SMS scnews item created by Catherine Meister at Thu 21 May 2026 1037
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FACETS - 2026 Round 1 Successful Applicants

SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. Sydney Mathematical Research Institute acknowledges the valuable contributions (financial and otherwise) to this scheme by Anne Thomas and Oded Yacobi (University of Sydney).

Barbara Baumeister (Bielefeld University)
Research interests: Finite simple groups, permutation groups, Coxeter groups and generalisations
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 14/03/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Anne Thomas)
01/03/2027 - 14/03/2027 (University of Western Australia, Host: Michael Giudici)

Rachael Boyd (University of Glasgow)
Research interests: Algebraic topology, geometric group theory, geometric topology
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

María Cumplido Cabello (Universidad de Sevilla)
Research interests: Braid groups, Artin groups, combinatorial group theory, geometric group theory
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 26/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Edmund Heng)

Juan González-Meneses (Universidad de Sevilla)
Research interests: Group theory, low dimensional topology, braid groups and Artin groups
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Anne Thomas)

Jingyin Huang (Ohio State University)
Research interests: Geometric group theory, metric geometry, topology
Dates: TBA - TBA (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Kasia Jankiewicz (University of British Columbia)
Research interests: Geometric group theory
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Jonathan (Jon) McCammond (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Research interests: Geometric group theory, geometric combinatorics
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Piotr Przytycki (McGill University)
Research interests: Geometric group theory
Dates: 05/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Jeroen Schillewaert (University of Auckland)
Research interests: Geometric group theory
Dates: 17/01/2027 - 26/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Oded Yacobi)

Petra Schwer (Heidelberg University)
Research interests: Geometric group theory, algebraic combinatorics, buildings and their generalizations, Coxeter groups, CAT(0) geometry
Dates: 01/02/2027 - 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

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