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Participant List MSRI Workshop: Geometric Analysis Participant List MSRI Workshop: Geometric Analysis December 1 to December 5, 2003 at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California Bernd Ammann Szu-yu Chen FB11-SPAD Mathematics Universität Hamburg Princeton University Bundesstrasse 55 Fine Hall,Washington Rd Hamburg, 20146 Germany Princeton, NJ 08540 [email protected] [email protected] David Ayala Bennett Chow organizer Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of Utah University of California, San Diego 155 S 1400 E La Jolla, CA 92093 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090 [email protected] [email protected] Hans Ballmann Tobias Colding speaker Mathematisches Institut Courant Institute Universität Bonn New York University Beringstrasse 1 School of Education 53125 Bonn, Germany New York, NY 10003 [email protected] [email protected] Robert Bryant Eli Cooper Department of Mathematics Mathematics & Statistics Duke University University of Massachusetts, Amherst Physics Building, Science Drive Department of Mathematics & Statistics / Lederle Durham, NC 27708-0320 Graduate Resear Amherst, MA 01003-4515 [email protected] [email protected] Adrian Butscher Department of Mathematics Anda Degeratu University of Toronto Department of Mathematics 100 St. George Street, Sidney Smith Hall Duke University Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 Canada Physics Building, Box 90320 Durham, NC 27708 [email protected] [email protected] Gilles Carron Laboratoire jean Leray Harold Donnelly Université de Nantes Mathematics 2, rue de la Houssiniere, BP 92208 Purdue University Nantes Cedex 03, 44322 France 150 University Street West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 [email protected] [email protected] Xiu-Xiong Chen speaker Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin, Madison 480 Lincoln drive Madison, WI 53706-1388 [email protected] Participant List: Geometric Analysis Page 1 of 5 Thomas Foertsch Mark Haskins Institute of Mathematics Mathematics Universität Zurich Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques Institute of Mathematics / University of Zurich / Le Bois Marie 35, routes de Chartres Winterthurerst Bures-sur-Yvette, F-91440 France Zurich, Zurich 8057 Switzerland [email protected] [email protected] Marc Herzlich Daniel Fox Institut de Mathematiques et Modelisation Department of Mathematics Universite Montpellier II Duke University place E. Bataillon Box 90320 Montpellier, 34095 France Durham, NC 27708-0320 [email protected] [email protected] David Holcman Ailana Fraser Department of Mathematics Mathematics Weizmann Institute of Science University of British Columbia Rehovot, 76100 Israel 121 - 1984 Mathematics Road [email protected] Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Canada [email protected] Jaehyun Hong Sebastian Goette Mathematics UCB - University of California, Berkeley Universität Regensburg Berkeley, CA 94720 NWF 1 Mathematik [email protected] Regensburg, 93040 Germany [email protected] Sun Jin Bo Guan School of Mathematical Science Department of Mathematics Seoul National University University of Tennessee San 56-1, Shilim-dong, Kwanak-gu Knoxville, TN 37996 Seoul, 151-742 South Korea [email protected] [email protected] Sun Jin Peng-Fei Guan speaker University college Mathematics Yonsei University McMaster University 134 Sinchon-dong, Seodamun-gu 1280 Main Street West Seoul, Seoul 120-749 Korea (South) Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada [email protected] [email protected] Rich Kew Robert Gulliver Department of Mathematics School of Mathematics, 127 Vincent Hall UCB - University of California, Berkeley University of Minnesota Evans Hall 206 Church St. SE Berkeley, CA 94720-3840 Minneapolis, MN 55455 [email protected] [email protected] Kyoung-Kuk Kim Evans Harrell Mathematics School of Mathematics Stanford University Georgia Institute of Technology #381F, Bldg 380, Dept. of Mathematics, Stanford Atlanta, GA 30332-0160 University Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] [email protected] Participant List: Geometric Analysis Page 2 of 5 Robert Kusner Daniel Maerten MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Institut de Mathematiques et Modelisation de Montpellier, 17 Gauss Way Universite Montpellier II Berkeley, CA 94720-5070 Montepellier, Cedex 5 34095 France [email protected] Danny Lee Eugenia Malinnikova Department of Mathematics GlaxoWellcome Norwegian University of Science and Technology Five Moore Dr. Alfred Getz vei, 1 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Trondheim, n/a 7491 Norway [email protected] [email protected] Yi-Jen Lee Rafe Mazzeo speaker Mathematics Mathematics Institute of Advanced Study Stanford University 1 Einstein Dr Bldg. 380 -- Serra St. Princeton , NJ 08540 Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] [email protected] Peter Li organizer Pengzi Miao Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of California, Irvine Stanford