Dr Jim Shank

Jim completed his PhD in homotopy theory at the University of Toronto in 1989 under supervision of Professor Paul Selick. He has been an academic at the University of Kent since 1999. Jim's current research interests involve the invariant theory of finite groups and related aspects of commutative algebra and representation theory. 

Jim's current research involves the invariant theory of finite groups and related aspects of commutative algebra and representation theory. He is particularly interested in the rings of invariants of modular representations of p-groups. Research collaborators at the University of Kent include Peter Fleischmann and Chris Woodcock. Overseas collaborators include Eddy Campbell and Jianjun Chuai at the University of New Brunswick, David Wehlau (Queen’s University/RMC, Kingston), Yin Chen (Northeast Normal University, Changchun) and Műfit Sezer (Bilkent University, Ankara).