About me:

I'm a third-year math PhD student at the University of Chicago. My advisor is Benson Farb. My main research interests are smooth 4-manifolds and their mapping class groups; recently, I've been thinking a lot about Lefschetz fibrations.

Outside of math, I enjoy playing the piano, hiking/backpacking, reading (mostly historical non-fiction), and learning languages.

My email is epesikoff@uchicago.edu.

Recently, you might have seen me at:

Topology Students Workshop 2026.

Ethan Pesikoff