Dr. Islam Foniqi

Since February 2026, I have been a postdoctoral researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter mit Lehraufgaben) at Technische Universität Berlin, working in Laura Ciobanu’s Applied Algebra group.

Between December 2022 and December 2025, I was a postdoctoral researcher (Senior Research Associate) at the University of East Anglia in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, where I worked with Robert Gray.

From November 2018 to April 2022, I was a PhD student in Algebra and Geometry at the University of Milano-Bicocca. I was supervised by Thomas Weigel in Milan and Yago Antolín in Madrid. I defended my PhD on 27 April 2022.

My research focuses on geometric and combinatorial group theory, with a particular interest in Artin groups, Coxeter groups, one-relator groups, monoids, and decision problems.