About
Hello! I'm Nancy (she/her), a third year PhD candidate in the Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley. I am advised by Michael Hutchings. I took my Qualifying Examination in the 2024 Spring semester. I am also a GSI for MATH 55.
My interests lie in solving problems in Low Dimensional Topology via Symplectic Geometry. I really like knots. Currently I'm trying to learn about methods of constructing contact manifolds, and how they manifest in the world of embedded contact homology.
You can reach me by email at nm.eagles@berkeley.edu and in my office at 869 Evans Hall.
Activities
2025:
- June: Attending the CIME Summer School on "Symplectic Dynamics and Topology". (CIME, Cetraro Italy)
- Spring: Organizing a student learning seminar on symplectic and contact constructions. (UC Berkeley)
- January: UC Berkeley Teaching Conference - Quantitatives Workshop Leader (UC Berkeley)
- January: Attended the JMM 2025 (Seattle, Washington)
2024:
- November: The Arnold Chord Conjecture in 3 Dimensions ([st3ms] Seminar, UC Berkeley)
- October: Knot surgeries in contact topology ([st3ms] Seminar, UC Berkeley)
- January - April: Studying for my Qualifying Exams. My syllabus can be found here.
2023:
- September: Unknotting knots and the Jones polynomial ([st3ms] Seminar, UC Berkeley)
- April: Simply-connected, spineless 4-manifolds (3-manifold Seminar, UC Berkeley)
- April: The Conway knot is not slice ([st3ms] Seminar, UC Berkeley)
- Jaunary: Introduction to Heegaard Floer Homology I and II ([st3ms] Seminar, UC Berkeley)