Andrew Chermak Professor Department of Mathematics Kansas State University Contact information: Email: my_last_name_at_math.ksu.edu Phone: 785-532-0564 Office: CW 211

 Research intersts: Finite Group Theory Selected publications: A group-theoretic approach to a family of 2-local finite groups constructed by Levi and Oliver. Ann. of Math. (2), 171 (2010), no. 2, 881–978, (with M. Aschbacher). The linking systems of the Solomon 2-local finite groups are simply connected. Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 97 (2008), no. 1, 209–238, (with Bob Oliver and S. Shpectorov). Quadratic pairs. J. Algebra 277 (2004), no. 1, 36–72. Quadratic pairs without components. J. Algebra 258 (2002), no. 2, 442–476. Quadratic action and the ${\scr P}(G,V)$ ${\scr P}(G,V)$-theorem in arbitrary characteristic. J. Group Theory 2 (1999), no. 1, 1–13. Locally non-spherical Artin groups. J. Algebra 200 (1998), no. 1, 56–98. A convergence theorem for $\Lambda$ $\Lambda$-trees. J. Algebra 200 (1998), no. 1, 32–55. Triangles of groups. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 347 (1995), no. 11, 4533–4558. ${\bf R}$ ${\bf R}$-trees, small cancellation, and convergence. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 347 (1995), no. 11, 4515–4531. $J$ $J$-modules for local $BN$ $BN$-pairs. Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 63 (1991), no. 1, 69–112, (with A. Delgado).