Rachel Roberts is an American mathematician specializing in
low-dimensional topology, including
foliations and
contact geometry
In mathematics, contact geometry is the study of a geometric structure on smooth manifolds given by a hyperplane distribution (differential geometry), distribution in the tangent bundle satisfying a condition called 'complete non-integrability'. ...
. She is the Elinor Anheuser Professor of Mathematics at
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
.
Roberts completed her Ph.D. at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
in 1992. Her dissertation, supervised by
Allen Hatcher Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
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, was ''Constructing Taut Foliations''.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American mathematicians
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
Washington University in St. Louis mathematicians
American topologists
Cornell University alumni
21st-century American women mathematicians
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