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BERNARDO URIBE JONGBLOED Mathematics Department, Universidad De Los Andes Carrera 1 N.18 a -10, Bogotá, Colombia Tel +57 1 3324340, Email: Buribe@Gmail.Com BERNARDO URIBE JONGBLOED Mathematics Department, Universidad de los Andes Carrera 1 N.18 A -10, Bogotá, Colombia Tel +57 1 3324340, Email: [email protected] P E R S O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N Birthdate: June 14th 1975 Marital Status: Married Citizenship: Colombian Children: 2 daughters W O R K E X P E R I E N C E Mathematics Department, Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia Professor January 2012- Mathematics Department, Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia Associate Professor July 2010 – December 2011 Mathematics Department, Universität Münster Münster, Germany Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter January 2010 – June 2010 Mathematics Department, Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia Associate Professor July 2009 – December 2009 Mathematics Department, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados del IPN Mexico City, Mexico Researcher level 3A July 2008 – June 2009 Mathematics Department, Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia Associate Professor June 2006 – June 2008 Mathematics Postgraduate Studies Coordinator June 2006 – January 2007 Assistant Professor January 2005 – June 2006 Mathematics Department, Universidad Nacional Bogotá, Colombia Assistant Professor July 2005 – December 2006 Mathematics Department, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA Assistant Professor August 2003 – December 2004 Max Planck Institut Fuer Mathematik Bonn, Germany Guest Researcher July 2002 – July 2003 Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA NSF Research Assistant 2000 – 2002 Teaching Assistant 1998 – 2000 E D U C A T I O N University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Ph.D. Mathematics 2000 – 2002 Thesis Title: Twisted K-theory and Orbifold Cohomology of the Symmetric Product, Advisor: Alejandro Adem University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA M.Sc. Mathematics 1998 – 2000 Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia B.S. Mathematics 1994 – 1998 T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E At the Universidad de los Andes Calculus and Vector Calculus (several times), Topology, Geometry of Differential Forms, Algebraic Topology, Group theory, Characteristic classes At the Universidad Nacional Differential Topology At the University of Michigan Calculus and Vector Calculus (several times) V I S I T S Mathematics Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (as Von Humboldt Fellow) July 2012-Present Mathematics Institute, University of Münster, Münster, Germany January 2010-May 2010 Max Planck Institut Fuer Mathematik, Bonn, Germany August-October 2008 Erwin Schroedinger Institut, Vienna, Austria September 2007 Max Planck Institut Fuer Mathematik, Bonn, Germany May – June 2006 Mathematical Science Research Institute, Berkeley, USA March 2006 Max Planck Institut Fuer Mathematik, Bonn, Germany May – June 2004 M E M B E R S H I P S A N D O T H E R S International Center for Theoretical Physics ICTP Junior Associate 2005-2011 Scientific Committee of the EMALCA (Latin-American Schools of Mathematics), part of UMALCA Member since 2005 C O N F E R E N C E S O R G A N I Z E D Organizer of the “Workshop on Recent Developments on Orbifolds”, Chern Institute, China July 25-29 2011 Co organizer of the “String Topology Conference”, Morelia, Mexico January 2006 Main organizer of “EMALCA Colombia - First Colombian School of Mathematics” October 2006 G R A N T S • Quantum cohomology of manifolds with symmetries. A study of the symmetric product. Project financed by COLCIENCIAS-Colombia from 2008 until 2009. Total amount of money financed by COLCIENCIAS: COP$44’363.200 (USD$25.000). Proyect number PRE00405000138 • Topological quantum field theories and orbifolds (together with Ernesto Lupercio). Project financed by COLCIENCIAS-Colombia and CINVESTAV-México from 2008 until 2009. Total amount of money financed by COLCIENCIAS: USD$8.000, total amount of money financed by CONACYT: USD$16.000. Contract number 376- 2007 A W A R D S • Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize for young colombian researchers in the area of mathematics, granted by the Colombian Academy of Sciences, Auguts 2012. • Von Humboldt fellowship for Experienced Researchers (2012-2013) awarded to carry out research at the University of Bonn, Germany • Rackham Fellowship (2004) awarded by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA • Excellence Research in Mathematics (2001) awarded by the Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA • Otto de Greif (1998) Price awarded for undergraduate thesis in Mathematics in Colombia • Beca Mazda para el Arte y las Ciencias (1997) Scholarship awarded to pursue a master’s thesis • Beca 40 años (1994-1997) Scholarship awarded from the Universidad de los Andes to pursue an undergraduate degree R E S E A R C H P A P E R S • Group actions on dg-manifolds and Exact Courant algebroids, http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5413, Accepted for publication in Comm. Math. Phys. • Hochschild cohomology and string topology of global quotient orbifolds (j.w. A, Ángel y E. Backelin), Journal of Topology 5 (2012), pp. 593-638. • Chern-Weil homomorphism in twisted equivariant cohomology (j.w. A. Caviedes and S. Hu) Differential Geometry and its Applications 28 (2010), pp. 65-80 • Stringy product on twisted orbifold K-theory for abelian quotients. (j.w E. Becerra) Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009) 5781-5803. • Extended Manifolds and Extended Equivariant Cohomology (j.w. S. Hu), Journal of Geometry and Physics, Volume 59, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 104-131 • Orbifold String Topology (j.w E. Lupercio and M. Xicotencatl), Geometry and Topology 12 (2008) No. 4, 2203-- 2248 • Orbifold Virtual Cohomology of the Symmetric Product (j.w. David Riveros), Bulletin of the Mexican Mathematical Society. 