Dr Killian O'Brien

Academic and professional qualifications

• BA Mathematics (Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, 1998)
• PhD Mathematics, (Durham University, 2002)
  Thesis: Seifert's algorithm, Châtelet bases and the Alexander ideals of classical knots
• PGCert Academic Practice (The Open University, 2012)

Previous employment

• 2008 - present (Senior) Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
• 2008 - 2010 Associate Lecturer, The Open University
• 2004 - 2006 Teaching Fellow in Mathematics, Keele University
• 2003 - 2003 Teaching Associate, Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen)

Languages

Python, SageMath

Why study Mathematics?

Undergraduate courses

Mathematics Fundamentals
Mathematical Methods
Number Theory and Cryptography
Group Theory

Research expertise

Polynomial ring algorithms in knot theory

Publications

• Featured Works

Membership of professional associations

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy