Ben Webster

Ben Webster is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo in the Department of of Pure Mathematics and Associate Faculty at Perimeter Institute. He serves as the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Pure Mathematics Department and leads a research group focused on representation theory, mathematical physics, geometry, and topology.

• PhD in Mathematics (2007) from UC Berkeley under Nicolai Reshetikhin
• Previous positions: Assistant Professor at University of Virginia, Northeastern University, University of Oregon; C.L.E. Moore Instructor at MIT; Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute for Advanced Study

His research explores connections between representation theory, mathematical physics, geometry, and topology, including knot homology, symplectic singularities, and categorification. Current projects are supported by NSF and Sloan Foundation.

• Scientific Awards: NSF CAREER award, Sloan Research Fellowship
• Research Group: PhD students Keke Zhang and Nikita Grygoryev, NSERC postdoc Meri Zaimi

Webster's work bridges abstract algebra with geometric and topological methods, contributing to categorification theory and quantum topology. His expertise includes the study of symplectic singularities in mathematical physics contexts.