Below is a list of talks I have given since entering graduate school. Talks given while I was still an undergraduate are available here , though there is no guarantee on their quality…

• The braid monodromy of elliptic fibrations. Slides .
  • In this talk I will explain a connection between elliptic fibrations of complex surfaces, spherical braid groups, and $SL_2$ character varieties. The only background assumed will be standard first-year graduate courses.
  • Given at the University of Texas at Austin Topology Seminar and the University of Michigan Topology seminar.