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I am a postdoctoral fellow (NTT Assist. Prof.) at Vanderbilt University. In the fall, I will be an Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces. I completed my Ph.D. at Stanford University, and my advisor was Gunnar Carlsson.

This picture was taken at Oberwolfach. For a better picture of the sculture I'm standing in front of, click here.

Research Interests: Algebraic Topology, Algebraic K-theory, Yang-Mills theory. I use techniques from K-theory, homotopy theory, and differential geometry to study representation spaces of infinite discrete groups. I am especially interested in analogues of the Atiyah-Segal theorem, relating these spaces to complex K-theory. My work has produced a homotopical description of the stable moduli space of flat connections over surfaces. This result uses Yang-Mills theory, and I also study various aspects of that subject. Contact Information Dept. of Mathematics 1326 Stevenson Center Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37240 Office: 1408 Stevenson Center OH: T 4:00-5:30, Th 5:10-6:30 Phone: (615) 322-4169 Fax: (615) 343-0215 (c/o Ramras) e-mail: dan...ramras@@@vanderbilt...edu