About
I am a 6th year graduate student at the University of Chicago working with Shmuel Weinberger. Previously, I was an undergraduate at Cornell working with Jason Manning.
My CV
Research Interests
- Algebraic K-theory (specifically the K-theory of group rings), surgery theory and applications of the Farrell-Jones conjecture
- Equivariant smoothing theory
- Geometric group theory (specifically how it interacts with group cohomology)
Preprints and Publications
- Chern class obstructions to smooth equivariant rigidity.
- Torus bundles over lens spaces. in revision
- A spectral sequence for Dehn fillings. Algebraic & Geometric Topology 21 (2021), no. 5, 2257-2272.
- Cohomology and the Bowditch boundary. (with Jason Manning) Michigan Mathematical Journal 63 (2020), no. 3, pp. 633-669.
Contact Me
Email: oliverwang "at" uchicago.edu
Office: Math-Stat 013