Erica Flapan
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BornAugust 14, 1956
OccupationsProfessor, mathematician
TitleLingurn H. Burkhead Professor of Mathematics
Erica Flapan | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1956 |
| Occupations | Professor, mathematician |
| Title | Lingurn H. Burkhead Professor of Mathematics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Thesis | Non-Periodic Knots and Homology Spheres (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel McMillan |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Lingurn H. Burkhead Professor, Pomona College |
| Website | pages |
Erica Flapan (born August 14, 1956) is an American mathematician and the Lingurn H. Burkhead Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College. She is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and former editor-in-chief of their monthly Notices journal.[1][2]
Flapan did her undergraduate studies at Hamilton College, graduating in 1977,[3][4] and went on to graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a Ph.D. in 1983 under the supervision of Daniel McMillan.[5]
After postdoctoral studies at Rice University and the University of California, Santa Barbara she joined the Pomona faculty in 1986.[3][4] Flapan's research is in low-dimensional topology and knot theory.
