Jason Behrstock

Jason Alan Behrstock is a mathematician at City University of New York known for his work in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology.[1]

Jason Alan Behrstock
Jason Behrstock in 2010
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	State University of New York at Stony Brook
Known for	Geometric group theory
Awards	Simons Fellow Alfred P. Sloan Fellow Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	City University of New York
Thesis	Asymptotic Geometry of the Mapping Class Group and Teichmüller Space (2004)
Doctoral advisor	Yair Minsky

Life and career

Behrstock was born in California and was educated in California's public school system.[2] He received his Ph.D. from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2004.[3] He went to work at Columbia University and the University of Utah before his time at Lehman College, City University of New York.[4]

Awards and honors

• In 2009, Behrstock was award the Feliks Gross Endowment Award by the CUNY Graduate Center, a research award for young faculty.[5]
• In 2010, Behrstock was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship.[4]
• In 2012, Behrstock became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
• Behrstock became a Simons Fellow in 2014.[7]

Selected publications

• Behrstock, Jason A. "Asymptotic geometry of the mapping class group and Teichmüller space". Geom. Topol. 10 (2006), 1523–1578.
• Behrstock, Jason; Druţu, Cornelia; Mosher, Lee. "Thick metric spaces, relative hyperbolicity, and quasi-isometric rigidity". Math. Ann. 344 (2009), no. 3, 543–595.
• Behrstock, Jason A.; Minsky, Yair N. "Dimension and rank for mapping class groups". Ann. of Math. (2) 167 (2008), no. 3, 1055–1077.

References

1. "Jason Behrstock". Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
2. "PROFESSOR JASON BEHRSTOCK WINS ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP". The Meridian. Apr 1, 2010. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
3. Jason Alan Behrstock at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
4. "Prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship Awarded to Lehman Mathematics Professor Jason Behrstock". Lehman Today. Lehman College, City University of New York. Mar 1, 2010. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.
5. "Lehman Economics Professor Wins Feliks Gross Award". Lehman Today. Lehman College, City University of New York. May 3, 2012. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved Feb 6, 2015. The article is about another recipient, but mentions Behrstock.
6. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
7. "Simons Fellows Awardees: Mathematics". Retrieved Feb 6, 2015.