Michael Ben-Zvi

Tufts University Dept. of Mathematics

Bromfield-Pearson 105

michael.ben_zvi (at) tufts.edu

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Info

I am a Norbert Wiener Assistant Professor at Tufts University for the 2019-2020 academic year. I completed my Ph.D under the direction of Kim Ruane at Tufts University in 2019. My main research area is geometric group theory. I recieved my Bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2013 and my Master’s from Tufts in 2015.

Here is my CV.

Research Items

My research is in geometric group theory. I am primarily interested in boundaries of CAT(0) groups, relatively hyperbolic groups, right-angled Artin groups, and right-angled Coxeter groups.

Here is a copy of my research statement. My papers can be found below:

  1. Boundaries of groups with isolated flats are path connected, Arxiv.
  2. Right-angled Artin group boundaries, with Robert Kropholler. Preprint.

Teaching

Current, Fall 2019: Math 51-02, Differential Equations. Office hours are from 2pm-3pm. The permanent course website can be found here.

In Spring 2020, I will be teaching Introduction to Statistics and Calculus II.

Past teaching at Tufts (all instructor of record):

For four semesters (Spring 2014-Fall 2016) I was an online course instructor for the Poincare Institute, an NSF-funded grant whose mission is to improve the teaching and learning of middle school mathematics by helping teachers deepen their understanding of key mathematical concepts and of how students learn. As a course instructor, I managed an online forum, facilitated discussions, and graded the teachers’ work.

Service