Funda Gultepe

Funda Gultepe is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Toledo's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Her research focuses on geometric topology, geometric group theory, and low-dimensional manifold theory.

• Primary Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Toledo
• Academic Rank: Visiting Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Dr. Gultepe's work centers on hyperbolic geometry, free group automorphisms, and topological structures in 3-manifolds. Key areas include:

• Cannon-Thurston maps for hyperbolic groups
• Curve complex and arc graph metrics
• Dehn twisting in connected sums of manifolds
• Normal surface theory in free product decompositions
• Mapping class groups and geometric flows
• Train track representations of automorphisms

Publication Trends: Her mathematical contributions span formal logic, geometric topology, and group theory. Recent works examine hyperbolic geometry's role in free group automorphisms, while earlier studies focus on topological decompositions and Dehn twisting mechanisms.