Tathagata Basak

Tathagata Basak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University. His research focuses on Representation Theory and Hyperbolic Geometry, bridging algebraic structures and geometric phenomena.

• M.Stat, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (2001)
• PhD, University of California, Berkeley (2006), advised by Richard Borcherds
• Dickson Instructor, University of Chicago (2006-2009)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo (2009-2010), advised by Kyoji Saito

His work explores connections between group theory, hyperbolic geometry, and mathematical physics, with a particular emphasis on complex reflection groups and their applications.