Jose Ceniceros
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Jose Ceniceros' doctoral research focused on the classification of transverse knots in contact 3-manifolds. Currently, he is in the process of defining a combinatorial invariant for transverse knots that will allow for computations. He has a passion for teaching and would like to find ways to better incorporate research into the undergraduate setting.
He holds a bachelor's degree in math from Whittier College, a master's from California State University, Los Angeles, and a master's and doctorate from Louisiana State University. In his limited spare time, he enjoys running, hiking, cycling, and watching movies.
Recent Courses Taught
Calculus I
Multivariable Calculus
Research Interests
Interested in the connection between contact geometry and knot Floer homology
Select Publications
- J. Ceniceros, M. Elhamdadi, M. Green, S. Nelson, “Augmented Biracks and their Homology,” Internal. J. Math. 25 no. 9 (2014) 1450087.
- G. Beer and J. Ceniceros, “Lipschitz Functions and Ekeland's Theorem,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Volume 152, Issue 3 (2012), 652-660.
- J. Ceniceros and S. Nelson, “Virtual Yang-Baxter cocycle invariants,” Trans. Amer. Math Soc. 361 (2009), 5263-5283.
Appointed to the Faculty
2017Educational Background
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
M.S., Louisiana State University
M.S., California State University, Los Angeles
B.A., Whittier College
