WESTERN UNIVERSITYCURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:

Ján Mináč

DATE OF BIRTH:

1953/06/15

TENURED:

July 1, 1991_________________________________________________________________________CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Professor, Department of Mathematics (2003 – present)
CROSS-APPOINTMENT
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Professor, Department of Computer Science (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2016)_________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC TRAINING
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, 1986
Commenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
RNDr., Department of Mathematics, 1977
(equivalent to M. Sc.)
B.Sc., Department of Mathematics, 1976

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PAST EMPLOYMENTThe University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics (1991 – 2003)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics (1989 – 1991)
The University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U. S. A.
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics (1987 - 1989)
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, U. S. A.
Researcher (1986 - 1987)
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics (1983 – 1986)
Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Researcher (1976 - 1982)_________________________________________________________________________
AWARDS AND HONOURSDistinguished Research Professorship Award
Distinguished Research Professorship Award 2004-2005, Faculty of Science,
The University of Western Ontario
Teaching Awards of Excellence
Canadian Mathematical Society 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award, presented at the
CMS Summer Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2013.
University Students’ Council and Alumni Western Teaching Award of Excellence
2009-2010, The University of Western Ontario
University Students’ Council and Alumni Western Teaching Award of Excellence
1996-1997, The University of Western Ontario
Teaching Honour Roll Awards of Excellence
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
2012-2013, Western University

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Teaching Honour Roll Awards of Excellence (continued)
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
2011-2012, Western University
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
2010-2011, Western University
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
2008-2009, The University of Western Ontario
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence
2007-2008, The University of Western Ontario

SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL (primarily more recent)
ACTIVITIES**

Concentrated on selected recent activities: In particular for the sake of brevity
I have omitted most activities from before the 21st century, thus these selected activities
should be viewed as examples rather than an exhaustive report.
Editorial Board ActivityEditor, Encyclopedia of Mathematics (European Mathematical Society and
Springer, from January 2012)
Editor, Algebra Letters (from August 2012)
Editor, Geometry (from July 2012)
Editor, ISRN Algebra (from June 2011)

American Mathematical Society Activity
Member of the Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians (2012-2015)

Faculty of Education Workshop – Western University“Hands-On Activities on Integrating Theatre in High School Mathematics Teaching”,
mathematical theatrical play performed by Ján Mináč and Leslie Hallock, November
30, 2011, Faculty of Education, Western University. (Invited by Professor Immaculate
Namukasa, Faculty of Education. Workshop in Faculty of Education program:“Teaching Math and Science through Story, Drama and Song”, organized by Dr.
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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
Faculty of Education Collaboration – Western University
2011 to present: Collaboration with Professor Namukasa. We are bothinterested in innovative teaching, and we share an interest in researching techniquesof motivation of students to study mathematics, and the effectiveness of various
teaching methods.

Summer School Activity
2012 - 2013: Invited professor/lecturer at advanced mathematical summer school with
Ch. Maire and G. Mallé: “Advanced International School on Galois
Groups”, Universidad del Pais Vasco (University of the Basque Country),
Bilbao, Spain, July 16-20, 2012, first week. (Second week, July 23-27,
taught by Professor Christian Maire (Université de Franche-Comté,
Besançon).) (Invited by Professor Gustavo Alcober, Universidad del Pais
Vasco.)
Collaboration with University of Grenoble – Undergraduate and Master’s Student
Research Work
Summer research work with undergraduate research student, Michal Cizek(University of Grenoble), June - July, 2012 and Master’s degree work April –August 2014.
Undergraduate Awards Presentation - Faculty of Science Annual Awards Ceremony
June 2012: Presented six awards to students with special achievement in Mathematics. I
mentored and worked closely during the last few years with four of these six students.
Selected Scholarly Activities
2014:

Invited lecture, Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, October 3, 2014. (Invited by Professor Kirsten Wickelgren.)2013:

Invited Teaching Award of Excellence 2013 lecture, CanadianMathematical Society Summer Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
June 4-7, 2013.
Invited lecture, Workshop on Number Theory with a View Towards
Transcendence and Diophantine Approximation, The Fields Institute and the
University of Ottawa, June 8-10, 2013. (Conference In honour of Michel
Waldschmidt.)
Invited speaker, Conference on Torsors, Nonassociative Algebras andCohomological Invariants, June 10-14, 2013, Fields Institute, Toronto.
(Invited by the organizers: Professors V. Chernousov, E. Neher, A.
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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
2013:

Invited participant, Galois Groups and Brauer Groups Conference,
January 6 - 11, 2013, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,
Israel. (Invited by Professor Eli Aljadeff.)

2012:

Invited participant and lecturer, Canadian Mathematical Society WinterMeeting, Arithmetic Geometry Special Session, Montreal, December 7 - 10,2012. (Invited by Professors Henri Darmon, Eyal Goren and Adrian Lovita.)
Invited speaker, 70th Algebra Days, Carleton University, Ottawa, October
20-21, 2012. (Invited by Professors Luis Ribes and Inna Bumagin.)
Invited participant, “Lie Algebras, Torsors and CohomologicalInvariants”, Banff International Research Station Workshop, September
30 – October 5, 2012.
Invited participant, 31st Ohio State-Denison Mathematics Conference inhonor of the 70th birthday of Professor T.-Y. Lam, and the memory ofProfessor Hans Zassenhaus, Ohio State University, May 25 - 27, 2012,
Columbus, Ohio.

Summer Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship Work -- UWO 2010
Summer 2010: Worked with Kristen Duerhammer throughout thesummer of 2010.
Scholars Electives Program Work –- UWO 2009-2010
Worked with undergraduate student in the Scholars Electives Program,
Joanne Colling.
Selected Scholarly Activities
2010 - 2011: Invited participant, American Institute of Mathematics, “Deformation
Theory, Patching, Quadratic Forms, and the Brauer Group” workshop,
Palo Alto, California, January 17 – 21, 2011. (Organized by Daniel
Krashen and Max Leiblich.)
Invited participant, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
workshop: “Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications”,
Oberwolfach, Germany, July 25 - July 31, 2010.
2010:

Invited participant and lecturer, Tel Aviv University workshop on“Field Arithmetic” in honour of the retirement of Professor Moshe Jarden,
June 13 - 17, 2010.

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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
2010:

Invited participant and lecturer, “Torsors, Lie Algebras and Galois
Cohomology Workshop”, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Ottawa, March 26 - 28, 2010. (Organized by Professors
Erhard Neher and Kirill Zainoulline and supported by the University ofOttawa and the Fields Institute, Toronto.)

Summer Undergraduate Student Research Assistantships Work – UWO 2009
Summer 2009: Worked with Justin Mackie and Behzad Nikzad.
Selected Scholarly Activities
2008-2009:

Invited two-hour lecture, “Group Theory, Number Theory and
Representation Theory Seminar”, Department of Mathematics,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 16, 2009.
(Invited by Professor Gopal Prasad.)
Invited lecture, American Mathematical Society 2009 Fall Eastern
Sectional Meeting, State College, PA (University of Pennsylvania),
October 25, 2009.
Co-organizer of Banff Workshop (with V. Chernousov, A. Merkurjev and
Z. Reichstein), Banff International Research Station Workshop, “Linear
Algebraic Groups and Related Structures”, September 13 - 18, 2009.
Invited lecture, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada: Second
Canada-France Congress, June 1 - 5, 2008.
Organizer, Putnam sessions in problem solving with selected students.

Summer Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship Work – UWO 2008
Summer 2008: Worked with Behzad Nikzad, Justin Raymond and Zack
Wolske.
Scholars Electives Program Work –- UWO 2008
Worked with undergraduate students, Behzad Nikzad and Colby Ohlhausen,
in the Scholars Electives Program.
Undergraduate Awards Presenter --- Faculty of Science Award Ceremony 2008
Presented three undergraduate students with awards of achievement inMathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science Awards Ceremony, 2008. I
served as a mentor to one of these students.

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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
2006-2007:

Invited lecture, Conference in Honour of Professor John Labute,
Department of Mathematics, McGill University, Montreal, November
14 - 16, 2007.

Co-organizer (with J. Swallow), American Mathematical Society 2007 Spring
Southeastern Section Meeting, “Representation Theory and Galois Cohomology in
Number Theory”, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, March 2 - 4, 2007.
Short-term visitor and invited lecture, Research Institute for Mathematical
Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, October 23 - 27, 2006.
Co-organizer of Banff Workshop (with V. Chernousov, R. Elman, A. Merkurjev
and Z. Reichstein), Banff International Research Station Workshop, “Algebraic
Groups, Quadratic Forms and Related Topics”, September 2 - 7, 2006.
Ph.D. Thesis External Examiner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, September 4, 2007.
Short-term visitor and invited lecture, Department of Mathematics, University ofAlberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 2007.
Invited participant, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach program:“Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups”, Oberwolfach, Germany,
June 25 - July 1, 2006.
Invited participant, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach program:“Pro-p Extensions of Global Fields and pro-p Groups”, Oberwolfach, Germany,
May 21 - 27, 2006.
Visiting scholar and invited lecture, Department of Mathematics, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, April 2006.
Organizer, Putnam sessions in problem solving with selected students.
Summer Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship Work – UWO 2006-07.
Worked with Behzad Nikzad, Justin Mackie and Justin Raymond.
2004-2005:
Organizer, Fall lecture series on modular towers with Professor Michael Fried (UCIrvine and MSU Billings), Department of Mathematics, The University of Western
Ontario, Fall 2005.
Member of the Scientific Program Committee, MoraviaCrypt Conference, Brno,
Czech Republic, June 15 - 22, 2005.

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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
Invited participant, Banff International Research Station Workshop: “Applicationsof Torsors to Galois Cohomology and Lie Theory”, April 23 - 28, 2005.
Short-term invited visitor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey,
April 2005.
Organizer, workshop on “Galois Modules, Galois Cohomology, Pro-p-groups andRelated Topics”, The University of Western Ontario, December 10 - 12, 2004.
Co-organizer (with Oliver Röndigs), seminar on Motivic Cohomology, Departmentof Mathematics, The University of Western Ontario, Winter 2004.
Sponsor of Visiting Professors: Rongzheng Jiao (China) 2004-2006, and John
Labute (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Fall 2004.
Organizer, Summer Lectures at Western with Professor Nikita Karpenko (Universityof Paris 6, Paris, France), August 2004.
2002-2003:
Co-organizer of Banff Workshop (with R. Elman, A.S. Merkurjev, and C. Riehm),
Banff International Research Station Workshop: “Quadratic Forms, Algebraic
Groups, and Galois Cohomology”, October 4 - 9, 2003.
Invited researcher, Focused Research Group program: “Arithmetic of Fundamental
Groups”, Banff International Research Station, September 7 - 13, 2003.
Co-organizer of Banff Research Team program (with A. Adem, D. Karagueuzianand J. Labute), Research in Teams program: “Field Theory and Cohomology ofGroups”, Banff International Research Station, April 26 - May 10, 2003.
Visiting Professor, Institut Mathématique de Rennes, France, May 22 - June 5, 2002.
Organizer of “mini-course” with Gregory Berhuy (University of British Columbia)
on Essential Dimension, Department of Mathematics, The University of Western
Ontario, November 24 - 28, 2003.
2000-2001:
Visiting Professor, Institut Mathématique de Rennes, France, June 1 - 15, 2001.
Researcher (with Louis Mahé), Research in Pairs program, Mathematisches
Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, June 16 - 30, 2001.
Visiting scholar, Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego,
June 5 - 12, 2000 (work with Adrian Wadsworth).

