Derek J. S. Robinson

Emeritus Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1409 W. Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801-2975

Office: 339 Illini Hall
Office Tel: (217)333-6219
FAX: (217) 333-9576
e-mail: dsrobins@illinois.edu

Education

  • B.Sc. Edinburgh University 1960.
  • Ph.D. Cambridge University 1963.

    • Academic appointments

  • 1963--65 Instructor, University of Illinois.
  • 1965--68 Lecturer, Queen Mary College, University of London.
  • 1968--69 Assistant Professor, University of Illinois.
  • 1969--74 Associate Professor, University of Illinois.
  • 1974--2007 Professor, University of Illinois.
  • 2007 Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois.

    • Honors and Awards

  • Sir Edmund Whittaker Prize 1970.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Prize 1979.
  • Associate, Center for Advanced Study, Urbana, IL, 1981-82, 1992.
  • EPSRC Visiting Fellow, Quenn Mary College, 1984.
  • EPSRC Visiting Fellow, University of Warwick
  • Beckman Research Award 1994.
  • W.W. Boone Distinguished Research Professor 2003-5.

    • Editorships

  • Founding Editor, Journal of Group Theory.
  • Editor: Ricerche di Matematica.

    • Area of Specialization

    Theory of groups. Infinite soluble groups. Connections between group theory and ring theory and homological algebra. Algorithms for groups. Permutability in groups. Co-hopfian groups. The profinite topology on a group. Graphs of groups. Generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups.

    Selected Publications

  • Articles
  • Books

    • PhD Students

    1. C. D. H. Cooper
    2. D. McDougal
    3. T. A. Fournelle
    4. J. Zimmerman
    5. R. Nehmer
    6. R. D. Blyth
    7. V. Walter
    8. Y. F. Wu
    9. D. H. Paek
    10. C. C. Ferguson
    11. J. W. Elliot