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Burak Özba˘gcı
Koç University
Biosketch
Burak Özba˘gcı received his Ph.D. degree in
Mathematics in 1999, at the University of California at Irvine, under the
supervision of Ronald J. Stern. He is currently a professor at Koç University,
Istanbul. He held visiting positions at the Michigan State University, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at
Berkeley, and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Throughout his career, he was supported by the Outstanding Young
Scientist Grant of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, research grants of the
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, National Science
Foundation (USA) Focused Research Group Grant and the Marie Curie
International Outgoing Fellowship of the European Research Council.
He published in prominent journals, including Geometry and Topology,
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Bulletin of the London
Mathematical Society, and Journal of the European Mathematical Society.
He co-authored the book `Surgery on contact 3-manifolds and Stein
surfaces,” with András I. Stipsicz
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Burak Özba˘gcı
Koç University
Biosketch
Burak Özba˘gcı received his Ph.D. degree in
Mathematics in 1999, at the University of California at Irvine, under the
supervision of Ronald J. Stern. He is currently a professor at Koç University,
Istanbul. He held visiting positions at the Michigan State University, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at
Berkeley, and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Throughout his career, he was supported by the Outstanding Young
Scientist Grant of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, research grants of the
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, National Science
Foundation (USA) Focused Research Group Grant and the Marie Curie
International Outgoing Fellowship of the European Research Council.
He published in prominent journals, including Geometry and Topology,
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, Bulletin of the London
Mathematical Society, and Journal of the European Mathematical Society.
He co-authored the book `Surgery on contact 3-manifolds and Stein
surfaces,” with András I. Stipsicz
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