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SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
Program Committee Member, Conference on Public-Key Cryptography andComputational Number Theory, Warsaw, Poland, September 11 - 16, 2000.
1999:
Invited lecture, “Must Mathematical Instruction be Infinitely Boring and Deadly
Poisonous?”, Fall Perspectives on Teaching workshop, The University of Western
Ontario, September 1, 1999.
Member, Member of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California,
Fall 1999.
1981: Author, Czechoslovakian National Television presentation: “From the Life of
Trigonometric Functions”.
REFERRING AND REVIEWING
From 1988 I have refereed a number of articles for various mathematical journals, somebook reviews, proceedings, grant applications, fellowship applications, and cases for
professorial promotion. The names of some of these are listed below in alphabetical order.
Acta Arithmetica, American Mathematical Monthly, Annales des sciencesmathématiques du Québec, Ars Combinatoria, Canadian Journal of Mathematics,
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, Central European Journal of Mathematics,
Communications in Algebra, CONICYT (Chilean governmental organization:
National Commission for Scientific and Technological Investigation) FONDECYT
Proposal, Fields Institute Communication Series (Proceedings on Valuation Theory),
FWF Der Wissenschaftsfonds, Vienna, Austria (referee of research funding
application, Department of Natural and Technical Sciences), Guggenheim
Fellowships, Indian Journal of Mathematics, International Electronic Journal of
Algebra, Israel Journal of Mathematics, Israel Science Foundation grant proposal,
Journal of Algebra, Journal of Algebra and its Applications, Journal of Algebra andNumber Theory, Journal of Integer Sequences, Journal of Number Theory, Journal ofPure and Applied Algebra, Journal of Symbolic Computations, Journal ofTransformation Groups, Magdalene College Cambridge: JRF Fellowship Application,
Mathematische Annalen, Mathematische Zeitschrift, National Science Foundation
applications, National Security Agency Grant Proposal (USA), Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant Applications,
New York Journal of Mathematics, Proceedings of the IASc-Math. Sciences,
Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, Southeast Asian
Bulletin of Mathematics.

BOOK REVIEWS AND BOOK CONSULTATIONS:
Cambridge University Press and World Scientific Publishing.

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PROFESSORIAL PROMOTION CASES:
Ben-Gurion University, Emory University, Harish-Chandra Research Institute,
School of Mathematics, India, Pennsylvania State University.

MEMBERSHIP IN LEARNED SOCIETIESCanadian Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America

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PUBLICATIONSPAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
1.

J. Mináč. On the density of values of some arithmetical functions. Matematickéobzory (Slovak) 12 (1978), 41-45.

2.

J. Mináč. Some counterexamples in p-adic analysis. Math. Slovaca 30, No. 3 (1980),
305-311.

3.

J. Mináč. The distributivity property of valuation rings. Math. Slovaca 31, No. 2(1981), 187-192.

4.

J. Mináč. The coverings of rings by valuation rings. Math. Slovaca 32, No. 2 (1981),
121-126.

5.

J. Mináč. The distributivity property of finite intersections of valuation rings. Math.
Slovaca 34, No. 3 (1984), 277-279.

6.

J. Mináč. Unit fractions in fields. Math. Slovaca 35, No. 1 (1985), 23-29.

7.

J. Mináč. On fields for which the number of orderings is divisible by a high power of
2. C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada VII, No. 3 (1985), 183-188.

8.

J. Mináč. On fields for which the number of orderings is divisible by a high power of
2, II. C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada VII, No. 4 (1985), 221-226.

9.

J. Mináč. On fields for which the number of orderings is divisible by a high power of
2, III. C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada VII, No. 5 (1985), 297-301.

10. J. Mináč. Stability and cohomological dimension. C. R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci.
Canada VIII, No. 1 (1986), 13-18.
11. J. Mináč. Galois groups of some 2-extensions of ordered fields. C. R. Math. Rep.
Acad. Sci. Canada VIII, No. 2 (1986), 103-108.
12. J. Mináč. Demushkin groups and Hilbert fields. C. R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada
VIII, No. 3 (1986), 349-354.
13. J. Mináč. Corrigendum for Galois groups of some 2-extensions of ordered fields. C.
R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada VIII, No. 4 (1986), 261.
14. J. Mináč. Poincaré groups and ordered fields. C. R. Math. Rep. Sci. Canada VIII,
No. 4 (1986), 255-260.
15. J. Mináč. Poincaré polynomials and ordered fields. C. R. Math. Rep. Sci. Canada
VIII, No. 6 (1986), 411-416.

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PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (continued)
16. J. Mináč. A remark about sets O(n) in the theory of ordered fields. C. R. Math. Rep.
Acad. Sci. Canada, Vol. IX, No. 2 (1987), 125-129.
17. J. Mináč. Stability index and the u-invariant. C. R. Math. Rep. Sci. Canada, Vol. IX,
No. 3 (1987), 167-171.
18. J. Mináč. Stability indices and Poincaré polynomials. C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Canada,Vol. IX, No. 5 (1987), 253-257.
19. J. Mináč. Quaternion fields inside pythagorean closure. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 57(1989), 79-82.
20. J. Mináč. Classes of quaternion algebras in the Brauer group. Rocky Mountain J.
Math. 19,3 (1989), 819-831.
21. J. Mináč and M. Spira. u = 4 and quadratic extension. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 19,3
(1989), 835-845.
22. J. Mináč and M. Spira. Formally real fields, C-fields and W-groups. Math. Zeit. 205(1990), 519-530.
23. J. Mináč and R. Ware. Demushkin groups of rank 0 as absolute Galois groups.
Manuscripta Math. 73 (1991), 411-421.
24. J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. C-fields and Galois groups. J. Algebra 137 (1991), 1-11.
25. J. Mináč and R. Ware. Pro-2-Demushkin groups of rank 0 as Galois groups of
maximal 2-extensions of fields. Math. Ann. 292 (1992), 337-353.
26. J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. W-groups and values of binary forms. J. Pure Appl.
Algebra 87 (1993), 61-78.
27. J. Mináč and C. Reis. Trigonometry in finite fields. Expo. Math. 11 (1993), 97-108.
28. J. Mináč. Remarks on Merkurjev's investigations of the u-invariant. Contemp. Math.,
American Mathematical Society, 155 (1994), 333-338.
29. J. Mináč. A remark on the values of the Riemann zeta function. Expo. Math. 12(1994), 459-462.
30. J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. Decomposition of Witt rings via Galois groups. Canad. J.
Math. 47 (1995), 1274-1289.
31. J. Mináč and M. Spira. Witt rings and Galois groups. Ann. Math. 144 (1996), 35-60.

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PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (continued)
32. A. Adem, D. Karagueuzian and J. Mináč. Topological models and the cohomology ofGalois groups. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 326,1 (1998), 919-924.
33. A. Adem, D. Karagueuzian and J. Mináč. The cohomology of Galois groups. Adv.
Math. 148 (1999), 105-160.
34. J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. W-groups under quadratic extensions of fields. Canad. J.
Math. 52 (2000), no. 4, 833-848.
35. A. Adem, W. Gao, D. Karagueuzian and J. Mináč. Field theory and the cohomology
of some Galois groups. J. Algebra 235 (2001), no. 2, 608-635.
36. J. Mináč. Newton’s identities once again! Amer. Math. Monthly 110 (2003), no. 3,
232-234.
37. J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of pth-power classes of extensions ofdegree p. Israel J. Math. 138 (2003), 29-42.
38. J. Mináč and Z. Reichstein. Trace forms of Galois extensions in the presence of a fourthroot of unity. Int. Math. Res. Not. (2004), no. 8, 389-410.
39. L. Mahé, J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. Additive structure of multiplicative subgroups offields and Galois theory. Doc. Math. 9 (2004), 301-355.
40. J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Galois embedding problems with cyclic quotient of order p.
Israel J. Math. 145 (2005), 93-112.
41. J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Galois modules appearing as pth-power classes of units ofextensions of degree p. Math. Zeit. 250 (2005), no. 4, 907-914.
42. N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. When is Galois cohomology free or trivial?
New York J. Math. 11 (2005), 291-302.
43. J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of pth-power classes ofcyclic extensions of degree pn. Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 92 (2006), no. 2, 307-341.
44. J. Labute, N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Demuškin groups, Galois modules, andthe elementary type conjecture. J. Algebra 304 (2006), no. 2, 1130-1146.
45. A. Dhillon and J. Mináč. A motivic Chebotarev density theorem. New York J. Math. 12(2006), 123-141.
46. R. Dwilewicz and J. Mináč. The Hurwitz zeta function as a convergent series. Rocky
Mountain J. Math. 36 (2006), no. 4, 1191-1219.
47. R. Dwilewicz, J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Hilbert 90 for biquadratic
extensions. Amer. Math. Monthly 114 (2007), no. 7, 577-587.

