Charlotte Scott Centre for Algebra

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Lincoln

New member of staff: Dr Simon Smith

 

Dr Simon Smith

Dr Simon Smith

Simon Smith joined the School of Mathematics and Physics in University of Lincoln as a Lecturer in Pure Mathematics.

He graduated from Imperial College London in 2001 and obtained his PhD in 2005 from the University of Oxford.
From 2005 until 2009 he worked in finance, first as a quant and then as a trader.

He renewed his academic career in 2010 at Syracuse University in the USA as a Philip T Church Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2012-13 he was an assistant professor at the City University of New York. In 2013 he won an early career award from the Australian Research Council and moved to the University of Western Australia for one year, returning to the City University of New York in 2014.

Simon’s research interests include group theory (infinite permutation groups and locally compact topological groups), graph theory and topology.

3 comments on “New member of staff: Dr Simon Smith

  1. Evgeny Khukhro
    September 6, 2016
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    Reblogged this on Algebra in Lincoln.

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  2. Bart Vorselaars
    September 6, 2016
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    Reblogged this on Maths & Physics News.

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