Curriculum vitae Kate Vokes Address Email [email protected] Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 35 route de Chartres 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette Webpage www.ihes.fr/~vokes/ France Positions • October 2020–June 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher (HUAWEI Young Tal- ents Programme), Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Université Paris- Saclay, France • January 2019–September 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Université Paris-Saclay, France • July 2018–December 2018: Fields Postdoctoral Fellow, Thematic Pro- gram on Teichmüller Theory and its Connections to Geometry, Topology and Dynamics, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada Education • October 2014 – June 2018: PhD in Mathematics University of Warwick, United Kingdom Thesis title: Large scale geometry of curve complexes Supervisor: Professor Brian Bowditch • October 2010 – July 2014: MMath in Mathematics (Class I (Hons)) Durham University, United Kingdom Research interests Low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory, particularly mapping class groups, Teichmüller spaces, curve complexes and related complexes. Papers • (with Jacob Russell) Thickness and relative hyperbolicity for graphs of multic- urves, preprint (2020); available at arXiv:2010.06464 • (with Jacob Russell) The (non)-relative hyperbolicity of the separating curve graph, preprint (2019); available at arXiv:1910.01051 • Hierarchical hyperbolicity of graphs of multicurves, accepted in Algebr. Geom. Topol.; available at arXiv:1711.03080 • Uniform quasiconvexity of the disc graphs in the curve graphs, in “Beyond Hy- perbolicity”, ed. M. Hagen, R. Webb, H. Wilton, London Math. Soc. Lecture Note Ser. 454, Cambridge Univ. Press (2019); available at arXiv:1703.10595 Expository writing • Mapping class groups and curves in surfaces, on “Picture this maths”, https://picturethismaths.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/ mapping-class-groups-and-curves-in-surfaces/ Awards • Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine Thesis Prize in Mathematics, University of Warwick, June 2019 • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Award, Octo- ber 2014–March 2018 • Edward Collingwood Memorial Prize, Durham University, July 2014 • Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Durham University, September 2012– August 2013 Committees • Secretary of Mathematics Staff-Graduate Student Liaison Committee, University of Warwick, 2017–18. This committee is a means of commu- nication between PhD students and permanent staff. • Postgraduate representative on Mathematics Athena SWAN committee, University of Warwick, 2016–18. This committee is part of a national pro- grammme in the UK which promotes equality, and in particular the integra- tion of women, in Mathematics and Science departments. Teaching experience • Teaching assistant, University of Warwick, 2015–17: leading examples classes for third and fourth year undergraduate modules. – MA4H4 Geometric Group Theory, Term 2 2016–17 – MA4H4 Geometric Group Theory, Term 2 2015–16 – MA3F1 Introduction to Topology, Term 1 2015–16 2 • Supervisor, University of Warwick, 2014–15: teaching small groups of first year undergraduates for support on core subjects such as Analysis and Linear Algebra. Selected talks • 19 and 26 October 2020, online lectures on mapping class groups for grad- uate students, through Groups and Geometry in the South East and the Lon- don Mathematical Society • 23 June 2020, miniGAGTA (online), ICMS, Edinburgh, UK • 11 June 2020, Séminaire de Géométrie et Dynamique, online, France • 30 April 2020, Long-distance seminar on Geometric Group Theory, Universi- dad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico • 28 February 2020, Groups and Geometry in the South East, University of Warwick, UK • 6 February 2020, Séminaire de Géométrie Analytique, Université de Rennes 1, France • 16 January 2020, LMS workshop on Interactions between Geometry, Dynam- ics and Group Theory, University of Bristol, UK • 13 September 2019, Of coarse! Quasi-isometries and groups: rigidity and classification, Ventotene, Italy • 11 April 2019, Séminaire Géométrie et Topologie, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu–Paris Rive Gauche, France • 21 March 2019, Séminaire de Géométrie Analytique, Université de Rennes 1, France • 14 February 2019, Séminaire Géométrie, Topologie, Dynamique, Départe- ment de Mathématiques d’Orsay, France • 25 October 2018, Workshop on Dynamics and Moduli Spaces of Translation Surfaces, Fields Institute, Canada • 30 November 2017, Geometry and Topology Seminar, University of Warwick, UK • 27 October 2017, Scottish Topology Seminar, University of Aberdeen, UK • 4 April 2017, British Mathematical Colloquium, Durham University, UK 3 Language skills • English: native speaker • French: advanced (Test de Connaissance du Français: C2, September 2020). 4.