Some of my other interests include:
- Music: chamber and symphonic works, especially 20th century Russian composers and John Adams
- Instruments: Piano, cello
- Interdisciplinary science: contacts with engineers, biologists, astronomers, physicists, medical researchers
- Convincing colleagues from applied sciences that pure mathematics can be understandable and useful
- Convincing colleagues from pure mathematics that applications can be mathematically elegant and challenging
- Bringing people together to discuss politics, science, philosophy, global warming