Upendra Kulkarni
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Chennai Mathematical Institute
India
Biography
Upendra Kulkarni received his B.Tech. (Computer Science) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai (1992) and Ph.D. (Mathematics) from Brandeis University, U.S.A. (1998). He has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1998-2000), an Assistant Professor at the Truman State University (2000-05), An Associate Professor at the Truman State University (2005), a Visiting Scientist at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore (2005-06) and a Visiting Fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore (2006-07).
Research Interest
His research interests are: Representations of algebraic groups over the integers and in characteristic , Algebraic aspects of Lie representation theory including Lie algebras, quantum groups and related combinatorics and in solving elementary challenging problems.
