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Christian G. Benes
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Location: 1119 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2733
Fax: 718.951.4674
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Christian Benes spent his time as a graduate student at the Institut Mittag-Leffler in Sweden, Cornell University and Duke University. He spent three years as an assistant professor at Tufts University before joining Brooklyn College in 2007.
Education:
Ph.D., Duke University - 2004 (Mathematics)
M.A., Duke University - 2000 (Mathematics)
B.S., University of Geneva - 1998 (Mathematics)
Areas of Expertise:
The bulk of Benes' research is in probability. More specifically, he is interested in properties of a discrete process called random walk and its continuous analogue, Brownian motion, as well as in a related process called the Schramm-Loewner evolution.
Books and Publications
Benes, C., F. Johansson Viklund and M. Kozdron. "On the Rate of Convergence of Loop-Erased Random Walk to SLE(2)." Communications in Mathematical Physics 318: 307-54. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
"A Sharp Local Central Limit Theorem." (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
"Counting Planar Random Walk Holes." Annals of Probability 36.1: 91-126. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Benes, Christian, Angelo Sassaroli, Yunjie Tong and Sergio Fantini. "Data Analysis and Statistical Tests for Near-Infrared Functional Studies of the Brain." Proc SPIE 6850, 685008; DOI:10.1117/12.761707. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"Some Estimates for Planar Random Walk and Brownian Motion." http://arxiv.org/abs/math.PR/0611127. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Simons Center Grant, to attend the Workshop on Conformal Invariance. (Grants and Fellowships) 2013
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute grant, to attend the Workshop on Statistical Mechanics and Conformal Invariance. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
PSC-CUNY Award # 65516-00 43. $3,990. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
Brooklyn College Award for Excellence in Teaching. (Awards and Honors) 2011
New Faculty Fund Award. $622. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
PSC-CUNY Award #64610-00 42. $5987.95. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
New Faculty Fund award. $827. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY Award # 63405-00 41. $3,325. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach for the Research in Pairs Program grant, for "The Rate of Convergence of Loop-Erased Random Walk to SLE(2)." (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
National Science Foundation grant to attend the 33rd Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications in Berlin. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Award # 62408-00 40. $2,960. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Banff International Research Station grant, to organize The Rate of Convergence of Loop-Erased Random Walk to SLE(2) workshop. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
National Science Foundation grant to attend the 28th Seminar on Stochastic Processes at the University of Delaware. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
New Faculty Fund Award. $657. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
PSC-CUNY Award # 60130-38 39. $2,960. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Research Activities
Referee, American Mathematical Monthly. 2012
"A Rate of Convergence for SLE." Probability Seminar. Peking University, China. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Chairman, Committee on Prizes and Awards, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
"Random Fractals." Presentation to the Brooklyn College Math Club. 2012
Referee, Electronic Communications in Probability. 2012
Grant reviewer, PSC-CUNY Research Foundation. 2010
Referee, Journal of Physics A. 2010
Referee, Annals of Probability. 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"The Schramm-Loewner Evolution." CEMAPRE Seminar. Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal). (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"A Rate of Convergence for SLE." Mathematical Physics Seminar. University of Arizona. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"An Introduction to the Schramm-Loewner Evolution" two-talk series. CUNY Probability Seminar. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"A Rate of Convergence for SLE." CUNY Probability Seminar. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"A Rate of Convergence for SLE." Probability Seminar. University of Delaware. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"The Schramm-Loewner Evolution." Colloquium. Tufts University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"The Rate of Convergence of Loop-Erased Random Walk to SLE(2)." 33rd Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications. Berlin. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2009
"A Large Deviations Estimate for Simple Random Walk via a Sharp LCLT." 7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics. Singapore. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
"Some Properties of the Complement of Planar Random Walk." Probability Seminar. New York University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Some Properties of the Complement of Planar Random Walk." Probability Seminar. University of Geneva. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Some Properties of the Complement of Planar Random Walk." Probability Seminar, CUNY Graduate School and University Center. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Professional Leadership
Member, Committee on Actuarial, Financial, and Applied Math, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Committee on Committees, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Curriculum Committee, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Chairman, Committee on Prizes and Awards, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2009-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Committee on Committees, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2009-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Committee on Seminars and Research, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2009-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Committee on Space and Facilities, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn College, 2009-12. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Other Professional Activities
External assessor for NSF DUE grant # 0942670. 2012
"A Random Stroll Through Random Lattice Models." Presentation to the Brooklyn College Math Club. 2011
Doctoral committee member, Tufts University. 2010
Local organizer, Ninth Northeast Probability Seminar. 2010
"Some Simple Models from Probability." Presentation to Brooklyn College Math Club. 2009
Doctoral committee member, Tufts University. 2008
"Some Random Lattice Models." Presentation to Brooklyn College Math Club. 2007