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PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (continued)
48. J. Mináč and A. R. Wadsworth. Division algebras of prime degree and maximal Galois
p-extensions. Canad. J. Math. 59 (2007), no. 3, 658-672.
49. J. Labute, N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Cohomological dimension and
Schreier’s formula in Galois cohomology. Canad. Math. Bull. 50 (2007), no. 4,
588-593.
50. D. Benson, S. Chebolu, D. Christensen and J. Mináč. The generating hypothesis for the
stable module category of a p-group. J. Algebra. 310 (2007), no. 1, 428-433.
51. N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of Galois cohomology andpartial Euler-Poincaré characteristics. J. Reine Angew. Math. 613 (2007), 147-173.
52. D. Benson, N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Detecting pro-p groups that are notabsolute Galois groups. J. Reine Angew. Math. 613 (2007), 175-191.
53. S. Chebolu, D. Christensen and J. Mináč. Ghosts in modular representation theory.
Adv. Math. 217 (2008), no. 6, 2782-2799.
54. S. Chebolu, D. Christensen and J. Mináč. Groups which do not admit ghosts.
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), no. 4, 1171-1179.
55. G. Bhandari, N. Lemire, J. Mináč and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of Milnor
K-theory in characteristic p. New York J. Math. 14 (2008), 215-224.
56. J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of Milnor K-theory
mod ps in characteristic p. New York J. Math. 14 (2008), 225-233.
57. J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Automatic realizations of Galois groups withcyclic quotient of order pn. J. Théor. Nombres Bordeaux 20 (2008), no. 2, 419-430.
58. S. Chebolu and J. Mináč. Auslander-Reiten sequences as appetizers for homotopists andarithmeticians. Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 32 (2008), no. 2, 139-157.
59. J. Carlson, S. Chebolu and J. Mináč. Freyd’s generating hypothesis with almost split
sequences. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), no. 8, 2575-2580.
60. N. Lemire, J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Hilbert 90 for Galois cohomology.
Comm. Algebra 38 (2010), no. 1, 361-372.
61. N. Lemire, J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Galois module structure of Galois
cohomology for embeddable cyclic extensions of degree pn. J. London Math. Soc. (2)
81 (2010), no. 3, 525-543.
62. S. Chebolu, J. Mináč and C. Reis. Reciprocity laws for representations of finite groups.
Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 34 (2010), no. 1, 37-61.

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PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (continued)
63. D. Karagueuzian, J. Labute and J. Mináč. The Bloch-Kato conjecture and Galois theory.
Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 35 (2011), no. 1, 63-73.
64. J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Cyclic algebras, Schur indices, norms, and Galois
modules. Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 35 (2011), no. 1, 123-136.
65. J. Carlson, S. Chebolu and J. Minac. Finite generation of Tate cohomology.
AMS J. Representation Theory 15 (2011), 244-257.
66. J. Labute and J. Mináč. Mild pro-2 groups and 2-extensions of Q with restricted
ramification. J. Algebra 332 (2011), 136-158.
67. I. Efrat and J. Mináč. On the descending central sequence of absolute Galois groups.
Amer. J. Math. 133 (2011), no. 6, 1503-1532.
68. S. Chebolu and J. Mináč. Counting irreducible polynomials over finite fields using
the inclusion-exclusion principle. Math. Mag. 84 (2011), no. 5, 369-371.
69. S. Chebolu, I. Efrat and J. Mináč. Quotients of absolute Galois groups which determine
the entire Galois cohomology. Math. Ann. 352 (2012), no. 1, 205-221.
70. S. Chebolu, D. Christensen and J. Mináč. Freyd’s generating hypothesis for groups
with periodic cohomology. Canad. Math. Bull. 55 (2012), no. 1, 48-59.
71. I. Efrat and J. Mináč. Small Galois groups that encode valuations.
Acta Arith. 156 (2012), no. 1, 7-17.
72. S. Chebolu and J. Mináč. Representations of the miraculous Klein group.
Ramanujan Math. Soc. Newsletter 22 (2012), no. 1, 135-145.
73. J. Mináč and S. O. Tohaneanu. From spline approximation to Roth’s equation and Schurfunctors. Manuscripta Math. 142 (2013), no. 1-2, 101-126.
74. P. Guillot and J. Mináč. Milnor K-theory and the graded representation ring.
Journal of K-theory 13 (2014), 447-480.
75. J. Mináč, J. Swallow and A. Topaz. Galois module structure of (ln)th classes of fields.
Bull. London Math. Soc. 46 (2014), no. 1, 143-154.

PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
76. J. Mináč. Poincaré polynomials; stability indices and number of orderings I. Advances in
Number Theory, Canadian Number Theory Association Proceedings, Clarendon Press
Oxford (1993), 515-528.

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PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (continued)
77. J. Mináč and A. R. Wadsworth. The u invariant of algebraic extensions, K-Theory andAlgebraic Geometry: Connections with Quadratic Forms and Division Algebras. Editors:
B. Jacob and A. Rosenberg. Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 58,2 (1995), 333-358. American
Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island.
78. W. Gao and J. Mináč. Milnor's conjecture and Galois theory I. Great Lakes Proceedings,
editor: Victor Snaith. Fields Institute Communications, 16 (1997), 95-110. American
Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island.
79. W. Gao, D. Leep, J. Mináč and T. L. Smith. Galois groups over nonrigid fields.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Valuation Theory and its Applications,Vol. II (Saskatoon, 1999), Fields Institute Communications, American MathematicalSociety 33 (2003), 61-77.
80. S. Chebolu and J. Mináč. Absolute Galois groups viewed from small quotients and the
Bloch-Kato conjecture. New topological contexts for Galois theory and algebraic
geometry (BIRS 2008), 31-47, Geom. Topol. Monogr. 16, Geom. Topol. Publ., Coventry,
2009.

PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN REFEREED JOURNALS
81. S. Chebolu, J. Mináč and C. Quadrelli. Detecting fast solvability of equations via
small powerful Galois groups. Transactions of the AMS, to appear.
(ArXiv: 1310.7623v2 [math.NT].)
82. J. Mináč and N. D. Tan. Triple Massey products and Galois theory.
Journal of the European Mathematical Society, to appear.

PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION IN REFEREED JOURNALS
83. I. Efrat and J. Mináč. Galois groups and cohomological functors.
(27 pages typeset in Latex.)
84. J. Mináč and N. D. Tan. The kernel unipotent conjecture and Massey products on an odd
rigid field. (Submitted.)
85. J. Mináč and N. D. Tan. Triple Massey products over global fields. (Submitted.)
86. J. Mináč, M. Rogelstad and N. D. Tan. How fast do Zassenhaus filtrations of
pro-p-groups descend? (Submitted.)
87. S. Chebolu, J. Mináč and A. Schultz. Galois p-groups and Galois modules. (Submitted.)
88. J. Mináč and N. D. Tan. Counting Galois U4 (Fp)-extensions using Massey
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BOOKS IN PREPARATION
89. J. Mináč, A. Schultz and J. Swallow. Galois Modules in Action.
(Springer, the American Mathematical Society and Cambridge University Press
expressed interest in the publication of this book.)
90. S. Chebolu, J. Labute, Ch. Maire and J. Mináč. From Class Field Theory to Mild
Galois Groups.

BOOK REVIEWS
91. Review of K. Szymiczek: Bilinear Algebra: An Introduction to the Algebraic
Theory of Quadratic Forms. Bull. London Math. Soc. 32 (2000), 117-118.
92. Review of D. B. Shapiro: Composition of Quadratic Forms. De Gruyter
Expositions in Mathematics 33 (2000). Bull. London Math. Soc. 33 (2001),
631-633.
93. Review of A. Ledet: Brauer Type Embedding Problems. Fields Inst. Monographs
21, American Mathematical Society, 2005. CMS Notes 38 (2006), no. 5, 7-8.

SURVEY PAPERS (Research and Education)
94. R. Dwilewicz and J. Mináč. Hipoteza Riemanna, Czesc I. Polish Journal DELTA,
September 1997, 1 - 3.
95. R. Dwilewicz and J. Mináč. Hipoteza Riemanna, Czesc II. Polish Journal DELTA,
November 1997, 12 - 15.
96. R. Dwilewicz and J. Mináč. Values of the Riemann zeta function at integers.
Materials Matemàtics, Volume 2009, 1 - 26.
97. S. Chebolu, I. Efrat and J. Mináč. On a small quotient of the big absolute Galois
group. Oberwolfach Reports 32 (2010), 14-17.

