Michael Hutchings

Michael Hutchings is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley. His research spans Symplectic and Contact Geometry/Topology, with a focus on low-dimensional manifolds, Reeb dynamics, and symplectic embeddings. He has supervised numerous PhD students and actively teaches courses like Symplectic Geometry and Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds.

• Research Interests:
• Symplectic and Contact Geometry/Topology
• Quantitative dynamics of Reeb vector fields
• Floer homology and Embedded Contact Homology (ECH)
• Symplectic capacities and embedding problems

Recent articles highlight his work on ECH spectral invariants, Reeb dynamics, and Braid stability in low dimensions. Trends include applications of holomorphic curve theory and Seiberg-Witten invariants.

Advising: He has supervised students like Oliver Edtmair and Julian Chaidez, focusing on topics such as symplectic embeddings and Reeb orbits. He maintains an active NSF grant and organizes student seminars on Floer theory.