Danika Van Niel

Danika Van Niel is a Robert Riley Visiting Assistant Professor at Binghamton University, affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State University under advisor Teena Gerhardt.

Research Interests: Algebraic Topology, Equivariant Homotopy Theory, and Homotopical Combinatorics. Her work focuses on equivariant analogs of algebraic objects, including Mackey fields and twisted topological Hochschild homology. A co-organizer of the Upstate New York Topology Seminar (UNYTS), she explores connections between combinatorial objects like transfer systems and equivariant structures.

Publications: Recent contributions include studies on Burnside Tambara functors and transfer systems for cyclic groups, submitted or to appear in journals like Topology and its Applications.

Collaborations: She has worked with Cary Malkiewich at Binghamton and participated in research groups at Michigan State, including the Algebraic and Geometric Topology group.