Julius L. Shaneson (born July 24, 1944,

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. He works at the

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, where he was department chair from 2002 to 2006 and is currently the Class of 1939 Professor of Mathematics.Julius L. Shaneson
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Education and career

Shaneson earned his Ph.D. in 1968 from the

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, under the supervision of Melvin Rothenberg. He taught at

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before joining the University of Pennsylvania; his students at Rutgers included

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Recognition

Shaneson was a

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in 1981. He was an

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in 1982 and 1996. In March 2005, a conference was held at the

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, in honor of his 60th birthday. He was included in the 2019 class of fellows of the

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"for contributions to topology".

Selected publications

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References

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