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Sheel Ganatra is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Southern California. His research primarily focuses on structural aspects of Fukaya categories and Floer theory, utilizing methods from homological algebra and non-commutative geometry, as well as applications in mirror symmetry and string topology. Ganatra has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, including the CAREER award DMS-2048055. He has published several influential papers on topics such as legendrian surgery, symplectic cohomology, and categorical non-properness of wrapped Floer theory. His work has been featured in prestigious journals and has contributed significantly to the understanding of complex geometrical structures. Ganatra is actively involved in mentoring graduate students and has organized various workshops and seminars aimed at advancing research in mathematics. Notably, he has held teaching positions for a range of mathematics courses at USC and previously at Stanford University.
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