Christopher Ira Brav

Research Fellow:International laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms
Assistant Professor:Faculty of Mathematics

Christopher Ira Brav has been at HSE since 2014.

Education and Degrees

2008
PhD
2003
Master
Queen's University at Kingston
2002
Bachelor
St. Olaf College

Professional Interests

low-dimensional topology categorification quantisation derived algebraic geometry

Student Term / Thesis Papers

Bachelor
D. Poliakova «Applications of the Homotopy Theory of DG Categories». Faculty of Mathematics, 2016
A. Konovalov «Motivic Invariants of DG Categories». Faculty of Mathematics, 2016
Master
V. Gavran «Rigidity of the Cotangent Bundle of the Hilbert Scheme of Points on a K3 Surface». Faculty of Mathematics, 2016

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

Courses (2017/2018)

Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; programme "Mathematics"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Commutative Algebra (Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Geometry (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; programme "Mathematics"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; programme "Mathematics"; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Problems in Commutative Algebra" (Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Past Courses

Courses (2016/2017)

Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Mathematics Practical Training (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Courses (2015/2016)

Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Dynamical Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Topology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2014/2015)

Basic Homotopical Algebra (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Dynamical Systems (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Introduction to Topology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Topology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 4 module)Rus

Publications⁴

Article Brav C. I., Bussi V., Dupont D., Joyce D., Szendrői B. Symmetries and stabilization for sheaves of vanishing cycles // Journal of Singularities. 2015. Vol. 11. P. 85-151. doi
Article Brav C. I., Thomas H. Thin monodromy in Sp(4) // Compositio Mathematica. 2014. Vol. 150. No. 3. P. 343-333.
Article Brav C. I., Thomas H. Braid groups and Kleinian singularities // Mathematische Annalen. 2011. Vol. 351. No. 4. P. 1005-1017.
Article Brav C. I. The projective McKay correspondence // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2009. No. 8. P. 1355-1387.

Conferences

2017
Еженедельный семинар Лаборатории алгебраической геометрии и ее приложений (Москва). Presentation: Relative Calabi-Yau structures
2016
Deformation Quantization of Shifted Poisson Structures (Ватерлоо). Presentation: Relative non-commutative Calabi-Yau structures and shifted Lagrangians

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Nov

2017

Seminar on Teaching at HSE

On November, 22 International Faculty Support Unit has organized a peer-to peer workshop for international faculty members on teaching at HSE. The seminar enabled newcomers to get acquainted with specifics of the teaching process at HSE, and their more experienced colleagues had an opportunity to share their experience.

Feb