NSF funds Wong’s research

Helen WongHelen Wong, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded a $160,048 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “RUI: Skeins on Surfaces.” Her project explores the extent to which the Kauffman skein algebra of a surface can serve as intermediary between quantum topology and hyperbolic geometry, and seeks to characterize knots and other topologically complex structures that can occur in DNA and proteins. As many as ten undergraduate researchers will participate in the research.

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Helen WongHelen Wong, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded a $160,048 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “RUI: Skeins on Surfaces.” Her project explores the extent to which the Kauffman skein algebra of a surface can serve as intermediary between quantum topology and hyperbolic geometry, and seeks to characterize knots and other topologically complex structures that can occur in DNA and proteins. As many as ten undergraduate researchers will participate in the research.

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