Chris Kapulkin: Supervision

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Postdocs

  • Apurva Nakade, 2019-21. Next position: Postdoc at Northwestern University.
  • Zachery Lindsey, 2018-19. Next position: Application developer at Select Rehabilitation.

PhD students

  • Nathan Kershaw (Direct Entry PhD), 2023-28.
  • Zack Dooley, 2024-28.
  • Ben Connors, 2023-27.
  • Maximilian Petrowitsch (Department of Philosophy), 2022-27.
  • Udit Mavinkurve, 2020-24.
  • Brandon Doherty, 2017-21. Next position: Postdoc at Stockholm University.

Masters students

  • Zack Dooley, 2023-24. [Joint w/ J. Adamus.] Next position: PhD student at Western.
  • Jinho Kim, 2021-22. [Joint w/ J. Adamus.] Next position: software engineer at Xelerance.
  • Artem Gureev, 2020-21. Next position: PhD student at Western University.
  • Jonathan Zhao, 2020-21. Next position: Medical school at the University of Toronto.
  • César Bardomiano Martinez, 2019. Next position: PhD student at the University of Ottawa.
  • Koundinya Vajjha, 2017-18. Next position: PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • Timothy Pollock (j/w T. Barron), 2016-17. Next position: PhD student at Western.
  • Mitchell Riley (j/w D. Christensen), 2015-16. Next position: PhD student at Wesleyan University.
  • Shiyamalen Thavandiran (j/w D. Christensen), 2015-16. Next position: RBC Bank.

Undergraduate students

  • Jacob Ender, undergraduate student (project: Efficient computations of homotopy-theoretic graph invariants), Summer 2024.
  • Adrien Grenier, NSERC USRA (project: Monoidal structures on the category of unlooped graphs), Summer 2024.
  • Kyle Koyanagi, NSERC USRA (project: Efficient computations of path homology), Summer 2024.
  • Sterling Ebel, NSERC USRA (project: Synthetic approach to Quillen model structure on spaces), Summer 2023.
  • Nathan Kershaw, NSERC USRA (project: Monoidal structures on the category of graphs), Summer 2022.
  • Daniel Carranza, NSERC USRA (project: Cubical methods in discrete homotopy theory), Summer 2021.
  • YeonJoon Choi, NSERC USRA (project: Cubical methods in discrete homotopy theory), Summer 2021.
  • Jacob Ender, Western USRI (project: Categorical aspects of graph products), Summer 2021.
  • Szymon Adamus, Western USRI (project: Categorical aspects of A-homotopy theory), Summer 2020.
  • Daniel Carranza, NSERC USRA (project: 2-Adjoint Equivalences in HoTT), Summer 2020. [youtube]
  • YeonJoon Choi, NSERC USRA (project: Categorical aspects of A-homotopy theory), Summer 2020.
  • Jacob Fabe, research student (project: Categorical aspects of A-homotopy theory), Summer 2020.
  • Daniel Carranza, research student (project: 2-Adjoint Equivalences in HoTT), Summer 2019.
  • Jonathan Chang, research student (project: 2-Adjoint Equivalences in HoTT), Summer 2019.
  • Ryan Sandford, NSERC USRA (project: 2-Adjoint Equivalences in HoTT), Summer 2019
  • Jefrey Judes, NSERC USRA (project: Threshold Homomorphic Encryption), Summer 2018.
  • Jonathan Zhao, NSERC USRA (project: Threshold Homomorphic Encryption), Summer 2018.
  • Jinho Kim, research student (project: Threshold Homomorphic Encryption), Summer 2018.
  • Daniel Satanove (j/w D. Christensen), NSERC USRA (project: Homotopy Type Theory), Summer 2015.

Supervisory committee

  • Jordan Hellman, MSc supervisor: D. Riley, 2018-19.
  • Luis Scoccola, PhD supervisor: D. Christensen, 2016-19.
  • Marco Vergura, PhD supervisor: D. Christensen, 2017-19.

Examination committees

  • Luis Scoccola, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2020.
  • James Richardson, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2019.
  • Alexander Rolle, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2019.
  • Marco Vergura, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2019.
  • Beatrice Chetard, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2019.
  • Robert Graham, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, McGill University, 2018.
  • Nicholas Meadows, PhD Thesis Examination Committee, 2018.
  • James Richardson, Comprehensive Exam Committee, Winter 2017.

Miscellaneous

  • Faculty Mentor of Western Cryptography Research Group, 2018-present.
  • Timothy Pollock, project on Lawvere theories in presheaf categories, Spring and Summer 2017.
  • Mitchell Riley, project on 2-category theory in Univalent Foundations, Spring 2016.
  • Faculty Mentor at the Discovery Cafe, Fall 2015.