The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Biji Wong a $300,000 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. Dr. Wong will conduct research in low-dimensional topology and Heegaard Floer theory at Duke University, exploring topics such as sliceness of satellite knots using bordered Floer theory and categorification of three-orbifold invariants. To broaden participation, Dr. Wong will collaboratively establish virtual directed reading programs at historically black colleges and universities, help organize a mentoring cluster for minority women mathematicians in North Carolina, and form partnerships with the Math Alliance Network and R1 mathematics departments. This award supports the Foundation's mission to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences.
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