John Stembridge,   Professor 4854 East Hall Phone:  (734) 936-1790 Email:  jrs@umich.edu Research Area(s): Combinatorics Personal Home Page My research interests are in combinatorics, with particular emphasis on the following areas: Representation theory Coxeter groups and root systems; Lie theory Algebraic structures Computational problems and algorithms in algebra Enumerative combinatorics Symmetric functions News John Stembridge is recognized for his joint work on mapping the Lie Group E8, one of the largest and most complicated structures in mathematics.       2007   Contact math-webmaster@umich.edu to update this faculty detail page.