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'''Radha Kessar''' is an Indian mathematician known for her research in the [[representation theory of finite groups]]. She holds the [[Fielden Professor of Pure Mathematics|Fielden Chair in Pure Mathematics]] at the [[University of Manchester]], and in 2009 won the [[Berwick Prize]] of the [[London Mathematical Society]].{{r|ab}}<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Kessar graduated from [[Panjab University]] in 1991.{{r|cul}} She completed her Ph.D. in 1995 from [[Ohio State University]]; her dissertation, ''Blocks And Source Algebras For The Double Covers Of The Symmetric Groups'', was supervised by [[Ronald Solomon]].{{r|cul|mgp}}<br />
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After taking visiting assistant professor positions at [[Yale University]] and the [[University of Minnesota]], and working as a Weir Junior Research Fellow at [[University College, Oxford]],<br />
she returned to Ohio State as an assistant professor in 2002. She moved to the [[University of Aberdeen]] in 2005, to [[City, University of London]] in 2012, and then to the [[University of Manchester]] in 2022.<br />
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==Book==<br />
With [[Michael Aschbacher]] and Bob Oliver, she is an author of the book ''Fusion Systems in Algebra and Topology'' (Cambridge University Press, 2011).{{r|fsat}}<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
Her 2009 Berwick award was joint with her future City colleague Joseph Chuang, for the research reported in their paper ''Symmetric Groups, Wreath Products, Morita Equivalences and Broué's Abelian Defect Conjecture''.{{r|ab}} She was named [[Mathematical Sciences Research Institute|MSRI]] Simons Professor for 2017-2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MSRI|title=Mathematical Sciences Research Institute|url=http://www.msri.org/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.msri.org}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=ab>{{citation|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/3100/|title=Aberdeen academic awarded prestigious mathematics prize|date=20 July 2009|publisher=University of Aberdeen|accessdate=2018-05-13}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=cul>{{citation|url=https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/radha-kessar|title=Professor Radha Kessar|work=Academic Experts|publisher=City, University of London|accessdate=2018-05-13}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=fsat>Reviews of ''Fusion Systems in Algebra and Topology'':<br />
*Eaton, Charles W. (2012), {{MR|2848834}}<br />
*{{citation<br />
| last = Linckelmann | first = Markus<br />
| doi = 10.1090/S0273-0979-2012-01394-0<br />
| issue = 3<br />
| journal = Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society<br />
| mr = 3049878<br />
| pages = 523–526<br />
| series = New Series<br />
| title = none<br />
| volume = 50<br />
| year = 2013| doi-access = free<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sbbj244/ Home page]<br />
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