Distinguished Graduate Speakers

Every year, Knots in Washington is proud to host exceptional graduate students to present their research in a series of Distinguished Graduate Student Talks.Previous Distinguished Graduate Speakers

Ben Webster, UC Berkeley (2005);
Scott Morrison, UC Berkeley (2006);
Kheira Ameur, Univ. South Florida (2006);
Irmgard Buhler,  Zurich University, Switzerland (2007);
Jonathan Bloom, Columbia University (2009);
Patricia Cahn, Dartmouth College (2010);
Prudence Heck, Rice University (2010);
Matt Sequin, OSU (2011);
Tian Yang, Rutgers U. (2011);
Victoria Lebed, Université Paris 7, IMJ (2012),
Crystal Senko, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland (2012);
Krzysztof Putyra, Columbia University (2009, 2013);
Ying Hu, Louisiana State University (2014);
Carl Hammarsten, GWU, (2014)
Sergey Aganezov, GWU (March, 2015);
Marithania Silvero Casanova, Seville University, Spain (March, 2015);
Iva Halacheva, University of Toronto (December 2015);
Marithania Silvero (Universidad de Sevilla December 2015);
Caitlin Leverson, Duke University (April, 2016);
Seung Yeop Yang, GWU (December 2016);
Ziva Myer, Bryn Mawr College (April 2017);
Xiao Wang GWU (December, 2017);
Melissa Zhang, Boston College, (December, 2017);
Gregoire Naisse, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, (May, 2018);
Alex Chandler, North Carolina State University (January, 2019);
Rhea Palak Bakshi, GWU (May, 2019).
Rostislav Akhmechet, University of Virginia (February 2020);
Elaina Aceves, University of Iowa (December 2021),
Ryan Maguire, Dartmouth College (April 2022);
Jiajun, Yan, University of Virginia  December 2022;
Huizheng Guo (Ali), George Washington University (April 2023);
Jacob Migdail, Syracuse University, NY, December 2023;
Anthony Christiana, GWU (April 2024)
Yanxiao Luo, University of Virginia (December 2024)
Aakash Parikh, Rutgers University (December 2024)
Louisa Liles, University of Virginia (April 2025)
Ben Clingenpeel, GWU (April 2025)