Knot Theory Group
We work at the interface of Topology, Biology and Materials Science. We are interested in the effects of entanglement in physical systems. Our focus is in both advancing the mathematical theory and in the application of rigorous mathematical tools through computations and simulations to discover the origins of mechanical properties of materials and function of biopolymers.
group meeting September 2024, Arizona State University. From left to right: Kasturi Barkataki, Polina Malatesta, Yunqi Windy Li, Deepisha Solanki, Ron Balanay, Ben Aspinall, Eleni Panagiotou
group meeting September 27, 2023, Arizona State University. From left to right: Eleni Panagiotou, Avery Paulsen, Kasturi Barkataki, Ben Aspinall, Sophia Mastoriakos, Putting Pongtanapaisan, Julia Fletcher, Eric Ran, Stefan Stealey-Euchner, Ron Balaney
group meeting May 10, 2023, Arizona State University. From left to right: Caleb Murshed, Eleni Panagiotou, Masumi Sugiyama, Ron Balaney, Achok Alier, Kasturi Barkataki, Eric Ren
group meeting March 12 2021 (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga). From left to right: Kasturi Barkataki, Eleni Panagiotou, Philip Smith, Quenisha Baldwin, Akua Korsah, Hemanth Mandya Nagaiah, Jarod Wright, Tom Herscheberg
Funding: Greatfully acknowledging support from
The National Science Foundation under NSF CAREER 2047587 and Grant No. NSF DMS-1913180.
The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, under award number R01GM152735
The Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, under Pilot grant 2023.
ASU Women and Philanthropy 2024