Derek Krepski

University of Manitoba

Derek Krepski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. His research interests lie in symplectic geometry, topology, and higher structures in differential geometry.

Dr. Krepski is one of the leaders for the PIMS CRG in Quantum Topology and its Applications.

Derek Krepski
Scientific, Seminar
URegina Topology and Geometry Seminar: Derek Krepski
November 19, 2025
University of Regina
Bundle gerbes on a manifold M provide geometric realizations of degree 3 cohomology classes of M. The space of infinitesimal symmetries of a bundle gerbe naturally carries the structure of a Lie 2-algebra, a deformation of the notion of Lie algebra...