Algebra

Seminars

Several seminars meet on these topics, with varying content. Seminars include:

  • Commutative algebra
  • Algebraic geometry seminar
  • Algebraic representation theory seminar

Faculty

Christine Berkesch

Christine Berkesch

Associate Professor

cberkesc@umn.edu 
algebraic geometry, commutative algebra

Lisl Gaal

Lisl Gaal

Professor Emeritus

gaal@umn.edu
commutative algebra

Morton Harris

Morton Harris

Professor Emeritus

finite group theory and modular representation theory of finite groups and related topics

Tyler Lawson

Tyler Lawson

Professor

tlawson@umn.edu
algebraic topology, K-theory

Gennady Lyubeznik

Gennady Lyubeznik 

Professor

gennady@umn.edu
commutative algebra, algebraic geometry

William Messing

William Messing

Professor Emeritus

messing@umn.edu
p-adic Galois representations associated with algebraic varieties via étale cohomology, the connections between the latter and de Rham cohomology

Vic Reiner

Victor Reiner 

Distinguished McKnight University Professor

reiner@umn.edu
combinatorics

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Maru Sarazola

Assistant Professor

maru@umn.edu
Homotopy theory, algebraic K-theory, category theory, algebraic topology, applied category theory

Headshot of Alexander Voronov

Alexander Voronov

Professor

voronov@umn.edu
mathematical physics, algebraic topology, algebra, algebraic geometry

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Peter Webb 

Professor

webb@umn.edu
representation theory of groups and algebras, algebraic topology, combinatorics, category theory

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Anna Weigandt

Assistant Professor

weigandt@umn.edu
Schubert calculus, combinatorial algebraic geometry

Craig Westerland

Craig Westerland 

Associate Professor

cwesterl@umn.edu
algebraic topology and its applications