Funding Source: Wellesley College – This project examines the paradigm shift from inequality to solidarity currently underway in the U.S.; the ways in which economics as a discipline has to evolve in order to study and facilitate this shift; the … Continue reading From Inequality to Solidarity: Co-Creating An Economics for People and Planet
My research does not involve medical surgery but the study of spaces of dimension 5 or larger. Surgery is a mathematical tool that rips spaces apart and glues them back together in a different way than before. With this machinery, … Continue reading High-Dimensional Manifolds and Surgery Theory
This project analyzes the role of securities underwriters in American financial development. During the nineteenth century, investment bankers developed the capacity to raise huge amounts of capital for railroads and other large firms, and typically played an important role in … Continue reading Role of Investment Bankers in American Financial Development
Funding Source: Award NSF-IOS 1625270 (National Science Foundation, Integrative Organismal Systems) – New nerve cells are generated in the brains of many adult organisms, including humans, and their production is regulated by a variety of factors such as environment, diet, … Continue reading Adult neurogenesis: Contributions from the innate immune system