Agata Smoktunowicz

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Name Agata Smoktunowicz
2. Affiliation
   School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh.
   James Clerk Maxwell Building, King's Buildings.
   Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK.
   On leave:
   Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences.
   00-956 Warsaw 10, Śniadeckich 8, P. O. Box 21, Poland.
3. Date of birth 12 October 1973.
4. University education
   • Undergraduate studies: 1992-1997, M. Sc. University of Warsaw, Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland.
   • Postgraduate studies: 1997-2000, Ph. D., Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
5. Degrees awarded
   • M. Sc awarded on 28 June 1997 by the University of Warsaw, Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland (with honor).
   • Ph. D. awarded on 27 October 2000 by the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences (with honor).
   • Habilitation awarded on 26 October 2007 by the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences (with honor).
6. Career since education
   1. Assistant Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, November 2000 - June 2001.
   2. J. W. Gibbs Instructor (Lecturer), Department of Mathematics, Yale University July 2001 - June 2003, New Haven, USA.
   3. Assistant professor, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, October 2003 - September 2013 (on leave form August 2005).
   4. Visiting scholar, University of California, San Diego, USA, February 2004.
   5. University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics. Lecturer, August 2005 - June 2007; Professor, August 2007 - present.
   6. EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, August 2006 - July 2011.
7. Major research interests

   Algebra. Noncommutative ring theory. Applications of associative algebras to group theory, Lie groups and algebras and to projective geometry. Infinite dimensional algebras, nil rings, primitive rings, prime rings, domains, algebraic algebras. The Jacobson radical and nil radical. Polynomial rings, matrix rings over noncommutative rings. Algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. Centers and extended centers (extended centroids) of algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. Golod-Shafarevich algebras. Algebras with polynomial, exponential and subexponential growth.

8. Principal research grants
   • EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (August 2006 - July 2011).
   • Royal Society Grant (UK), 2006.
   • The London Mathematical Society Grant, 2006.
   • Soros Foundation Grant, 2000 (in Poland).
   • KBN Grant 2PO3A 057 15, 1999 (in Poland).
   • Soros Foundation Grant, 1998 (in Poland).
9. Member of the editorial board (Editor) of the Communications in Algebra
10. Teaching experience
    • Lecturer, University of Edinburgh:
      • Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Numbers and Rings (and tutorials).
      • Autumn 2005, Applicable mathematics (and tutorials).
    • Gibbs Instructor (Lecturer), Yale University:
      • Spring 2003, Noncommutative Rings (for postgraduate students).
      • Autumn 2002, Modern Algebra I, (for postgraduate and graduate students).
      • Autumn 2002, Linear Algebra with applications.
      • Spring 2002, Multivariable calculus.
      • Spring 2001, Modern Algebra I, (for postgraduate and graduate students).
    • Fall 1999, Mathematical foundations of computer science, High School of Sciences (Polish Academy of Sciences).
11. Membership of societies
    • A member of The London Mathematical Society. A member of The American Mathematical Society.
    • A member of The Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
12. Membership in committees relevant to research
    • A member of EPRSC Peer Review College (from 22 August 2006 until 31 December 2009).
    • Member of the editorial board (Editor) of the Communications in Algebra
13. Invited talks.
    • Glasgow, seminar for postgraduate students, Department of Mathematics, 9 April 2004, On finitely generated algebras of quadratic growth.
    • Belfast, Algebra seminar, Department of Pure Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 December 2007, Remarks of growth of algebras.
    • International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain, August 22-30, 2006, invited talk Some results in noncommutative ring theory.
    • Alden-Biesen Belgium, September 2-7, 2007. International conference on algebraic and combinatorial methods in concrete classes of algebras and groups. Two invited talks: Some results on algebras with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension, Some results on Jacobson radical algebras.
    • Ohio, USA, Zanesville Campus, Conference in honor of Professor Carl Faith and Professor Barbara Osofsky, 15-17 June 2007, invited talk Some results on algebras with finite GK dimension.
    • China, Beijing, July 6-11. The Second International Congress in Algebras and Combinatorics, Beihang University (Beijing). Plenary talk On nil rings and algebras with finite GK dimension.
    • Belfast, Algebra seminar, Department of Pure Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 20 October 2006, On some non-commutative rings.
    • Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, 16 June 2006. Wykład im. Wojtka Pulitowskiego, On Golod-Shafarevich algebras and their applications to group theory.
    • Leeds, UK, 5-6 May 2006, Conference in honor of Professors J. C. McConnell and and J. C. Robson', Some results and examples on rings with Gelfand-Kirillov dimension less than three.
    • University of California San Diego, USA. Conference in honor of Professor Lance Small's 65 birthday, February 18-20, 2006, University of California San Diego, USA, 18-20 February 2006, Some results on rings with Gelfand-Kirillov dimension 2.
    • University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Recent advances in Classical Ring Theory, Goldie Memorial Meeting, 20-24 March 2006, Some results and examples on algebras with small dimension.
    • University of Manchester, March 2006, On some interactions between ring theory and group theory.
    • Seventh Meeting of Algebra and Representation Theory in the North (ARTIN), 21-22 October 2005, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Algebras with small growth.
    • Workshop on interaction between Ring Theory and Algebraic Geometry, Oberwolfah, Germany, May 2006, On algebras with small GK dimension.
    • University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Conference on Noncommutative Algebra, July 2004, On graded and not graded domains with Gelfand-Kirillov dimension less than three.
    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2004, On Koethe's conjecture.
    • University of California San Diego, USA, February 2004, On graded domains.
    • University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Conference on Ring Theory, September 2003, On nil rings, Jacobson radical rings and results related to Koethe's conjecture.
    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA, Algebra Colloquium, February 2003, Examples of nil rings.
    • Ohio University, Athens, USA, Center of Ring Theory and Applications, March 2002. Three talks: On simple nil rings and results related to Koethe's conjecture.
    • Rutgers University, USA, Algebra Seminar, April 2002, A simple nil ring exists.
    • Budapest-Chemnitz-Prague-Toruń Algebra Symposium, June 14-16, 2001, Budapest, Hungary, On results connected to the Koethe conjecture.
    • International Conference on Radicals ICOR 2000, July 30-August 5, 2000, Innsbruck, Austria, On results related to the Koethe conjecture.
14. Other talks:
    • Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Physic Baltic-Nordic Workshop, Sweden, 11-13 October, 2007. Dedicated to memory of Issiah Kantor. A talk, 30 min, Noncommutative rings and the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension.
    • Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mexican Mathematical Society in Zacatecas, Mexico, May 23-26, 2007. A talk Some results on the Jacobson radical in graded rings.
    • University of Edinburgh, three talks in years 2003-2008.
    • Algebra seminars and colloquiums at the University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology and Polish Academy of Sciences in years 1997-2007 (10 talks).
    • Athens, Ohio, USA Conference in Algebra, March 1999. A talk On radicals and on nil rings.
15. Honours and awards.
    • Habilitation with honor, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2007.
    • Invited 45 minutes talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain, August 2006.
    • 2006 Whitehead Prize, awarded by the London Mathematical Society.
    • Wacław Sierpiński Prize, Poland, 2006, awarded by the III Wydział PAN (in Poland).
    • EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (August 2006 - July 2011).
    • Białkowski Award 2001, by Foundation for Polish Science, 2001 (in Poland).
    • Ministry of Education Award for Doctoral Dissertation, 2001 (in Poland).
    • Doctoral Dissertation with Honor, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2000 (in Poland).
    • Foundation for Polish Science Award, 1999 (in Poland).
    • Polish Academy of Sciences Award, 1998 (in Poland).
16. List of Publications