Aaron Heap

Department Chair, Associate Professor, and Roemer Supported Professor
South Hall 323
585-245-5385
heap@geneseo.edu

Aaron has been a member of the 麻豆传媒团队 faculty since 2007. He received the Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Supported Professorship in 2019, and he was awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2011.
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"The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple." 
- Stan Gudder

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Aaron Heap

Curriculum Vitae

Official CV

  • (Updated January 2025)

Education

    • B.S., Texas Christian University; 1998
    • Ph.D., Rice University; 2004

Research Interests

  • Geometric and Algebraic Topology, including low-dimensional topology, mapping class groups, classical 3-manifold topology, bordism theory, and knot theory

    Publications:
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            With co-authors D. Baldwin, J. Canning, G. Vinal;
            Involve: A Journal of Mathematics, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2025.
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            With co-authors U. Donovan, R. Grossman, N. Laine, C. McDermott, M. Paone, D. Southcott;
            Pi Mu Epsilon Journal of Mathematics, Volume 15, No. 9, Fall 2023.
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            With co-author N. LaCourt;
            Symmetry, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2020.
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            With co-author D. Knowles;
            Involve: A Journal of Mathematics, Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2019.
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            With co-author D. Knowles;
            Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, Volume 27, Issue 6, May 2018.
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            With co-authors F. Cohen and A. Pettet;
            Journal of Algebra, Volume 329, Issue 1, March 2011, pp. 72-91.
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            Topology, Volume 45, Issue 5, September 2006, Pages 851-886.
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            PhD Thesis, Rice University (Completed 5/20/2004)

Honors and Awards:

    • Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Supported Professorship (2019-2022)
    • Open SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG, 2014-2015)
    • Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Faculty Inductee (2013)
    • SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010-2011)
    • Univeristy of Rochester Undergraduate Professor of the Year (2004-2005)
    • Clay Mathematics Institute Liftoff Fellow (2004)

Employment

    • Associate Professor: 麻豆传媒团队, 2013-Present
    • Assistant Professor: 麻豆传媒团队, 2007-2013
    • Visiting Assistant Professor: University of Rochester, 2004-2007
    • Graduate Instructor and Teaching Assistant: Rice University, 1998-2004

List of courses I have taught: