Martin Walter Liebeck | |
|---|---|
 Liebeck at Oberwolfach in 2008 | |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Group theory Algebra Representation theory |
| Workplaces | Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Finite Permutation Groups (1979) |
| Peter Michael Neumann | |
Doctoral students | Eugenia O'Reilly-Regueiro |
Martin Liebeck (born 23 September 1954) is a professor of Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London whose research interests include group theory and algebraic combinatorics.
Martin Liebeck studied mathematics at the University of Oxford earning a First Class BA in 1976, an MSc in 1977, and a D.Phil. in 1979, with the Dissertation Finite Permutation Groups under Peter M. Neumann.
In January 1991 he was appointed Professor at Imperial College London and became Head of the Pure Mathematics section there in 1997. Liebeck has published over 150 research articles and 10 books. His research interests include algebraic combinatorics, algebraic groups, permutation groups, and finite simple groups.
He was elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) in 2019, and was awarded the London Mathematical Society’s Pólya Prize in 2020.
In February of 2020 he and Colva Roney-Dougal organized a programme titled "Groups, Representations and Applications" at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Martin is the son of mathematician Hans Liebeck and mathematics educationalist Pamela Liebeck. His wife Ann is a professional musician, and they have two sons Jonathan and Matthew. Martin's main hobbies are playing tennis, especially doubles, and the violin, particularly chamber music.
