John 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. 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 Conference papers

Journal articles