Giovanni Ferrer

6th year math PhD candidate at the Ohio State University 2020-(2026)

Office: MA 254, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Email: ferrer.40@osu.edu

Advisor: Dr. David Penneys

UTokio Advisor: Dr. Yasuyuki Kawahigashi

Writer

I am in the process of writing two books: Unitary Quantum Symmetries Lite (with Dave Penneys and Kyle Kawagoe), and the Apeironomicon (with Brett Hungar).

Researcher

I currently have four peer reviewed publications and three preprints.

Student

I am currently a 6th year theoretical mathematics Ph.D. candidate at the Ohio State University. I plan to graduate on the summer of 2026.

Mentor

I am a mentor for the Cycle program at OSU. I have also mentored for the ROMUS program, SAMMS program, and our independent quantum symmetry REU at OSU.

What I do

Here is a list of my research interests and hobbies

Higher Category Theory

2-Categories, 3-Categories, and beyond

Operator Algebras

C*-Algebras and W*-Algebras

Tensor and Fusion Categories

Classification and 2-Categorical Analogues

Fractal Geometry

Analysis on Fractals and Hausdorff Measure

Coding

C++, Prolog, Mathematica, Latex

Manim

This includes some Python

Linguistics

NLP, Semantics, Syntax

Music

Classical and Electric Guitar, Piano

Get in touch

  • Address

    Room 254, Math Building
    Columbus, OH 43210, USA