Poppy Azmi

I am a third-year PhD student working in Geometric Group Theory, in particular on constructing group actions on CAT(0) cube complexes. My supervisor is Dr Robert Kropholler.Link opens in a new window

I am also an organiser for DAGGERLink opens in a new window (Dynamics And Group Geometry Early Researchers Seminar). This seminar is aimed at PhD students, new postdocs, and keen Master's students. If you are interested in giving a talk, please get in touch!

Background

I completed my Integrated Masters (MMath) at Durham University, graduating in Summer 2022. My Master's project was titled "The Geometry and Topology of Tiling Spaces". I was supervised by Dr Gabriel Fuhrmann.Link opens in a new window

From Autumn 2022 to Autumn 2024, I worked as an Operational Researcher at the UK Civil Service. I worked on Housing statistics and analysis, as well as Net Zero policy analysis.

Writing

• Article in Chalkdust magazine, May 2022, title: Regular TilingsLink opens in a new window

Invited Talks

• Cubulating Coxeter and Shephard groups, Bristol Junior Geometry SeminarLink opens in a new window (BRIJGES), February 2026

Contributed Talks

• Groups, Spaces, CAT(0), Groups, Dynamics, and Operator Algebras ConferenceLink opens in a new window, University of Glasgow, August 2026
• Solving the word problem for CAT(0) groups, Geometry and Topology Reading Group, University of Warwick, April 2026
• Coxeter Groups and the spaces they act on, Postgraduate SeminarLink opens in a new window, University of Warwick, January 2026
• Group Invariant Machine Learning, Machine Learning Reading Group, University of Warwick, June 2025
• Cubulating Coxeter Groups, Geometry and Topology Reading Group, University of Warwick, March 2025

Posters

• Cubulating Coxeter and Shephard groups, Groups, Dynamics, and Operator Algebras ConferenceLink opens in a new window, University of Glasgow, August 2026
• Cubulating Coxeter and Shephard groups, Regensburg GAP Days 2Link opens in a new window, University of Regensburg, July 2026
• Cubulating Coxeter and Shephard groups, YGGT XIVLink opens in a new window, KIAS, June 2026

Conferences

• Groups, Dynamics, and Operator Algebras Conference, University of Glasgow, August 2026
• Regensburg GAP Days 2, University of Regensburg, July 2026
• Aspherical 2-complexes, ICMAT, June 2026
• Young Geometric Group Theory XIV, Korean Institute for Advanced Study, June 2026
• Groups and Geometry in the South of England, 2025-2026

• Young Geometric Group Theory XIII, University of Copenhagen, April 2025

• Women in Number Theory and Geometry, April 2025

• Groups and Geometry in the South of England, 2024-2025

Teaching

• 2025-26: First-year undergraduate supervisorLink opens in a new window
• 2024-26: Exam marking for Algebra 2, Analysis 1, Foundations and Sets of Numbers

Contact

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