Agnese Barbensi
agnesebarbensi.bsky.social
Agnese Barbensi
@agnesebarbensi.bsky.social
Applied and computational topologist, lecturer in maths at the University of Queensland (she/her)

https://sites.google.com/view/agnesebarbensi/home
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Thrilled to see that powerhouse Nalini Joshi (@monsoon0.bsky.social) has been named the 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year for her work in geometric & asymptotic methods to study discrete and continuous nonlinear mathematical models

Congratulations Nalini!

#MathSky

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Professor Nalini Joshi AO 2025 NSW Scientist of the Year
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November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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arxiv.org/abs/2509.09886
/The 3D index and Dehn filling/
Daniele Celoria, Craig D. Hodgson, J. Hyam Rubinstein
The 3D index and Dehn filling
We provide a rigorous proof of the Gang-Yonekura formula describing the transformation of the 3D index under Dehn filling a cusp in an orientable 3-manifold. The 3D index, originally introduced by Dim...
arxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
1/ Husband's paper out on arXiv! He's not one to post about his work, but this one is a big and kind of a breakthrough!!
arxiv.org/abs/2509.09886
The 3D index and Dehn filling
We provide a rigorous proof of the Gang-Yonekura formula describing the transformation of the 3D index under Dehn filling a cusp in an orientable 3-manifold. The 3D index, originally introduced by Dim...
arxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Ooh arXiv paper from @matthholden.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social about embedding sustainability in undergraduate maths with case studies 👀 Looks very actionable!

arxiv.org/abs/2508.07594
Embedding Sustainability in Undergraduate Mathematics with Actionable Case Studies
There is a growing need to integrate sustainability into tertiary mathematics education given the urgency of addressing global environmental challenges. This paper presents four case studies from Aust...
arxiv.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Job alert: 2.75 -3 yr postdoc in Mathematical ecology/epidemiology or Decision Sci at the University of Queensland on the value of information for decisions with @hugepossum.bsky.social @katehelmstedt.bsky.social Katriona Shea & myself #MathSky 🌍 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo... please share
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mathematical Ecology and Environmental Decision Science
School of Mathematics and Physics Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 2 years and 9 months with the possibility up to 3 years, depending on funding availability. Base salary will be in the range ...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Very excited that my paper "Discrete signature tensors for persistence landscapes" with @haharrington.bsky.social and Daniel Tolosa is now on arXiv! We use discrete signature tensors to vectorise barcodes, and we showcase such approach on a knotted protein dataset.

arxiv.org/abs/2505.02800
Discrete signature tensors for persistence landscapes
Signature tensors of paths are a versatile tool for data analysis and machine learning. Recently, they have been applied to persistent homology, by embedding barcodes into spaces of paths. Among the d...
arxiv.org
May 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Exciting to see this one out!!
April 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Very happy that my work with @agnesebarbensi.bsky.social is finally preprinted. We developed a very cool technique to see how the topology of open curves evolves, and applied it to learn some cool things about knotted proteins.

arxiv.org/abs/2504.12659
Topologically Directed Simulations Reveal the Impact of Geometric Constraints on Knotted Proteins
Simulations of knotting and unknotting in polymers or other filaments rely on random processes to facilitate topological changes. Here we introduce a method of \textit{topological steering} to determi...
arxiv.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Excited about this one: seminargeotop-a.com/next-talks
Speaking in a few hours (7am Los Angeles/10am NY/3pm Paris and midnight QLD) about a joint work with @aklotz.bsky.social and Dimos Goundaroulis!
March 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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New preprint with @finnthompson.bsky.social and former student Maria Maalouf looking at how the space writhe of knots is correlated with their signature, using molecular dynamics simulations.

arxiv.org/html/2501.02...
The space writhes and signatures of polymer knots
arxiv.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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@agnesebarbensi.bsky.social is presenting our research three hours ago tomorrow right now in New Zealand
December 12, 2024 at 1:07 AM
New preprint "The Topological Properties of the Protein Universe". Work carried on by PhD student Christian Madsen, with @syz.bsky.social, M. Stumpf, D. Pires and others www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 27, 2023 at 7:18 AM