ALGEBRA RESEARCH GROUP AT KSU

Department of Mathematics at KSU

KSU

Welcome to the web-page of Algebra Research Group at Kansas State University. Our group is engaged in a wide variety of research topics in algebra and related fields.  In the scope of our member’s interests are representation theory of algebraic groups, quantum groups, function algebras of quantum groups, quivers and related geometry; Lie theory, vertex operator algebras, canonical bases, Hall algebras; cohomology theory of finite groups; non-commutative algebraic geometry, algebraic deformation theory; algebraic topology and homotopy theory, homological methods in representation theory and homotopical method in finite group theory, local group theory, two-dimensional conformal field theory, string theory, discrete mathematics, combinatorics, finite geometry.

Activities

• The Second Graduate Student Research Conference on Algebra and Representation Theory, May 2009
• Regular Weekly Algebra Seminar
• Graduate Student Seminar

Past activities

• The First Graduate Student Research Conference on Algebra and Representation Theory, May 2006
• Photos from the First Graduate Student Research Conference
• Graduate Students at Conferences
  

Teaching

• Here is the list of Graduate Courses in Algebra
  
  
  

Members of our group

Faculty

• Chermak, Andrew
• Hoehn, Gerald
• Lin, Zongzhu
• Maginnis, John
• Rosenberg, Alexander
• Soibelman, Yan
• Natasha Rojkovskaia
  
  

Emeritus Faculty

• Ernie Shult, (Regents Distinguished Professor)
• David Surowski (Professor)

Postdoctoral Instructors

Visitors

Graduate Students (degree and advisor)

Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem (Ph.D., Hoehn)
Beswick, Matthew (PhD, Lin)
Gauthier, Renaud (Ph.D., Soibelman)
Lyubinin, Anton (Ph.D., Lin)
McNaney, Danielle (M.S., Lin)

Petit Francois (Ph.D , Soibelman/P.Schapira, Paris VI)
Saleh, Ibrahim (Ph.D., Lin)
Shklyarov, Dmytro (Ph.D., Soibelman)
Shrestha, Tej (Ph.D., Lin)


Former PhD Students

(for the last ten years, listed with Degree, year (Advisor) and the first employment)

Li, Yiqiang, Ph.D. 2006 (Lin), Gibbs Assistant Prof., Yale University
Pasko, Brian, Ph.D. 2006 (Maginnis), Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales
Tang, Xin, Ph.D. 2006 (Rosenberg), Assistant Prof. Univ. of North Carolina at Lafayeteville
Onofrei, Sylvia, Ph.D. 2003 (Shult), (Postdoc) Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California at Riverside
Narayanan, Bharath, Ph.D. 2001 (Lin, Soibelman), (Postdoc) Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona,
Kasikova, Anna, Ph.D. 1999 (Shult), Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle
Anderson, Kevin, Ph.D. 2001 (Surowski), Assistant Professor, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph
Schroyder, Chris, Ph.D. 2002 (Surowski), Assistant Professor, Morehead State University, Kentucky