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Algebra Group

Permanent Faculty
Brian D. Boe Professor 
Ph.D.  Yale University 1982 
Representation theory of Lie groups and algebras
Leonard Chastkofsky Associate Professor 
Ph.D.  Yale University 1978 
Representations of finite groups

Michael Ching
 Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
Algebraic topology, homotopy theory
William A. Graham Professor 
Ph.D.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1992 
Geometry and representation theory

Daniel Krashen
 Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 2001
Non-commutative algebra, algebraic geometry
Daniel K. Nakano Professor 
Ph.D.  Yale University 1990 
Representation and cohomology theory of algebraic groups

Lisa Townsley
 Academic Professional
Ph.D. Northwestern University 1987
Cohomology of finite groups

Emeritus Faculty
Jon F. Carlson Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus 
Ph.D.  University of Virginia 1967 
Group representations and cohomology

Kenneth D. Johnson
 Professor 
Ph.D.  University of California, Berkeley 1968 
Representation theory of Lie groups


Postdoctoral Associates 
Benjamin Jones
 Franklin Fellow
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2007
Lie Theory and Geometry
Victor Kreiman
 Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. Northeastern University,
Combinatorics and Lie Theory


The algebra group has a vibrant training program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
The algebra group has sponsored three NSF Postdoctoral Fellows: Wayne Wheeler (1996-98), David Hemmer (2001-03) and Jonathan Kujawa (2003-07). If you interested in applying to the Department of Mathematics at UGA for graduate studies or a postdoc, please do not hestitate to contact one of our faculty members.

Click here to see a list of Ph.D students and postdoctoral fellows (current and former).


Weekly Seminars (Fall 2008)

All seminars are held in the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center.

Algebra Seminar : organized by Benjamin Jones
Monday
2:30p.m., Room 410

Since Fall 2003 Brian Boe, Daniel Nakano and David Benson (replaced by Leonard Chastkofsky in Fall 2005) have organized a VIGRE Algebra Seminar and working research group. The topics for 2003-04 were conjugacy classes of nilpotent matrices via cohomology and representation theory, and support varieties for Lie algebras. The topic for 2004-05 was support varieties for symmetric groups. The topic for 2005-08 is cohomology of Lie algebras. As of September 2008, the group has three papers published in Journal of Algebra, a fourth to appear in Contemporary Mathematics, and a fifth paper submitted. More information on the VIGRE Algebra Group's activities in 2003-08 is available here: http://www.math.uga.edu/~nakano/vigre/vigre.html.

This week's seminar schedule.
 

Further Information

David Benson (currently at the University of Aberdeen, and a former Distinguished Research Professor in our group) has compiled a useful archive of preprints on representations and cohomology. 

The UGA Graduate Bulletin with information for prospective graduate students is available online. If you are interested in graduate studies in algebra, and you would like further information on our group, please contact any of us.