Pedro Ontaneda

Pedro Ontaneda is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Binghamton University. His research focuses on the interplay between geometry and topology of aspherical spaces, particularly the relationship between exotic structures and negative/non-positive curvature, with implications for the limitations of PDE methods in geometry.

• BS: Universidad Católica del Perú
• MS: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
• PhD: State University of New York at Stony Brook

Ontaneda’s work spans geometric group theory, K-theory, and mechanics. His recent publications highlight warped metrics, hyperbolization techniques, and deformations of negatively curved manifolds.

Scientific awards include the Distinguished Professor title. His research also explores applications of geometric methods to dynamical systems and the topology of nonpositively curved spaces.