Lectures/Conferences/Seminars
Invited conferences/Events
2024 Jan Seoul National University, S. Korea: Intensive Lectures in Low-Dimensional Topology
2023 Oct Simons Foundation MPS Annual Meeting
2022 Apr ICERM Workshop: Braids in Low-Dimensional Topology.
2022 Mar Banff, Canada: Interactions of Gauge Theory with Contact and Symplectic Toplogy in dimensions 3 and 4 (Virtual)
2021 Oct 10th Bahar Math Meetings, Turkey.
2021 Apr AMS Sectional Meeting: Legendrian knots and Surfaces.
2020 Jul Dubrovnik, Croatia: Holomorphic Curves and Low Dimensional Topology (Cancelled).
2020 Jul Banff, Canada: Interactions of Gauge Theory with Contact and Symplectic Toplogy in dimensions 3 and 4 (Cancelled)
2019 Jul IAS/PCMI, USA: Quantum Filed Theory and Manifold Invariants.
2018 Jul Austin, USA: The Topology and Geometry of Low Dimensional Manifolds: A Celebration of the Mathematics of Bob Gompf
2018 Jun Dubrovnik, Croatia: Geometric Structures on 3-and 4- Manifolds.
2018 Feb Alabama, USA: The Lewis-Parker Lecturer at the 68th Annual Meeting of the AACTM
2017 Jun Gökova, Turkey: 24th Gökova Geometry and Topology Conference
2016 Apr Arkansas, USA: The 41st Spring Lecture Series at the University of Arkansas
2016 Mar Georgia, USA: Low-Dimensional Topology, AMS Meeting, UGA
2015 Apr Nevada, USA: Contact Geometry and Low-Dimensional Topology, AMS Meeting, UN
2014 Mar Virginia, USA: 48th Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference
2013 Oct Pennsylvania, USA: Contact and Symplectic Topology, AMS Meeting, Temple U
2011 Dec Georgia, USA: 1st Tech Topology Conference, Georgia Tech
2011 Oct North Carolina, USA: Low Dimensional Topology, AMS Meeting, WFU
2011 Apr Michigan, USA: 9th Graduate Student Topology and Geometry Conference, MSU
Invited seminar/colloquium talks
2024 Oct GA/Georgia Tech Joint Topology Seminar
2024 Apr Bryn Mawr Colloquium
2024 Apr Rutgers-Newark Math Colloquium
2024 Apr Rutgers Geometry-Topology Seminar
2024 Apr UPenn the Math Colloquium
2024 Mar UMass Amherst Geometry-Toplogy Seminar
2024 Feb Georgia Tech Geometry-Topology Seminar
2023 Dec Columbia University, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2023 Nov Columbia University, Columbia Undergraduate Colloquium Series
2023 Oct Princeton University Topology Seminar
2023 Sep IAS/Princeton joint Symplectic Geometry Seminar
2023 Mar University of South Alabama Colloquium
2023 Mar University of South Alabama Geometry-Topology Seminar
2021 Apr Western Hemisphere Virtual Symplectic Seminar
2021 Apr Northern California Symplectic Geometry Seminar
2020 Dec METU Geometry Topology Seminar
2020 Nov Brandeis Topology Seminar
2020 Nov The Renyi Institute, Budapest. Algebraic Geometry and Differential Topology Seminar
2020 Mar UGA/Georgia Tech Joint Topology Seminar
2019 Dec University of Virginia. Geometry Seminar
2019 Nov Philadelphia Area Topology (PATCH) Seminar
2019 Oct Dartmouth College, Topology Seminar
2019 Apr UT Austin, Topology Seminar
2019 Feb Duke University, Triangle Topology Seminar
2018 Dec METU, Topology Seminar
2018 Nov University of Buffalo, Topology Seminar
2018 Jun MSGSU, Istanbul. General Seminar
2018 May Georgia Institute of Technology, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2018 Mar University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2018 Mar Louisiana State University, Topology Seminar
2017 Nov University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Topology Seminar
2017 Mar University of California Berkeley, Topology Seminar
2017 Mar University of California Berkeley, Introductory Topology Seminar
2016 Dec Middle East Technical University, Topology Seminar
2016 Nov University of Iowa, Topology Seminar
2016 Nov University of Buffalo, Topology Seminar
2016 Oct Georgia Institute of Technology, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2016 Oct University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2016 Apr University of Alabama, Colloquium
2016 Mar Michigan State University, Topology Seminar
2016 Feb University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2015 Aug University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2015 Apr Georgia Institute of Technology, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2015 Feb University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2014 May Max-Planck institute, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2013 Dec Middle East Technical University, Topology Seminar
2013 Nov University of Virginia, Geometry Seminar
2013 Oct Georgia Institute of Technology, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2013 Apr Universite de Montreal, Symplectic Geometry Seminar
2012 Oct LSU/Iowa/Rice Joint Virtual Topology Seminar (at LSU)
2012 Oct Louisiana State University, Topology Working Seminar
2012 Oct CIRGET, Low Dimensional Topology Seminars (4 talks)
2012 Apr Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geometry-Topology Seminar
2011 Nov University of Texas, Austin Topology Seminar
2011 Nov University of Minnesota, Deferential Geometry Seminar
2011 May Middle East Technical University, Topology Seminar
2011 Apr Duke University, Topology Seminar
2011 Mar Columbia University, Symplectic and Gauge Theory Seminar
2010 Dec Middle East Technical University, Topology Seminar
2009 Nov University of Buffalo, Topology Seminar
Lecture series
2024 Feb Philadelphia Area Contact Topology (PACT) Meetings: Symplectic fillability of contact surgeries [2 lectures]
2024 Feb IAS: Contact type hypersurfaces and related topics [2 lectures]
2023 Sep IAS: Contact surgeries and symplectic fillability [2 lectures]
2019 Oct CIRGET: Rational convexity in complex dimension 2 [3 lectures]
2019 July IAS/PCMI–For attendees of the Undergraduate Faculty Program. Stein Domains in C^2 [2 talks].
2019 May Louisiana State University: Stein domains in C^2 [2 lectures].
2017 Oct University of Alabama: Symplectic fillings and Lagrangian discs [3 talks].
2016 Oct University of Alabama: Symplectic and contact geometry in low dimensions [5 lectures].
2012 Aug Georgia Institute of Technology: Geometry and topology of 3-manifolds, Heegaard- Floer homology and interactions [15+ lectures].
Outreach talks
2024 Nov Pi Mu Epsilon talk at UA: Unknotted curves on Seifert surfaces.
2018 Apr Pi Mu Epsilon talk at UA: Knots and their invariants
2019 Feb GREX Research Talk: Symplectic and contact topology in low dimensions
2018 Feb GREX Research Talk: Smooth manifold topology
2016 Sep Undergrad Math Club at UA: A glimpse of knot theory in arts, sciences and mathematics