%0 Journal Article %T Minimal Surfaces with Arbitrary Topology in H^2xR %A Baris Coskunuzer %J Mathematics %D 2014 %I arXiv %X We show that any open orientable surface S can be properly embedded in H^2xR as an area minimizing surface. We obtained this result by proving a bridge principle at infinity for H^2xR for vertical bridges in the asymptotic boundary. Furthermore, we studied the asymptotic Plateau problem in H^2xR, and gave a fairly complete solution. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.0214v2