University Irvine, CA 92612 450 Serra Mall, Building 380 Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] [email protected] John Loftin Grégoire Montcouquiol Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Laboratoire Emile Picard Rutgers University, Newark Université de Toulouse 3 (Paul Sabatier) 101 Warren St. UFR MIG, 118 route de Narbonne Newark, NJ 07102 Toulouse, 31062 cedex 4 France [email protected] [email protected] Robert Lonigro Vivek Narayanan Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of Michigan University of Texas, Austin 2082 East Hall, 525 East University Austin, TX 78712-1082 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109 [email protected] [email protected] Wei Luo Lei Ni speaker Department of Mathematics Mathematics MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego 77 Massachusetts Avenue La Jolla, CA 92093 Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected] [email protected] Hui Ma Vladimir Oliker Department of Mathematics & Statistics Mathematics and Computer Science University of Massachusetts, Amherst Emory University 710 North Pleasant St. 400 Dowman Drive Amherst, MA 01003-9305 Atlanta, GA 30328 [email protected] [email protected] Participant List: Geometric Analysis Page 3 of 5 Mohameden Ould Ahmedou Gordana Stojanovic Mathematics Department of Mathematics Universität Bonn Brown University Beringstrasse 4 151 Thayer Street Bonn, 53115 Germany Providence, RI 02912 [email protected] [email protected] Sungho Park Chanyoung Sung School of Mathematics Mathematics Georgia Institute of technology Korea Institute for Advanced Study 686 Cherry Street 207-43 Cheongryangri-dong Dongdaemun-gu Atlanta, GA 30332-0160 Seoul, 130-722 Korea (South) [email protected] [email protected] Grigory Perelman speaker Gang Tian speaker Laboratory of Geometry and Topology Mathematics Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow Princeton University 27, Fontanka Fine Hall, Washington Rd St. Petersburg, RU-191011 Russia Princeton, NJ 08544 [email protected] [email protected] Mohan Ramachandran speaker Giuseppe Tinaglia Dept of Mathematics Department of Mathematics SUNY, Buffalo Johns Hopkins University 244 Mathematics Building 3400 North Charles Street (Krieger Hall) Buffalo, NY 14260-2900 Baltimore, MD 21218/2686 [email protected] [email protected] Jesse Ratzkin Magdalena Toda Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of Utah Texas Tech University 155 South 1400 East Lubbock, TX 79409-1042 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 [email protected] [email protected] Tristan Riviere speaker Jeff Viaclovsky speaker Mathematics department Mathematics ETH-Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology ETH-Zentrum, 101, Raemistrasse Dept. of Math., MIT, Room 2-175 Zuerich, 8092 Switzerland Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected] [email protected] Richard Schoen speaker, organizer Jiaping Wang speaker Department of Mathematics Mathematics Stanford University University of Minnesota 450 Serra Mall, Building 383-Q 206 Church Street, Vincent Hall Stanford, CA 94305 Minneapolis, MN 55455 [email protected] [email protected] Leon Simon speaker Mu-Tao Wang speaker Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics Stanford University Columbia University 450 Serra Mall, Building 380 2990 Broadway Stanford, CA 94305 New York , NY 10027 [email protected] [email protected] Participant List: Geometric Analysis Page 4 of 5 Erxiao Wang Vladyslav Yaskin Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics Northeastern University University of Missouri, Columbia 360 Huntington Avenue Mathematical Sciences Bldg Boston, MA 02115 Columbia, MO 65211 [email protected] [email protected] Changyou Wang Jeffrey Yass Department of Mathematics University of Kentucky Susquehanna Foundation Lexington, KY 40506 401 E. City Ave. Ste 220 [email protected] Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-1117 Shihshu Wei Yu Yuan speaker Mathematics Math University of Oklahoma University of Washington 601 Elm Ave, # 423 Box354350 Norman, OK 73019 Seattle, WA 98195 [email protected] [email protected] Hartmut Weiss Marco Zambon Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics Stanford University UCB - University of California, Berkeley 450 Serra Mall, Building 380 Evans Hall Stanford, CA 94305 Berkeley, CA 94720-3840 [email protected] [email protected] Richard Wentworth organizer Department of Mathematics Johns Hopkins University 3400 N Charles St., 404 Krieger Hall Baltimore, MD 21218 [email protected] Brian White speaker Department of Mathematics Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Building 380 Stanford, CA 94305 [email protected] Anna Wienhard Mathematisches Institut Universität Bonn Beringstrasse 1 Bonn, 53115 Germany [email protected] Xiangjin Xu Department of Mathematics Johns Hopkins University 3400 N Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 [email protected] Participant List: Geometric Analysis Page 5 of 5.
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