Research group

Pure Mathematics

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We work with researchers around the world to contribute to research in algebra, analysis, geometry and topology.

About

We're a team of 30 academics and postgraduate students, and our global network includes groups in the UK, the EU, North America and East Asia. 

We are internationally recognised as research leaders in several fields, including geometric group theory, non-commutative geometry and analysis, algebraic topology and applied topology. 

The Centre for Geometry, Topology, and Applications has created a focal point for a large part of this activity.

Our research can be broadly divided into several categories: 

  • geometric group theory 
  • topology 
  • non-commutative geometry 
  • topological data analysis 
  • semigroup theory 
  • algebraic geometry 

We welcome applications for PhD study in one of our areas of expertise. Please have a look at our research areas and projects, and do not hesitate to contact our staff for more information.

 

Seminars

 

View our seminars:

Lunchtime seminars

Pure mathematics colloquium

Postgraduate pure mathematics seminar

Topology seminar

 

 

Research highlights

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Professor Armando Martino

Professor

Research interests

  • Geometric Group Theory
  • Actions on Trees and Bass-Serre Theory
  • Automorphisms of Free Groups 

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Professor Ashot Minasyan

Professor

Research interests

  • Word Hyperbolic
  • Relatively Hyperbolic and Acylindrically Hyperbolic Groups
  • Small Cancellation Theory
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Dr Bernhard Koeck

Reader

Research interests

  • Riemann-Roch theory
  • (Operations on) Higher Algebraic K-Theory
  • Equivariant Riemann-Roch theory

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Dr Daniel Kasprowski

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Topology of 4-manifolds
  • Geometric topology
  • Coarse geometry
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Professor David Gammack

Associate Dean Education
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Professor Graham Niblo FIMA

Professor

Research interests

  • Geometric group theory
  • Non-commutative geometry
  • Low dimensional topology

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Professor Ian Leary

Professor in Pure Mathematics

Research interests

  • Geometric Group Theory
  • Cohomology of Groups
  • Classifying Spaces for Families of Subgroups

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Professor Jacek Brodzki

Head of School

Research interests

  • Topological data analysis
  • Applications of topology to medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science
  • Noncommutative Geometry

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Dr Jan Spakula

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • C*-algebras, noncommutative geometry
  • geometric and analytic group theory
  • coarse geometry

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Professor Jelena Grbic

Professor of Mathematics

Research interests

  • Topology
  • Algebra
  • Combinatorics

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