Adam Thomas Associate Professor Office: B2.24 Phone: +44 (0)2476 528325 Email: Adam dot R dot Thomas at warwick dot ac dot uk

Teaching Responsibilities 2022/23:

Term 1: MA453 Lie Algebras

Research Interests: Algebraic groups, finite groups of Lie type, Lie algebras, representation theory

Recent research grants: EPSRC New Investigator Award 1/5/2022 - 30/4/2025

Most relevant recent publications:

A New Maximal Subgroup of E₈ in Characteristic 3, with D. Craven and D. Stewart, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 150 (2022), 1435-1448.

The classification of extremely primitive groups, with T. C. Burness, Int. Math. Res. Not. (2022), no. 13, 10148-10248.

The irreducible subgroups of exceptional algebraic groups, Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 268 (2021), no. 1307.

Reducible subgroups of exceptional algebraic groups, with A. J. Litterick, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 223 (2019), 2489-2529.

The Jacobson-Morozov theorem and complete reducibility of Lie subalgebras, with D. I. Stewart, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 116 (2018), 68-100.

Complete reducibility in good characteristic, with A. J. Litterick, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 370 (2018), 5279-5340.

Simple irreducible subgroups of exceptional algebraic groups, J. Algebra 423 (2015), 190-238.

Workshops/conferences/seminars: Algebra Seminar

Future directions in algebraic groups and Lie algebras in the UK (2022), Simple Groups (2018), Winter Meeting on Bruhat-Tits Buildings (2015)

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