I am a postdoctoral researcher and Floer Instructor in the Topologie Lehrstuhl at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. I have research interests in algebraic topology and complex analysis, and my work is centered on equivariant elliptic cohomology.
Email:
matt.spong at gmail.com
Address:
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Office:
Gebäude IB 3/167
Preprints and publications:
Comparison theorems for torus-equivariant elliptic cohomology theories (Ph.D. thesis, 2019)
A construction of complex analytic elliptic cohomology from double free loop spaces, Compositio Math. 157 (2021), 1853–1897. (arXiv)
Equivariant elliptic cohomology and the 2-loop groupoid (preprint) (arXiv)
Teaching:
Winter term 2024/25, Bochum
Analysis I - TA sessions for the lecture by Prof. C. Lehn
Summer term 2024, Bochum
Math for Engineers II - TA coordination, TA sessions, substitute lecturing, designing problem sheets and exams for the lecture by Prof. G. Laures
Winter term 2023/24, Bochum
Math for Engineers I - TA coordination, TA sessions, substitute lecturing, designing problem sheets and exams for the lecture by Prof. G. Laures
Summer term 2023, Bochum
Analysis II - TA coordination, TA sessions, substitute lecturing, designing problem sheets and exams for the lecture by Prof. G. Laures
Winter term 2022/23, Bochum
Analysis I - TA coordination, TA sessions, substitute lecturing, designing problem sheets and exams for the lecture by Prof. G. Laures
Summer term 2022, Bochum
Topology - TA sessions, designing problem sheets and exams for the lecture by Prof. G. Laures
Feb 2016 - Jun 2019 and Mar 2020 - Jun 2021, Melbourne
Calculus and Linear Algebra - TA sessions
Talks:
Seminar on 3D Mirror Symmetry and Elliptic Cohomology, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), 15th November 2024
Topology Seminar, Mathematical Institute at Bonn University, Bonn, Germany, 9th July 2024
Research Seminar (Algebra/Geometry/Topology), Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany, 10th May 2023
The MAA and AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, Denver, Colorado, 16th January 2020
Topology seminar, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany, 26th November 2019
Johns Hopkins Topology Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, 18th November 2019
Notre Dame Topology Seminar, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA, 12th November 2019
UIUC Topology Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 5th November 2019
Elliptic Cohomology Days, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 2019
AMS Mathematics Research Community on Geometric Representation Theory and Equivariant Elliptic Cohomology at the Whispering Pines Conference Center, Rhode Island, June 2019
Annual meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, in November 2018 at the University of Adelaide, and in December 2017 at Macquarie University, in Sydney
MSRI Summer School on Derived Geometry and Higher Categorical Structures in Geometry and Physics, at the University of Toronto, June 2018
Matrix conference on Geometric R-Matrices: From Geometry to Probability, University of Melbourne, Creswick campus, December 2017
Conference in Honour of Michael Murray, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, November 2017