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Upcoming:

• June 2026: Representation theory of Finite Groups, Schur and Hall Algebras in Honour of Sandy Green, York
• June 2026: VUB–Leeds Algebra School, Brussels
• June 2026: Research Visit to Hamburg (hosted by Prof. Paul Wedrich) with a talk in the Research Seminar on Quantum Topology and Categorification
• June 2026: One-Day Workshop in Torino
• August 2026: Tensor categories in representation theory & vice versa, Uppsala

Organised:

• April 2026: Introduction to Modern Advances in Algebra, Leeds
• March 2026: Dijkgraaf-Witten Theory, Tensor Categories, and Applications, Leeds (part of the joint Leeds-Hamburg project: Mathematics and Implementation of Quantum Computing (MIQC))
• February 2026: Mathematical and Physical underpinnings of Topological Quantum Computation, Leeds (part of the joint Leeds-Hamburg project: Mathematics and Implementation of Quantum Computing (MIQC))

Talks/Posters Presented:

• February 2026: The Interplay Between Skew Braces and Hopf-Galois Theory, Leeds Board talk: “Some non-semisimple representation theory for the Kadar-Yu Algebras”
• February 2026: Pure Mathematics Postgraduate Seminar, Leeds Blackboard Talk: “How to make lasagna”.
• November 2025: York Algebra Seminar, York
  Talk: “Diagram Categories for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• November 2025: Leeds Algebra Seminar, Leeds
  Talk: “Diagram Categories for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• September 2025: Higher Structures: Recent developments and applications, Hamburg
  Gong Show Talk: “Diagram Categories for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• June 2025: The Yang-Baxter equation and all that, Będlewo (Supported by an LMS travel grant for early career researchers)
  Talk: “Diagram Categories for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• May 2025: The Interplay Between Skew Braces and Hopf-Galois Theory, Leeds Talk: “A Diagram Category for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• April 2025: ITMAIA 2025 (Introduction to Modern Advances in Algebra), Manchester Talk: “A Diagram Category for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• December 2024: Artin (Algebra and Representation Theory in the North) Biracks and Biquandles: Theory, applications, and new perspectives, Leeds Talk: “A Diagram Category for Non-orientable Surfaces”. Slides
• November 2024: MaPLe (Mathematical Physics at Leeds), Leeds Talk: “The Yang-Baxter Equation and Quantum Group Symmetry”. Slides
• October 2024: Pure Mathematics Postgraduate Seminar, Leeds Blackboard Talk: “What’s the Deal with Cellular Algebras?”.
• July 2024: School of Maths PGR Conference 2024, Leeds Talk: “An Unorientable Extension of the Temperley Lieb Category”. Slides
• April 2024: YRS2024 (Young Researchers School) Topological aspects of low-dimensional quantum physics, Maynooth Poster: “An Unorientable Extension of the Temperley Lieb Category”. Poster
• April 2024: STAMP (Students in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics), Edinburgh Blackboard Talk: “Algebra from Statistical Mechanics”.
• March 2024: JLAC (Junior London Algebra Colloquium), London Talk: “An Unorientable Extension of the Temperley-Lieb Category”. Slides
• March 2024: Pure Mathematics Postgraduate Seminar, Leeds Blackboard Talk: “Lattice Statistical Mechanics is Algebra”.
• June 2023: SIDE 14.2 (Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations), Warsaw Talk: “Towards a factorised solution of the Yang-Baxter equation with Uq(sln) symmetry”. Slides
• February 2023: Applications of Hecke and related algebras: Representations, Integrability and Physics, Les Houches Talk: “Towards a factorised solution of the Yang-Baxter equation with Uq(sln) symmetry”. Slides
• January 2023: Pure Mathematics Postgraduate Seminar, Leeds Blackboard Talk: “Towards a factorised solution of the Yang-Baxter equation with Uq(sln) symmetry”.
• December 2021: 65th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, Integrable Systems and Mathematical Physics special session, Newcastle Talk: “Towards a factorised solution of the Yang-Baxter equation with Uq(sln) symmetry”. Slides

Conferences/Workshops Attended:

(excluding those above)

• January 2026: Mini-conference: Categorification, Norwich
• January 2026: Scottish Talbot On Algebra and Topology: Lasagna Skein Modules, Crianlarich (Scotland)
• October 2025: Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Algebra conference (IDEAL), Leeds
• July 2024: Diagrammatic Intuition and Deep Learning in Mathematics, York
• July 2024: Combinatorial representation theory and diagrammatic categorification, York
• May 2024: CQI Workshop, Quantisation of Integrable Systems: old and new, Leeds
• October 2023: Topological Quantum Computation, Edinburgh
• July 2023: Combinatorial Representation Theory, Leeds
• May 2023: CQI Workshop, Poisson and quantum structures in integrable systems, Leeds
• April 2023: Spring School in Algebra and Representation Theory, Canterbury