Academic positions
- since 04/2011: Professor of Mathematics (W2),
Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg - 04/2009 – 04/2009: Emmy Noether Junior Research Group,
Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University,
- 10/2008 – 03/2009: Marie Curie Intra European Research Fellow,
School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham - 10/2004 – 09/2008: Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada
Education
- 01/2002 – 09/2004 PhD in Mathematical Physics,
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh - 10/96 – 11/01 Bachelor and Master of Physics,
Department of Physics, Freiburg University - 11/99 – 05/00 ERASMUS student
Université Paris Sud, Orsay - 06/96 Abitur, Kurfürst-Friedrich Gymnasium, Heidelberg
Projects, Prizes and Fellowships
- Simons Emmy Noether vising fellowship 2019
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics - 01/17 – 12/19 Investigator in project MTM2016-79639-P
Agencia Española de Investigación - 11/2016 Preis für gute Lehre
Bavarian Ministry of Education, Science and Arts - 10/2016 Teaching Prize 2016,
Mathematics and Physics Student Union (FSI),
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg - 05/15 – 04/19 German vice representative of the COST network
MP1405 Quantum structure of spacetime (QSPACE) - 01/14 – 12/16 Investigator in project MTM2013-43820-P
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad - 01/12 – 03/15 Emerging Fields Project Quantum Geometry
(with Profs Giesel, Mecke, Neeb, Sahlmann, Thiemann) - 01/11 – 09/14 Investigator in project MTM2010-18556
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - 07/10 – 03/11 Principal investigator
Research Training Group GRK 1670, Hamburg University - 04/09 – 12/16 Emmy Noether Fellowship,
German Research Foundation - 10/08 – 03/09 Marie Curie Intra-European Research Fellowship
- 01/02 – 06/04 PhD-grant,
German Academic Scholarship Foundation - 10/02 Gustav Mie-Preis 2002,
Prize for the best physics diploma thesis,
Freiburg University - 04/97 – 10/01 Undergraduate scholarship,
German Academic Scholarship Foundation - 06/96 Abiturpreis,
Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education
Teaching
- see my Teaching Page
Supervision of PhD and Master students
- see my Supervision Page
Editorial Boards
- since 03/2024 Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry
- since 02/2022 Analysis and Mathematical Physics
- Section editor, 2023 edition of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
Service for the Community
- since 05/2016 Academic Mentor
German Academic Scholarship Foundation - 05/15 – 04/19 German vice representative
COST network MP1405 Quantum structure of spacetime (QSPACE) - since 04/2014 Member of various selection committees,
German Academic Scholarship Foundation - since 2011 Referee for various funding bodies
- since 2006 Referee for various academic journals
Organisation of Workshops and Conferences
- 06-07 2025 Twinned workshop
Quantum Field Theory and Topological Phases via Homotopy Theory and Operator Algebras,
CMSA Harvard + MIPM Bonn
(with D. Freed, D. Gaitsgory, O. Gwilliam, A. Kapustin) - 06/2024 Lie Groups, Representation Theory and Physics, FAU,
(with H. Glöckner und A. Knauf) - since 08/2020 Higher structures and Field Theory Seminar, Online Seminar
(with N. Carqueville, G. Schaumann, C. Scheimbauer) - 01/2019 Organising committee,
Programme Emergent Geometries from Strings and Quantum Fields
The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Florence - 04/2018 Organising committee,
Bayrischzell Workshop 2018
COST network QSPACE, Bayrischzell, Germany - 08/2016 Organising Committee,
Quantum Structure of Spacetime and Gravity,
COST network QSPACE, Belgrade - 07/2016 Parallel Session Symmetries in classical and quantum gravity,
Classical and quantum symmetries in mathematics and physics,
University of Jena, Germany - 09/2014 Third Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with K.-H. Neeb, C. Scarinci) - 03/2014 Structures on Tensor Categories and Topological Field Theories,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with C. Schweigert) - 10/2013 Second Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with K. Giesel, K. Mecke, K.-H. Neeb, H. Sahlmann, T. Thiemann) - 10/2012 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with K. Giesel, K. Mecke, K.-H. Neeb, H. Sahlmann, T. Thiemann, S. Waldmann)
- 09/2012 From Poisson to String Geometry,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with T. Nikolaus, U. Penning, C. Schweigert, C. Wockel) - 08/2012 Organising Committee,
New perspectives in topological field theories,
Hamburg University - 07/2012 Parallel Session Geometry and Topology in (Quantum) Gravity,
Conference QQQ: 3 Quantum: Algebra, Geometry and Information
Talinn, Estonia - 10/2011 Workshop on Representation Theoretical and Categorical Structures in Quantum Geometry and Conformal Field Theory
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
(with C. Schweigert)
Invited Talks at Workshops and Conferences
- see my Conference Talk Page
Invited Seminar Talks and Research Visits
- see my Seminar Talk Page