Marc Culler | |
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 Photograph by Roberta Devlin | |
| Born | November 22, 1953 (age 71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | cyclic surgery theorem Culler–Vogtmann Outer space |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | geometric group theory low-dimensional topology |
| Doctoral advisor | John Robert Stallings |
Marc Edward Culler (born November 22, 1953) is an American mathematician who works in geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. A native Californian, Culler did his undergraduate work at the University of California at Santa Barbara and his graduate work at Berkeley where he graduated in 1978. He is now at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Culler is the son of Glen Jacob Culler who was an important early innovator in the development of the Internet.