Florian Frick

Florian Frick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining CMU, he held positions as an H.C. Wang Assistant Professor at Cornell University, a postdoctoral fellowship at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), and was a visiting professor at Freie Universität Berlin during 2021/22. His research spans algebraic topology, geometric topology, and combinatorics, with applications in convex geometry, game theory, and computational topology.

His recent work includes counterexamples to the topological Tverberg conjecture, fair division algorithms, and metric reconstruction via optimal transport. He has advised over 40 undergraduate students through an NSF-funded REU program on Geometry and Topology in a Discrete Setting, with projects ranging from fair rent division to maximally linkless graphs. His 15 most recent articles focus on equivariant maps, hyperplane partitions, topological Ramsey theory, and Vietoris−Rips complexes.

Dr. Frick received his Ph.D. from Technische Universität Berlin and the Berlin Mathematical School, with postdoctoral training at Cornell and MSRI. He has been awarded the NSF CAREER Award and leads research in topological combinatorics, metric geometry, and applied algebraic topology.