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 Jim Anderson BA, PhD, PFHEA

Professor of Mathematics

Research interests

  • Hyperbolic space and its isometries
  • Kleinian groups (discrete groups of isometries of hyperbolic 3-space)
  • Signatures of actions of automorphism groups on Riemann surfaces

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Dr Jim Renshaw PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Algebraic semigroup theory
  • Actions of semigroups and monoids on sets and ordered structures.
  • Semigroup amalgams and the homological classification theory of monoids.

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Dr Kevin Boucher

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • geometric and analytic group theory
  • dynamics and group actions
  • harmonic analysis
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Mx Luke Waite

Research interests

  • Fuchsian Groups
  • Tiling the Hyperbolic Plane
  • Geometric Group Theory
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Professor Nansen Petrosyan

Professor

Research interests

  • Geometric Group Theory
  • Topology
  • Algebra

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Dr Nick Wright

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Coarse geometry
  • Non-commutative geometry
  • The Baum-Connes conjecture

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Emeritus Professor Peter Kropholler

Research interests

  • Splittings of groups and group actions on trees. Ends of groups.
  • Groups with Eilenberg–Mac Lane spaces of finite type, their structure and their classifying spaces for proper actions.
  • Modular Invariant Theory.

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Dr Ruben Sanchez-Garcia

Professor

Research interests

  • Network modelling and analysis
  • Applied Topology

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Professor Stephen Theriault

Professor of Mathematics

Research interests

  • The homotopy theory of spheres and Moore spaces.
  • Applications of homotopy theory to Lie groups, gauge groups and manifolds.
  • Polyhedral products and toric topology. 

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Dr Vesna Perisic

Principal Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Pedagogical Research 
  • Assessment and Feedback
  • Student Staff Partnerships
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