned scholar Dan Margalit joins Vanderbilt University as professor and chair of Department of Mathematics |last=Calhoun|first=Hollis|publisher=Vanderbilt University|date=August 16, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023}}
Margalit is known for his work in exposition of geometric group theory, particularly his book with Benson Farb, A Primer on Mapping Class Groups.
Awards and honors
Margalit became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2019; he was recognized "for contributions to low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory, exposition, and mentoring."{{cite web|url=https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list|title=List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society|publisher=American Mathematical Society|access-date=May 8, 2020}} Margalit was a 2009 Sloan Research Fellow.{{Cite web|url=https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2009/03/12/math-professor-wins-research-fellowship/|title=Math professor wins research fellowship|work=Tufts Daily|date=March 12, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2020}} For 2021 he received the Levi L. Conant Prize of the AMS.[https://www.ams.org/prizes-awards/pabrowse.cgi?parent_id=29 Levi L. Conant Prize 2021] For 2024 he was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition.[http://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7251 Leroy P. Steele Prize 2024]
Selected publications
Books
- {{cite book|last1=Farb|first1=Benson|authorlink1=Benson Farb|last2=Margalit|first2=Dan|title=A Primer on Mapping Class Groups|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmMrru65-XsC|year=2011|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-3904-9}}Reviews of A Primer on Mapping Class Groups
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/a-primer-on-mapping-class-groups|title=A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (review) |publisher=Mathematical Association of America|website=www.maa.org|author-last=Taylor|author-first=Scott A.|access-date=May 8, 2020}}
- {{cite journal | last=Bestvina | first=Mladen | title=Book Review: A primer on mapping class groups | journal=Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society | publisher=American Mathematical Society (AMS) | volume=51 | issue=4 | date=May 27, 2014 | issn=0273-0979 | doi=10.1090/s0273-0979-2014-01454-5 | pages=691–700| doi-access=free }}
- {{cite journal | last=Calegari|first=Danny|title=Review|volume=56|issue=3|pages=554–557|publisher=Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics|journal=SIAM Review|date=2014|jstor=24248481}}
- {{cite book|last1=Clay|first1=Matt|last2=Margalit|first2=Dan|title=Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UV3yDQAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-8539-8}}{{cite journal | last=Dymarz | first=Tullia | title=Reviews | journal=The American Mathematical Monthly | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=126 | issue=1 | date=January 2, 2019 | issn=0002-9890 | doi=10.1080/00029890.2019.1531665 | pages=91–96| doi-access=free }}
Translations
- {{cite book|last1=Fathi|first1=Albert|author1-link=Albert Fathi|last2=Laudenbach|first2=François|last3=Poénaru|first3=Valentin|author3-link= Valentin Poénaru |title=Thurston's Work on Surfaces (translation from French)|translator1-last=Kim|translator1-first=Djun|translator2-last=Margalit|translator2-first=Dan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHZ2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|year=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-14735-2}}{{Cite web|url=https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/thurstons-work-surfaces-0|title=Thurston's work on surfaces (review)|website=Book Reviews|publisher=European Mathematical Society|last=Díaz|first=Raquel|date=February 26, 2016|access-date=May 14, 2020}}
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Category:21st-century American mathematicians
Category:Tufts University faculty
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society