Invited talks:

  • July 2009, NSF CBMS Conference: Families of Riemann Surfaces and Weil-Petersson Geometry, Invited speaker, University of Central Connecticut, New Britain, USA.
  • May 2009, Séminaire Géométrie-Systèmes Dynamiques, Décomposer des sphères en petits pantalons, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
  • December 2008, Séminaire GT3, La constante de Bers des sphères pointée, IRMA, Strasbourg, France.
  • November 2008, Geometry Seminar, Bers' constant for punctured spheres, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
  • November 2008, Geometry and Topology Seminar, Bers' constant for punctured spheres, Brown University, Providence, USA.
  • November 2008, Complex Analysis and Dynamics Seminar, Bers' constant for punctured spheres, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA.
  • November 2008, Geometry-Topology Seminar, Bers' constant for punctured spheres, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
  • June 2008, Research Seminar, Growth: simple closed geodesics and the Bers constant, Universidad de la Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
  • February 2008, Semaine de Géométrie, Invited speaker, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
  • January 2008, Séminaire Théorie Spectrale et Géométrie, Espaces de Teichmüller et géodésiques fermées simples, University of Grenoble, France.
  • January 2008, Séminaire GT3, Espaces de Teichmüller et géodésiques fermées simples, IRMA, Strasbourg, France.
  • October 2007, Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Multiplicities in the simple length spectrum, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • October 2007, Mathematics Seminar, Multiplicities in the simple length spectrum, UNED, Spain.
  • July 2007, Bill Harvey's Birthday Conference: Geometry of Riemann Surfaces, The geometry of the Pants Complex, Anogia, Greece.
  • June 2007, Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Multiplicities of simple closed geodesics on surfaces, University of Bonn, Germany.
  • May 2007, Conference: Espaces de Teichmüller et surfaces de Riemann, Invited speaker, University of Montpellier II, France.
  • December 2006, Séminaire G. Darboux, Multiplicités de géodésiques fermées simples sur les surfaces, University of Montpellier II, France.
  • November 2006, Geometry Seminar, Multiplicities of simple closed geodesics on surfaces, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • August 2006, Low dimensional geometry and topology conference, Short communication, El Burgo de Osma, Spain.
  • June 2006, Geometry Seminar, Gaps left by simple closed geodesics on surfaces, University of Warwick, England.
  • March 2006, Séminaire Groupes et Géométrie, Sur la densité des géodésiques fermées simples d'une surface de Riemann, University of Toulouse, France.
  • December 2005, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Algebra & Topologie, The Geometry of Real Compact Riemann Surfaces, University of Basel, Switzerland.
  • September 2005, Research Seminar, Inequalities for simple closed geodesics on Riemann surfaces, Bernoulli Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • August 2005, Nevanlinna Colloquium 2005, Invited speaker, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • June 2005, Seminario Variable Compleja, Involutions on Riemann surfaces, University Carlos III, Spain.
  • June 2005, Séminaire G. Darboux, Caractérisations géométriques d'automorphismes, University of Montpellier II, France.
  • January 2005, Colloquium in Mathematics, On the geometry of simple closed geodesics, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • September 2004, Séminaire du Lièvre, Sur la géometrie des géodésiques fermées simples, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • September 2004, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Mathematical Society, A universal constant for compact Riemann surfaces, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • December 2003, Graduate Geometry Seminar, Questions related to the density of simple closed geodesics, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • Seminars/talks given at host university:

  • October 2009, Geometry and Topology Seminar, Teichmüller spaces and simple closed geodesics, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • October 2008, Geometry and Ergodic Theory Seminar, La constante de Bers des sphères pointées, EPFL, Switzerland.
  • November 2007, Séminaire de Géométrie, Espaces de Teichmüller et géodésiques fermées simples, EPFL, Switzerland.
  • April-June 2007, Séminaire Teichmüller, co-organizer and speaker, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Octobre 2006, Séminaire d'Algèbre et Géométrie, Multiplicités de géodésiques fermées simples sur les surfaces, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • March 2006, Séminaire d'Algèbre et Géométrie, Sur la distribution des géodésiques fermées simples d'une surface, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • October 2005, Séminaire d'Algèbre et Géométrie, Caractérisation géométrique de surfaces de Riemann réelles, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • November 2004, Mathematics Seminar, On the geometry of simple closed geodesics, UNED, Spain.
  • May 2004, Séminaire de Géométrie, Extremal problems on Riemann surfaces, EPFL, Switzerland.
  • June 2003, Séminaire de Géométrie, Sur la densité des géodésiques fermées simples, EPFL, Switzerland.