About Me
I am a Ph.D. student of John Bourke at Masaryk University in Brno.
You can check out my CV here and my 8 page research statement there.
My interests mostly lie within category theory: 2-categories, double categories, 2-dimensional monad theory, lax structures.
Talks
Codescent objects and lax coherence (2022), Johns Hopkins Category Theory Seminar
Factorization systems as double categories (2023), CT2023, SLIDES
Quasi-limits and lax flexibility (2023), Octoberfest2023, SLIDES
Turning lax monoidal categories into strict ones (2024), PTSPC24, SLIDES
Preprints
Factorization systems and double categories (2023), ArXiv preprint.
Lax aspects of KZ monads (2024), to appear.
Theses
Homogeneous C*-algebras: Bachelor's thesis, supervised by David Kruml, PDF (in Czech)
2-categories: Master's thesis, supervised by John Bourke, PDF
This is basically me:
You can contact me at "🐱.stepan@mail.muni.cz",
where "🐱" is my first name.