Curriculum Vitae Kathryn Hess Bellwald 1 Biographical data • Born 21 September 1967 in Pennsylvania, USA. • Citizen of the United States of America and of Switzerland. • Married and mother of four children, born in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 2002. 1.1 Education • PhD in mathematics, MIT: 1989. • BS with honors in mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison: 1985. 1.2 Research interests • Homotopy theory, category theory. • Applications of algebraic topology in computer science, neuroscience (member of the core consortium of the Human Brain Project), and cancer biology. 1.3 Positions • Research professor in the algebraic topology program, MSRI: Spring 2014. • Titular professor, EPFL: November 1999–present. • Visiting professor, University of Stockholm (fellowship from the Swedish NSF): July 1999–June 2000. • Scientific collaborator, EPFL: October 1998–November 1999. • Visiting researcher, Universit´e de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: March 1994. • Visiting researcher, Mittag-Leffler Institute, Stockholm, Sweden: September 1993. • Lecturer (Charg´ee de cours), EPFL: September 1993–June 1999. 1 CV: K. Hess Bellwald 2 • First assistant, EPFL (position accorded through the government program designed to ensure the renewal of the Swiss professoral corps): October 1992–September 1998. • Assistant, EPFL, Switzerland: September 1991–September 1992. • Visiting professor, University of Toronto, Canada: January–June 1991. • Visiting researcher, Universit´e de Nice, France: October–December 1990. • Visiting researcher, University of Stockholm (fellowship from the Swedish NSF): July 1989–June 1990. • Visiting researcher, Universit´e de Lille, France: March 1989, April 1992. • Teaching and research assistant, MIT: September 1985–June 1989. 2 Conference and seminar talks (since 2009) 2015 Invited lecture, AWM workshop in homotopy theory at the Joint Mathematics Meeetings, San Antonio, USA Plenary lecture, 13th annual Graduate Student Topology Geometry Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana, USA Plenary lecturer and mentor, The 2015 MIT Talbot Workshop, USA Plenary lecture, 17th general meeting of the association of European Women in Mathematics, Italy 2014 Workshop “Connections for Women: Algebraic Topology”, MSRI, USA MSRI/Evans Lecture, Berkeley, USA Seminar, Stanford University, USA Open Problems Seminar, MSRI, Berkeley, USA Seminar, University of Oregon, USA Conference “Manifolds, K-theory and Related Topics,” Dubrovnik, Croatia Conference “Loop spaces in Geometry and Topology,” Nantes, France Conference “Alg`ebre homotopique, Op´erades et Groupes de GrothendieckTeichm¨ uller,” Nice, France 2013 Introductory workshop on Grothendieck-Teichm¨ uller Groups, Deformations and Operads, Newton Institute, England CV: K. Hess Bellwald 3 Conference “Higher Structures 2012,” Newton Institute, England Minicourse on free loop spaces, University of M¨ unster, Germany Seminar, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 26th Nordic and 1st European-Nordic Congress of Mathematicians, Lund, Sweden Conference on Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Chern Institute, Tianjin, China Summer school “Category Theory and Algebraic Topology,” Louvain-laNeuve, Belgium 5e Symposium Genevois “Cancer du Sein Pr´ecoce,” Geneva, Switzerland Union College Mathematics Conference, Union College, USA 2012 Sheffield Homotopy Meeting, University of Sheffield, England Seminar, Northwestern University, USA Seminar, University of Chicago, USA Seminar, University of Geneva, Switzerland Conference on Rational Homotopy Theory and its Applications, Ottawa, Canada Conference on Homotopy Algebra and its Applications, CIRM, France Stanford Symposium on Algebraic Topology, USA Oberwolfach (Topology workshop), Germany Seminar, University of Nice, France 2011 Seminar, Universit´e de Paris-Nord, France Workshop on Functor Calculus and Operads, Banff, Canada Conference in honor of Ross Street, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Summer school on Algebra and Topology (lecturer), Nordfjordeid, Norway Conference on Structured Ring Spectra, Hamburg, Germany Oberwolfach (Homotopy theory workshop), Germany Seminar, Universit´e de Lille, France 2010 Seminar, University of Chicago, USA Conference on Hochschild Cohomology, CIRM, France Midwest Topology Seminar, Detroit, USA Colloquium, Wayne State University, USA CV: K. Hess Bellwald 4 2009 Colloquium and seminar, University of Western Ontario, Canada Northern Regional Meeting of the London Mathematical Society, England Conference on Algebraic Topology and Representation Theory, Isle of Skye, Scotland International Conference on Loops, Strings and Moduli Spaces, Nankai University, China Seminar, Cleveland State University, USA Colloquium and seminar, Hebrew University, Israel 3 Teaching and supervision 3.1 Courses taught First year courses: Linear algebra (for engineers and for mathematicians and physicists) Second year courses: Analysis (at the University of Toronto), general topology, abstract algebra Upper-level undergraduate courses: Knot theory, Lie algebras, algebraic topology, homological algebra, algebraic K-theory Doctoral courses: Game theory, symmetric spectra (IIIe cycle romand), homotopy theory (at the University of Stockholm), Hochschild and cyclic homology, homotopical algebra, various working groups in algebraic topology (Unless otherwise specified, all courses listed here were taught at the EPFL.) 3.2 Teaching prizes • “Polysph`ere d’Or” (Ag´epoly prize for best teacher at the EPFL), 2013 • Cr´edit Suisse prize for best EPFL teacher, 2012 • Ag´epoly prize for best teacher in the Faculty of Basic Sciences, 2005 (The Ag´epoly is the association of EPFL students.) 