EDWARD C. TURNER
Curriculum vitae
Education
- 1965 B.A. University of Rochester
- 1967 M.A. UCLA
- 1968 Ph.D. UCLA (advisor: Robion Kirby)
Academic Experience
- 1968-69 Visiting Assistant Professor, UCLA
- 1969-71 Instructor, MIT
- 1971-75 Assistant Professor, State Univ. of N.Y. at
Albany
(SUNYA)
- 1975 Associate Professor, SUNYA
- 1978-79 Visiting Scholar, MIT
- 1978-79 Visiting Associate Professor, Northeastern
University
- 1985 Professor, SUNYA
- 1986 Visiting Scholar, Queen Mary College, Univ. of
London,
London, England
Awards
- 1969-71 NSF Grant GP6530
- 1974 SUNY Faculty Fellowship
- 1975 SUNY Faculty Fellowship
- 1980 SUNY Faculty Fellowship
- 1983 University Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 1986 PDQWL Travel grant
- 1989 Travel grant, British SERC
- 1989 Travel grant, Canadian SERC
- 1991 NSF grant DMS-9113670
- 1992 NSF grant DMS-9214064
- 1993 NSF grant DMS-9310229
- 1994 Travel grant, British SERC
- 1995 NSF grant DMS-9523169
- 1997 Travel grant, London Math. Soc.
- 1997 NSF grant DMS-9704857
- 2000 NSF grant DMS-0071433
- 2003 Positive difference award (from Disabled Students Services)
- 2003 CAS Travel grant
- 2003 NSF Grant DMS-0314797
- 2004 NSF/CBMS Grant 0333532
Memberships
- American Mathematical Society (Member of Rochester Task
Force of the AMS, dealing with the decision to discontinue the
University of Rochester Math Ph.D.)
- Mathematical Association of America
- London Mathematical Society
Conference organization
I organized and ran each of the following. All except the first were
supported by the National Science Foundation.
- 1983 AMS/MAA Summer Meeting: Special Session on Group
theory, 1983
- 1989 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Nov. 3--5, 1989
- 1990 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Oct. 5--7, 1990
- 1991 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Oct. 11--13, 1991
- 1992 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Oct. 16--18, 1992
- 1993 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Oct. 29--31, 1993
- 1994 SUNYA Topology and Group Theory Conference,
Oct. 14--16, 1994
- 1995 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 13--15, 1995
- 1996 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 11--13, 1996
- 1997 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 10--12, 1997
- 1998 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 9--11, 1998
- 2000 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 13--15, 2000
- 2001 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 12--14, 2001
- 2003 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 17--19, 2003
- NSF/CBMS Regional Research Conference, August 5--10, 2004
- 2004 Albany Group Theory Conference, Oct. 8--10, 2004
Referee for:
- American Mathematical Monthly
- Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici
- Indiana University Journal of Mathematics
- International Journal of Algebra and Computation
- Israel Journal of Mathematics
- Journal of Algebra
- Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra
- London Mathematical Society Journals
- Mathematics Magazine
- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical
Society
- Mathematisches Zeitschrift
- National Science Foundation (research and conference
proposals)
- Pacific Journal of Mathematics
- Prentice Hall (book)
- Proceedings of Alta Conference on Combinatorial Group
Theory
- Proceedings of the Fall Foliage group theory conferences
- Topology
- Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
Invited addresses, 1969-
MIT,
Syracuse Topology Conference,
SUNY Binghamton,
AMS National meeting, San Francisco,
Penn State University,
Syracuse University,
Northeastern University,
MIT,
Brown University,
Northeastern University,
Syracuse University,
University of Wisconsin,
Champlain Math Consortium,
University of Rochester,
Alta Conference on Combinatorial Group Theory,
Upstate Topology Conference,
Ruhr Universitat Bochum,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat,
Montanuniversitat Leoben,
University of Southampton,
University of Durham,
Heriot-Watt University,
University of Glasgow,
London Algebra Colloquium,
University of Liverpool,
University of Birmingham,
Dartmouth College Colloquium,
Fall Foliage Group Theory Conference,
New York Group Theory Seminar,
SUNYA Computer Science Colloquium,
SUNY College at Plattsburgh,
Queen Mary College,
University of Toronto,
New York Group Theory Seminar,
Syracuse University,
Vanderbilt University,
Group Theory Workshop, Edinburgh,
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona,
Montanuniversitat Leoben,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat,
Bochum-Frankfurt Conference on Group Theory,
AMS Special Session on Combinatorial group theory,
University of Southampton,
Brigham Young University,
James Madison University,
AMS Special Session on Geometric group theory,
UNYTS conference and Syracuse Univ,
New York Group Theory Seminar,
Princeton,
University at Albany Math Club,
University of Chicago (logic seminar),
SUNY Potsdam,
Binghamton Univ.,
UNLV (colloquium),
AMS Special Session on Combinatorial group theory,
UNLV,
US Air Force Academy,
Univ. Rochester (Colloquium and RSA talk for undergrads),
Univ. of Michigan,
Univ. of Chicago (topology seminar),
Mich. State Univ,
International Conference on Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory,
Haifa, Israel,
AMS Special Session on Combinatorial group theory,
UNLV, AMS Special Session on Combinatorial group theory,
NYC,AMS Special Session on Combinatorial group theory,
Montreal, Hudson-Mohawk Association "Teaching of Mathematics workshop, College of St. Rose,
AMS Special Session on Geometric group theory, New York, NY,
AMS Special Session on Geometric methods in group theory, Seville, Spain,
McGill University group theory seminar,
MAA Mathfest, Providence, RI, Sectional meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society