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My current research statement is available in PDF format. You can read summaries of two of my current major projects, studying fusion categories and subfactors and the blob complex. You might also like the Miller Fellow Focus article, written for a broader audience, from the Spring 2011 Miller Institute Newsletter.
I received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in Australia, providing $125,000 per annum for a 3 year period beginning mid-2012. I applied unsuccessfully for a Discovery Project grant in the 2013 round, to support a postdoc position, and am now applying in the 2014 round with Pinhas Grossman. I am a principal investigator on the 2012-2013 DARPA grant Quantum Symmetries, HR0011-12-1-0009. Please ask me if you would like to learn more about any of these proposals, or see my application materials.

With Vaughan Jones, David Penneys, Emily Peters and Noah Snyder, I am organizing a workshop on Subfactors and Fusion Categories for 2014 at the Banff International Research Station.

With Noah Snyder and Eric Rowell, I ran a workshop on Classifying Fusion Categories at AIM in March 2012. I encourage you to read and contribute to the problem list! You can read our proposal and report.

In 2010 I applied at UC San Diego, Caltech, Sydney University and the Australian National University for tenure track jobs. I interviewed at all four, and received offers at Sydney and ANU. I've accepted a Senior Lecturer position at ANU to start mid-2012.

Application materials:

In 2008 I applied (successfully) for a Miller Fellowship at UC Berkeley; here is my single page research statement.

I also have two older research statements,