3a. Serie Volumen 14 Número 1, 2008 • Chen-Ruan Cohomology of Cotangent Orbifolds and Chas-Sullivan String Topology (j. w. Ana Gonzalez, Ernesto Lupercio, Carlos Segovia and Miguel A. Xicotencatl) Math. Res. Lett. 14 (2007), No. 3, 491-501 • The Loop Orbifold of the Symmetric Product (j. w. E. Lupercio and M. Xicotencatl), J. Pure Appl. Algebra 211 (2007), No. 2, 293-306 • Stringy Chern Classes of Singular Varieties (j.w. T. de Fernex, T Nevins and E. Lupercio), Adv. in Math. 208 (2007), No. 1, 597-621 • An Introduction to Gerbes on Orbifolds (j.w. E. Lupercio), Annales Mathematiques Blaise Pascal 11 (2004) No. 2, 155-180 • Holonomy for Gerbes over Orbifolds (j.w. E. Lupercio), Jour. Geom. and Phys. 56 (2006), No. 9, 1534-1560 • Inertia Orbifolds, Conguration Spaces and the Ghost Loop Space (j.w. E. Lupercio), Q. J. Math. 55 (2004), No. 2, 185-201 • Gerbes over Orbifolds and K-Theory (j.w. E. Lupercio), Comm. Math. Phys. 245 (2004), No. 3, 449-489 • Orbifold Cohomology of the Symmetric Product, Comm. Anal. and Geom. 13 (2005) No.1, 113-128 • Topological Quantum Field Theories, Strings, and Orbifolds (j.w. E. Lupercio) Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory, Contemporary Mathematics 434, 73-98, American Mathematical Society 2007 • A Localization Principle for Orbifold Theories (j.w. T. de Fernex, T Nevins and E. Lupercio), Recent Developments in Algebraic Topology, Contemporary Mathematics 407, 113-133, American Mathematical Society 2006 • Differential Characters on Orbifolds and String Connections I (j.w. E. Lupercio), Gromov-Witten Theory of Spin Curves and Orbifolds, Contemporary Mathematics 403, 127-142, American Mathematical Society 2006 • Loop Groupoids, Gerbes, and Twisted Sectors on Orbifolds (j.w. E. Lupercio), Orbifolds in Mathematics and Physics, Contemporary Mathematics 310, 163-184, American Mathematical Society 2002 • Deligne Cohomology for Orbifolds, Discrete Torsion and B-Fields (j.w. E. Lupercio), Geometric and topological methods for quantum field theory (Villa de Leyva, 2001), 468-482, World Sci. Publishing, River Edge, NJ, 2003. P R E P R I N T S • T-duality and exceptional generalized geometry through symmetries of dg-manifolds,(j.w. E. Lupercio and C. Rengifo) http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.6048 • Universal twist in Equivariant K-theory for proper and discrete actions,(j.w. N. Bárcenas, J. Espinoza and M. Joachim) http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1880 E D I T O R I A L W O R K • Editor of the “Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas” (Colombian Journal of Mathematics) since July 2009 • Member of the Editorial Committee of the “Revista Integración”, since 2012. http://matematicas.uis.edu.co/integracion/ • Editor of “Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory” Proceedings of the summer school, Villa de Leyva, Colombia, July 11-29, 2005. (together with S. Paycha), Contemporary Mathematics 434. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS). xi, 255 p. (2007). ISBN 978-0-8218-4062-7 S T U D E N T S G R A D U A T E D • Jorge Palacio (Master 2006, U. de los Andes) “Levantamiento de Estructuras Complejas Generalizadas” • Hermes Martinez (Master 2006, U. de los Andes) “La Correspondencia de Riemann Hilbert” • David Riveros (Master 2007, U. de los Andes) “Topología de Lazos de Orbidades para el Producto Simetrico de Esferas” • Gina Angueyra (B.Sc. 2007, U. de los Andes) “Representaciones de Grupos Finitos; el Grupo Simetrico” • Juanita Pinzón (B.Sc. 2007, U. de los Andes) “Morse Homology” • Mario Velasquez (Master 2008, U. de los Andes) “Equivariant K-theory of the symmetric product” • Cristian Martinez (Master 2008, U. de los Andes) “Chen-Ruan cohomology of symmetric products and cohomology of Hilbert schemes of points on surfaces” • Edward Becerra (Master 2008, U. de los Andes) “Stringy K-theory for abelian global quotients” • Alexander Caviedes (Master 2008, U. Nacional de Colombia) “Construcción de estructuras complejas generalizadas en dimensión cuatro” • Ana María Botero (B. Sc. 2011, U. de los Andes) “Methods in combinatorics for computing Euler characteristics in projective toric varieties” • Edward Becerra (PhD 2012, U. Nacional de Colombia) “Stringy orbifold product in K-theory” • Mario Andrés Velásquez (Ph.D. 2012, U. de los Andes) “Equivariant connective K-homology and configuration spaces” I N V I T E D L E C T U R E S • T-duality and exceptional generalized geometry through symmetries of dg-manifolds, November 26 2012, Topology Seminar, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Holland.
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