Research

Math professor at the board

Members of the Department of Mathematics conduct research in Mathematics and its applications. The Department's research enterprise involves all regular Faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.

Faculty members of the Department of Mathematics have research interests spanning the areas of Applied Math, Analysis, Algebra, and Geometry and Topology:

Analysis

Janusz Adamus
Tatyana Barron
Masoud Khalkhali
Martin Pinsonnault
Rasul Shafikov
Gord Sinnamon

 

 

 

Algebra

Janusz Adamus
Dan Christensen
Graham Denham
Ajneet Dhillon
Matthias Franz
Chris Hall
Rick Jardine
Chris Kapulkin
Nicole Lemire
Jan Minac
David Riley 

Geometry and Topology

Janusz Adamus
Tatyana Barron
Dan Christensen
Graham Denham
Ajneet Dhillon
Matthias Franz
Rick Jardine
Chris Kapulkin
Masoud Khalkhali
Nicole Lemire
Martin Pinsonnault

Applied Math

Matt Davison
David Jeffrey
Lyle Muller
Greg Reid
Lindi Wahl
Geoff Wild
Pei Yu
Xingfu Zou  


Some Department members specialize in areas that bridge these classifications and are applicable in other disciplines. Specific interests include stacks, derived categories, algebraic combinatorics, combinatorial algebra, number theory, graph theory, cryptography, Galois cohomology and quadratic forms, homotopy theory, higher categories, homotopy type theory, toric varieties, noncommutative geometry, quantum groups and Hopf algebras, analytic and CR-geometry, symplectic geometry, harmonic analysis, singularity theory, and mathematical physics.

See the  Current Research Projects page for  a description of ongoing research projects in the Department.

 

Please also see faculty and Postdoctoral Fellow Profiles on their respective webpages.

The Department maintains a number of active seminar and colloquia series that attract some of the world's most prominent mathematicians. 

  • Colloquium
  • The Distinguished Lecture Series
  • Algebra Seminar
  • Analysis Seminar
  • Geometry & Topology Seminar
  • Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
  • Mathematical Biology Seminar
  • Dynamical Systems Seminar

For a complete list of upcoming and past events visit the Math Department Events Calendar on the home page. 

Western University is a principal sponsoring partner of the Fields Institute for Mathematical Research.