Henderson, Anthony

Summary

Anthony Henderson is a pure mathematician noted for his research in geometric and combinatorial aspects of representation theory. His interests include the geometry of nilpotent varieties and Springer fibres, and orbit closures in Hilbert nullcones and Nakajima's quiver varieties. Between 2016 and 2022 he was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sydney. He has held executive office with the Australian Mathematical Society and is Associate Editor of the Society's Journal. Henderson's innovative work was recognised with the award of the inaugural Christopher Heyde Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.

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"Anthony Henderson has made fundamental contributions in representation theory, an area which concerns the algebraic patterns underlying collections of geometric transformations. He has invented geometric spaces which give new information about common symmetry types, and has introduced new methods for performing calculations in existing geometric spaces which take their symmetry into account. His work combines ideas from different areas of mathematics, and provides explicit formulas for use in a wide range of problems which involve observations on spaces with symmetry." [from https://www.science.org.au/past-winners/2011-awardees#heyde 25/7/2022]

Chronology

1996

Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney

2001

Education - PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

2001 - 2006

Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney

2007 - 2008

Career position - Lecturer, University of Sydney

2009 - 2011

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Mathematical Society

2009 - 2011

Career position - Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

2011

Award - Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science

2012 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society

2012 -

Career position - Associate Editor, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society

2012

Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal (jointly)

2012 - 2015

Career position - Member of Committee, Decadal Plan for the Mathematical Sciences in Australia

2012 - 2015

Award - ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney

2012 - 2015

Career position - Associate Professor, University of Sydney

2013 - 2105

Career position - Vice-President, Australian Mathematical Society

2016 - 2022

Career position - Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney

2018

Career position - Deputy Head, School of Mathematics, University of Sydney

2018 - 2021

Career position - Executive Director, Mathematical Research Institute, University of Sydney

2020 -

Career position - Deputy Chair, National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science

2022 -

Career position - Honorary Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Uinversity of Sydney

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• Anthony Henderson, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2022. https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/anthonyh/. Details
• Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/christopher-heyde-medal. Details
• Henderson, Anthony, Anthony Henderson, Honorayr Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2022. https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ut/people?who=A_Henderson. Details