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FACETS – 2026 Round 1 Successful Applicants

SMRI congratulates the following researchers in the mathematical sciences on their successful applications. SMRI acknowledges the valuable contributions (financial and otherwise) to this scheme by Anne Thomas and Oded Yacobi (University of Sydney).

Barbara Baumeister (Bielefeld University) 

Research interests: Finite simple groups, permutation groups, Coxeter groups and generalisations 

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 14/03/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Anne Thomas)
01/03/2027 – 14/03/2027 (University of Western Australia, Host: Michael Giudici)

Rachael Boyd (University of Glasgow) 

Research interests: Algebraic topology, geometric group theory, geometric topology 

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

María Cumplido Cabello (Universidad de Sevilla) 

Research interests: Braid groups, Artin groups, combinatorial group theory, geometric group theory 

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 26/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Edmund Heng)

Juan González-Meneses (Universidad de Sevilla) 

Research interests: Group theory, low dimensional topology, braid groups and Artin groups 

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Anne Thomas)

Jingyin Huang (Ohio State University) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory, metric geometry, topology 

Dates: TBA – TBA (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Kasia Jankiewicz (University of British Columbia) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Jonathan (Jon) McCammond (University of California, Santa Barbara) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory, geometric combinatorics

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Piotr Przytycki (McGill University) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory

Dates: 05/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)

Jeroen Schillewaert (University of Auckland) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory

Dates: 17/01/2027 – 26/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney, Host: Oded Yacobi)

Petra Schwer (Heidelberg University) 

Research interests: Geometric group theory, algebraic combinatorics, buildings and their generalizations, Coxeter groups, CAT(0) geometry 

Dates: 01/02/2027 – 28/02/2027 (SMRI, University of Sydney)