Giovanni Ferrer
Theoretical mathematics PhD candidate
The Ohio State University
Office
MA 254, Columbus, Ohio 43210
ferrer.40@osu.edu
Advisor
David Penneys
UTokio Advisor
Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
Writer
I am in the process of writing a book: Unitary Quantum Symmetries Lite (with Dave Penneys and Kyle Kawagoe).
Researcher
I currently have five peer reviewed publications and three preprints.
Student
I am currently a 6th year theoretical mathematics Ph.D. candidate at the Ohio State University.
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.
JSPS Fellow
I participated in the 2026 summer program hosted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
What I do
Here is a brief list of my research interests
Higher Category Theory
2-Categories, 3-Categories, Infinity-Categories
Functional Analysis
C*-Algebras, W*-Algebras, H*-Algebras
Quantum Theory
Quantum Symmetry, TQFTs, Topological Order
Coding
C++, Prolog, Mathematica, Latex, Manim (Python)