John R. Parker


John Robert Parker is a British mathematician. He is Professor of Mathematics at Durham University.
Parker graduated with a first-class degree in mathematics from Durham University in 1984. He subsequently completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, later earning his PhD from the same institution in 1989.

Career and research

Parker describes his main research interests as discrete groups and hyperbolic geometry.
Between January 2013 and December 2022 he was joint editor-in-chief, with Jean-Marc Schlenker, of Geometriae Dedicata. In 2024, he was a visiting faculty member at AIMS Ghana, where he taught a course on hyperbolic geometry.

Personal

Parker is the husband of astronomer Chris Done. He is a church elder and has experience running Alpha courses.

Selected publications

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