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Hess Bellwald 3.3 5 Projects supervised • Almost 70 semester projects at the EPFL personally directed since 1991, on topics including homotopy theory, knot theory, topological groups, homological algebra, Galois theory, category theory, K-theory, the AtiyahSinger index theorem, mathematical physics, C ∗ -algebras, algebraic genetics and topological data analysis. • Over 40 masters or diploma projects at the EPFL personally directed since 1993, on topics including category theory, homological algebra, homotopy theory, knot theory (including applications to polymer science and dynamical sytems), algebraic geometry, cryptography, mathematical physics (quantum gauge theory and quantum gravity) and topological data analysis. 3.4 Doctoral students • Rachel Jeitziner, “Topological data analysis applied to breast cancer biology,” joint supervision with Cathrin Brisken (EPFL-SV), started Spring 2014. • Dimitri Zaganidis, “Homotopic Galois theory,” sponsored by FN grant 200020-144399, started Spring 2013. • Sophie Raynor, “Neurotopology,” joint supervision with Ran Levi (Aberdeen), sponsored by the Blue Brain lab, started Fall 2012. • Martina Rovelli, “Homotopy normality and conormality,” sponsored by FN grant 200020-144399, started Fall 2012. • Marc Stephan, “Semisimplicial spectra, group spectra and twisting structures,” thesis to be defended in November 2014. • Varvara Karpova, “Homotopic Hopf-Galois theory of commutative differential graded algebras,” sponsored by FN grant 200020-132379, thesis defended February 2014. • Patrick M¨ uller, “Homotopic descent over monoidal model categories,” sponsored by FN grants 200020-121864 and 200020-132379, thesis defended September 2011. • Nicolas Michel, “Categorical foundations of K-theory,” thesis defended September 2010, sponsored by FN grant 200020-121864. • Ilias Amrani, “Cat´egories simpliciales et K-th´eorie de Waldhausen,” thesis defended September 2010, sponsored by FN grants 200020-113707 and 200020-121864. 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Hess Bellwald 6 • Th´eophile Na¨ıto, “Alexander-Whitney coalgebras: an algebraic model for topological spaces,” thesis defended May 2009, sponsored by FN grant 200020-113707. • Jan Brunner, “The link between the infinite mapping class group of the disk and the braid group on infinitely many strands,” thesis defended June 2008, sponsored by FN grant 200020-105383. • Sylvestre Blanc, “Mod`eles tordus d’espaces de lacets libres et fonctionnels,” thesis defended September 2004, sponsored by FN grant 2000068137.02. • Orin Sauvageot, “Stabilisation de complexes crois´es,” thesis defended November 2002, sponsored by FN grant 21-061707.00. • Chantal Oberson, “Etude des relations structure-propri´et´e des polym`eres par des m´ethodes topologiques,” thesis defended June 1999, sponsored by FN grant 21-43404.95. • Fabio Simoncini, “Autour de quelques invariants d’homotopie rationnelle,” thesis defended October 1998, sponsored by FN grant 21-43406.95. 3.5 Postdocs supervised • Justin Young (Indiana, 2012): September 2012–August 2014 • Eric Finster (Virginia, 2010): August 2010–August 2012 • Gavin Seal (VU Brussels, 2000): January 2009–December 2012 • John E. Harper (Notre Dame, 2008): August 2008–July 2010 • Samuel W¨ uthrich (Bern, 2004): September 2006–July 2008 • Christine Vespa (Paris XIII, 2006): September 2006–August 2007 • Sverre Lunøe-Nielsen (Oslo, 2005): September 2005–August 2006 • Jonathan Scott (Toronto, 2000): September 2004–July 2006 • Peter Bubenik (Toronto, 2003): September 2003–July 2005 • Paul-Eug`ene Parent (Louvain-la-Neuve, 2001): September 2001–August 2003 CV: K. Hess Bellwald 4 7 Professional service 4.1 Conferences co-organized • Introductory Workshop, Emphasis semester in algebraic topology (MSRI, 2014) • Summer schools in algebraic topology and category theory (Universit´e Catholique de Louvain/EPFL, 2013 and 2014) • Women in Topology Workshop (Banff, 2013) • Andr´e Memorial Conference (EPFL, 2011) • Workshop on Tannakian Categories (EPFL, 2010) • Young Topologists’ Meetings (held annually in Switzerland or Denmark since 2007) • Alpine Operad Workshop (Villars, 2006) • Spring 2006 emphasis semester in algebraic topology at the Mittag-Leffler Institute • Arolla Conferences on Algebraic Topology (1999, 2004, 2008, 2012) • GDRE Lille 2002 meeting. 4.2 Editorial work • Co-editor of the Proceedings of the 2013 Women in Topology workshop, in the Contemporary Mathematics series of the AMS. • Co-editor of the Proceedings of the 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Arolla Conferences on Algebraic Topology, in the Contemporary Mathematics series of the AMS. • Member of the editorial board of Algebraic and Geometric Topology (2001present, chief editor from 2012), Publicacions Matematiques (2007-present) and Theory and Applications of Categories (2011-present). 4.3 Referee work • Regular contributor to Mathematical Reviews (89 reviews since 1995). • Referee for numerous journals, including Advances in Mathematics, Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Annals of Mathematics, Bulletin de la Soci´et´e Math´ematique de France, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici, CV: K. Hess Bellwald 8 Compositio Mathematicae, Documenta Mathematicae, Expositiones Mathematicae, Homology, Homotopy and Applications, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Algebra, Journal of K-theory, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, Journal of Topology, Journal of Topology and Analysis, KTheory, manuscripta mathematica, Mathematica Scandinavica, Mathematische Zeitschrift, Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly, Topology, Topology and its Applications, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and journals of the London Mathematical Society. • Manuscript reviewer for Springer Verlag and University of Chicago Press. 4.4 Assessments • Member of the selection committee for the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (2013, 2014). • Chair of the committee evaluating undergraduate mathematics education in all Swedish universities (2012–2013). • Member of the mathematics panel of the international commission evaluating KTH in its Research Assessment Exercise (2012). • Member of the selection committee for choosing a new professor for the mathematics departments of the Universities of Trondheim (2006, 2012, 2013), Aalborg (2005, 2009), Bergen (2004), Lille (2012), Osnabr¨ uck (2012), Nijmegen (2012, 2014), Stockholm (2014) and the ETHZ (2014) and for promotion to professor at KTH (2010) and Copenhagen (2012). Reviewer for creation of Junior Research Group at FU Berlin (2013). • Member of the international commission evaluating the mathematics departments of all Swedish universities (2001). • Reviewer of grant applications for the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Research Council, the Academy of Finland, the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, the European Research Commission (EURYI prize), France’s National Research Agency, Canada’s National Science and Engineering Research Council, and Georgia’s Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. • Member of thesis and habilitation juries in Lausanne (5), Lille (4), Louvainla-Neuve (2), Nice, Paris, Stockholm (3), Oslo, Aalborg (3), Utrecht (2), Aberdeen, Singapore, Copenhagen and Nantes. Reporter for theses in Angers and Paris. 4.5 Service internal to EPFL • Director of the Doctoral program in mathematics: March 2012–present. CV: K. Hess Bellwald 9 • Member of the committee selecting the laureat of the EPFL doctoral prize: November 2010–February 2012. • Member of the Bureau of the WISH Foundation (for the promotion of women in science): September 2010–present. • Member of the Research Commission (chair of the mathematics and computer science panel since 2013): September 2008–present. • Vice-director of the Doctoral school in mathematics: September 2008– February 2012. • Member of the Teaching committee of the section of mathematics: September 2006–August 2012. • Exchange coordinator for the section of mathematics: September 2006– August 2012. • Member of the Evaluating Committee of the FSB (responsible for evaluating applications for promotion to titular professor): March 2004–June 2008. • Numerous presentations to visiting high school and elementary school students (Journ´ee des gymnasiennes, Journ´ee des gymnasiens, Journ´ee des classes) 5 Outreach • Invited speaker at “Women Inspire Innovation”, Swiss Embassy, Washington D.C. : April 2013. • Speeches given to sections of the Rotary Club, the Business and Professional Women’s Club, the Lions Club, Kiwanis and the Equal Opportunity Office of the Canton of Valais: 2011, 2012, 2013. • EPFL coordinator of the Lausanne semi-final and the Swiss final of the Championnat de jeux math´ematiques et logiques: 2010 and 2011. • Regular (bimonthly) mathematical columnist in Le Temps (Swiss newspaper): September 2009 – June 2013. • Founder of the Cours Euler, a fast-paced mathematics course for young students with very high potential in mathematics: March 2007–present. • Talk at the “Maths en Jeu” graduation ceremony: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012. • Translated (from Swedish to French), staged and acted in a play about the history of Fermat’s Last Theorem for the EPFL open house “Science et Cit´e”: 2001. CV: K. Hess Bellwald 10 • Acted (in Swedish) in plays about Fermat’s Last Theorem and about the story of Tartaglia and Cardano, while on leave at the University of Stockholm and on various visits to Sweden: 2000, 2001, 2006. 6 Miscellaneous • Languages spoken: English (native), French (fluent), Swedish (fluent), German (good), Norwegian (good). • Radio interview (in French) available at http://www.rsr.ch/#/la-1ere/programmes/impatience/?date=24-04-2010 Date: 5 September 2014