Person
Henderson, Anthony
- Occupation
- Mathematician
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.
Details
"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 - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
- 2001
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (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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Published resources
Resources
- 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
- The Australian Mathematical Society Medal, 2024. https://austms.org.au/awards-grants/awards/the-australian-mathematical-society-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
Helen Cohn
Created: 25 July 2022, Last modified: 17 November 2022