Lilit Martirosyan

I am a mathematician working in the area of non-associative algebras and representation theory. 

My current research interests are primarily in the representation theory of Lie conformal algebras, quantum Lie algebras, and Lie superalgebras. These algebras and their representation theory have a fundamental role in theoretical physics: in conformal field theory, in quantum physics, and in string theory.  More recently, I also work in number theory in the area of cyclotomic polynomials. 

I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Wilmington. I started at UNCW as an Assistant Professor in 2017.

I worked as a Stefan E. Warschawski Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department at UC San Diego during 2013-2016. I worked under the supervision of Prof. Efim Zelmanov.

I defended my PhD thesis in Spring 2013 in the Mathematics Department at UC Berkeley. My PhD Supervisors are Prof. Vera Serganova and Prof. Joseph A. Wolf.

In 2016-2017, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. I worked under supervision of  Prof. Yuri Manin. 

  Recent Activities: 

• March 23-28, Spring 2025 

Co-Organizer of the Workshop Women in Noncommutative Algebras and Representation Theory 4 (WINART4)

• Leader of WINART since 2022 with co-leaders Darlayne Addabbo and Maitreyee Kulkarni. 

Organizing Committee

• Lilit Martirosyan (UNC Wilmington) 

• Darlayne Addabbo (SUNY Polytechnic Institute)

• Ellen Kirkman (Wake Forest University)

• Maitreyee Kulkarni (North Carolina State University)

Banff International Research Station in Alberta, Canada

https://www.birs.ca/events/2025/5-day-workshops/25w5422

• Sept 29-Oct 11, Fall 2024 

Oberwolfach Research Fellow (for research collaboration with Hans Wenzl) 

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• Sept 22-27, 2024 

Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2024

Visitor and Alumini participant at 

Heidelberg, Germany

• Reviewer of the program starting 2025

• April 3, 2024 Invited Speaker and Visitor 

Università of Roma Tre, Italy

(visiting Francesco Pappalardi)

• May 25, 2024 Invited Speaker 

Tensor categories of Lie type G2

North Carolina State University

Oberwolfach Research Fellow, September, 2024 (collaboration with Hans Wenzl):

11th Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2024:

With Michael Atiyah at Heidelberg Laureate Forum, 2016: