The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof John Bamberg

Research Associate Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Contact details

Address

School of Mathematics and Statistics
The University of Western Australia (M019)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 7173

Email

john.bamberg@uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

http://school.maths.uwa.edu.au/~bamberg/

Location

Room 1.04, Mathematics Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BA La Trobe, PhD W.Aust.

Biography

I grew up in Victoria (the Kinglake area) and went to Yea High School in country Victoria. I then attended La Trobe University where I completed a BSc (Hons) majoring in pure mathematics, before moving to UWA to do a PhD under the auspices of Cheryl Praeger and Tim Penttila. From 2004 until 2006 I held an APD research grant (with Tim Penttila) and then I spent nearly three years in a research position at Ghent University (Belgium). I am currently a research fellow at UWA.

Key research

Finite geometry, group actions and algebraic combinatorics.

Languages

English and dutch.

Honours and awards

- Kirkman Medal (2006).
- The best postgraduate publication in 2004 in the disciplines of “Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering” at UWA.

Previous positions

Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, UWA (2004-2006)
Research Fellow/Marie Curie Fellow, Ghent Uni. (2006-2009)
Research Fellow, UWA (2009-)

RFCD

230100

Research profile

Research profile and publications