Vera Vértesi CLE Moore Instructor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mathematics 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139       Research   Low dimensional Topology: Research Interest: Heegaard Floer homologies contact 3-manifolds Legendrian and transverse knots Advisor: András Stipsicz papers and drafts talks research statement Universal Algebra: Research Interest: Computational Complexity Identity Checking Problem Advisor: Csaba Szabó papers and drafts talks research statement (2005)     Teaching   MIT: 18.901 Introduction to Topology (2012 Spring) 18.02A Multivariable Calculus (2012 IAP) 18.024 Multivariable Calculus with Theory (2011 Spring) 18.06 Linear Algebra (2010 Fall) Past Teaching: Introduction to Topology (2007) Linear Algebra and Geometry (2002) Introduction to Computer Science I-II. (2001-2005)     Positions August 2010 - present  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA CLE Moore Instructur September 2011 - December 2011   Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, USA visitor August 2009 - May 2010   The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, USA PostDoc February 2009 - August 2009   Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary young researcher     Education September 2005 - June 2009  Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Ph.D. in Mathematics Thesis title: Legendrian and transverse knots in the light of Heegaard Floer Homology Advisors: András Stipsicz and Csaba Szabó September 2008 - November 2008   Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA visiting graduate student Host: John Etnyre October 2007 - May 2008   Columbia University, New York, USA visiting graduate student September 2007, June 2009   University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa visiting graduate student Host: David Gay October 2005 -- March 2006    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) Zürich, Switzerland September 2000 -- June 2005    Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Science Diploma in Mathematics with highest honors Thesis topic: Complexity of Checking Identities in 0-simple Semigroups Advisor: Csaba Szabó September 1996 -- May 2000    Fazekas Mihály Secondary School, Budapest, Hungary Special Program in Mathematics     Personal   Family: my Dad my Mom my brother, Robi my sister in law, Kata Photos: on Picasa Hobbies: hiking aikido waterpolo snowboard, ski soccer boardgames: Scrabble, Carcassonne, Richolet Robots Links: the knot atlas arxive GT and SG     Last modified: 13. January 2012.