BANFF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STATION REPORTS
98. A. Adem, D. Karagueuzian, J. Labute and J. Mináč. Report on Research in Teams
event: Field Theory and Cohomology of Groups, Banff International Research
Station, Banff, Alberta, April 26 - May 10, 2003.
99. R. Elman, A. S. Merkurjev, J. Mináč and C. Riehm. Report on workshop:
Quadratic Forms, Algebraic Groups, and Galois Cohomology, Banff International
Research Station, Banff, Alberta, October 4 - 9, 2003.

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BANFF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH STATION REPORTS (continued)
100. V. Chernousov, R. Elman, A. S. Merkurjev, J. Mináč and Z. Reichstein. Report on
workshop: Algebraic Groups, Quadratic Forms and Related Topics, Banff
International Research Station, Banff, Alberta, September 2 - 7, 2006.
101. V. Chernousov, A. S. Merkurjev, J. Mináč and Z. Reichstein. Report on workshop:
Algebraic Groups, Quadratic Forms and Related Topics, Banff International
Research Station, Banff, Alberta, September 13 - 18, 2009.

GRANTS IN AID OF RESEARCH
Since 1989 I have received continuous NSERC Individual Research Grant funding andDiscovery Research Grant funding. During this time I have also received various othergrants from Western University and from the University of British Columbia.
My NSERC grant funding for the period of 2012 – 2017 is $175,000.

CHIEF SUPERVISOR OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS
Name

Period of Study

DegreeTitle of Thesis

F. B. Golmakani

2012-2014++

Ph.D. 2014

P. Deshpande

2007-2011+

Ph.D. 2011

C. Quadrelli

2010***

M.Sc. 2010

G. Combariza

2006-2010**

Ph.D. 2010

V. Shirbisheh

2006-2007*

Ph.D. 2007

G. Bhandari

2001-2005

Ph.D. 2005

D. McQuillan
J. Sewchand
W. Gao1992-1998
1996-1997
1993-1995

Ph.D. 1998
M. Sc. 1997
Ph.D. 1996

“Classification of W-groups of Pythagorean
formally real fields”“Arrangements of submanifolds and thetangent bundle complement”“The maximal pro-p-quotient of an absolute
Galois group”“Descending central series of free pro-pgroups”“On certain Galois embedding problems overp-adic fields”“Milnor K-theory as Galois modules incharacteristic p”“Quadratic forms and Galois theory”

J. Sheriff

1990-1991

M. Sc. 1991

“Galois groups of a maximal 2-extension of afield”(*From 2003-2005, V. Shirbisheh was supervised by M. Khalkhali, Western University)(+Joint supervision with G. Denham, Department of Mathematics, Western University)(***Joint supervision with Thomas Weigel, University of Milano-Bicocca.)(++Joint supervision with Matthias Franz, Western University.)J. Mináč

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PRESENT PH.D. STUDENTS

Name

Period of Study

A. Al-Khairy
M. Ataei Jaliseh
J. Doliskani2011 - present
2012 - present
2011 - present (joint with Éric Schost, Department of

C. Quadrelli

Computer Science, Western University)
2011 - present (joint with Thomas Weigel, University of
Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

M. Rogelstad

2010 - present(**Joint supervision with A. Adem, Department of Mathematics, University of British
Columbia. Transferred to UWO to begin Ph.D. studies with Ján Mináč, September 2008.
Worked with Ján while still at UBC during 2006-2008 until German came to UWO in Fall2008.)
SUPERVISION OF MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS

Name

Period of Study

DegreeM. Čižek
M. Albaity
M. Althagafi
C. Quadrelli

June 2014 - present
January 2012 - 2013
January 2011 - 2012
January 2010 - July 2010 (joint with Thomas

M.Sc. completed 2013
M.Sc. completed 2012
M.Sc. completed 2010

Weigel (University of Milano-Bicocca)

SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

NamePeriod of Study

J. Blondeau
N. Tan2012 - 2013 (October 2013 completed Postdoctoral Fellowship)2012 - present