AG Section News

Funding

2024.01.24

Robert Burklund receives Villum Young Investigator Grant

Robert Burklund, a postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has received DKK 7 million from the VILLUM Young Investigator Program.

Obituary

2023.12.22

Obituary for Bent Fuglede

With the death of Bent Fuglede, Denmark has lost one of its very important mathematicians and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen has lost a highly valued teacher, researcher and colleague.

Research grants

2023.12.21

Semper Ardens grants to Bladt & Osajda

Martin Bladt and Damian Osajda receive The Carlsberg Foundation’s Semper Ardens Accelerate grant. Bladt will find statistical tools that can provide more accurate risk assessment for catastrophic events. Osajda will…

Newly employed

2023.11.17

Priya Kaveri, PhD student

Priya Kaveri Vydhyanathapuram Venkitadri started on 1 November 2023 as a PhD student in the department’s section for algebra and geometry.

Newly employed

2023.11.06

Chi Ho Yuen, postdoc

Chi Ho will be affiliated with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology, working with Karim Adiprasito.

Newly employed

2023.10.27

Harish Upadhyaya, PhD student

Harish Upadhyaya was employed as a PhD student from October 2023 at the Algebra & Geometry Section.

Visiting researcher

2023.10.09

Thomas Blom, visiting researcher

Thomas Blom is affiliated as a visiting researcher for the next year with the section for Algebra & Geometry and the Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2023.10.03

Isaac Moselle, 4+4 PhD student

Isaac Moselle was employed in September 2023 as a 4+4 PhD student in the Algebra & Geometry Section. He will be working with the Copenhagen Center for Geometry and Topology (GeoTop).

Newly employed

2023.09.27

Martín Blufstein, postdoc

Martín Blufstein is hired from October 1st 2023 as a postdoc for two years under the supervision of Damian Osajda.

Newly employed

2023.09.18

Adela Zhang, postdoc

Adela (YiYu) Zhang started as a postdoc on 1 September 2023 at the Centre for Geometry and Topology. Her mentor is Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2023.09.04

Jonathan Clivio, PhD student

Jonathan Clivio started on 1 September 2023 as a PhD student in the section for Algebra & Geometry, working with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2023.08.30

Florian Riedel, PhD student

Florian Riedel has been employed from 1 September 2023 as a PhD student at the department’s Algebra & Geometry section, affiliated with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2023.08.29

Azélie Picot, PhD student

Azélie Picot has begun a PhD at the Department of Mathematical Sciences in September 2023. She will be working with the “Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology”.

2023.08.25

Counterexamples to Ravenel's telescope conjecture

An Old Conjecture Falls, Spheres are a Lot More Complicated

Newly employed

2023.08.14

Adrien Morin, postdoc

Adrien Morin is 1 August 2023 employed as a postdoc in the Algebra & Geometry section, working with Fabien Pazuki.

Research grants

2023.06.12

Independent research funds for number theory and combinatorics

Independent Research Fund Denmark has awarded two projects to the department, a total of DKK 9 million. Joachim Kock, Jamin Matz, and Morten S. Risager will receive funding for their research into combinatorial…

Newly employed

2023.03.28

Keshav Aggarwal, postdoc

Keshav Aggarwal is employed as a postdoc in the Algebra & Geometry Section from 1 April 2023. His mentor is Jasmin Matz.

EliteResearch

2023.02.21

Elite Research Travel Grant to Maxime Ramzi

PhD student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Maxime Ramzi, received 20 January a travel grant of DKK 200,000 at the annual Elite Research award ceremony. It makes it possible for him to do a long-term researc…

Appointment

2023.01.24

Hélène Esnault, Professor

Professor Hélène Esnault is employed part-time at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, UCPH, from January 2023. She will work here three months every year from January to March with the Algebra and Geometry section.

Newly employed

2023.01.19

Eric Ling, postdoc

Eric Ling is employed as a postdoc from 1 January 2023 in the section of Algebra & Geometry. He will be working at the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Mathmatics

2023.01.16

COVID calculations spur solution to old problem in computer science

Mathematician from University of Copenhagen was keen to forecast the evolvement of the COVID epidemic. Instead, he ended up solving a problem which had troubled computer scientists for decades.

Newly employed

2022.11.01

Anton Rask Lundborg, postdoc

Anton Rask Lundborg started on 17 November 2022 as a postdoc in the department’s section for Statistics and Probability Theory.

Newly employed

2022.10.26

Adel Betina, postdoc

Adel Betina was employed as a postdoc at the department on 1 October 2022. He is working with the Algebra & Geometry Section with prof. Ian Kiming as postdoc mentor.

Newly employed

2022.10.26

Benjamin Briggs, postdoc

Benjamin Briggs is a postdoc in the Algebra and Geometry section, starting 1 October 2022.

Newly employed

2022.10.10

Desirée Gijón Gómez, PhD student

Desirée is employed as a PhD student from 1 October 2022 in the Algebra and Geometry Section, under the supervision of Fabien Pazuki.

Newly employed

2022.10.08

Fadi Mezher, PhD student

Fadi Mezher has been employed at the department since 1 October 2022; first as a research assistant, and from January 2023 as a PhD student.

Newly employed

2022.10.05

Alex Mramor, postdoc

Alex Mramor is employed as a postdoc in the section for Algebra & Geometry, working with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2022.10.03

Arina Voorhaar, postdoc

Arina Voorhaar started as a postdoc in the section Algebra & Geometry on the first of October 2022.

Newly employed

2022.09.20

Tim With Berland, PhD student

Tim is employed as a PhD fellow from 1 September 2022 in the Algebra and Geometry section, and his PhD supervisor is Jasmin Matz.

Newly employed

2022.09.12

Qingyuan Bai, PhD student

Qingyuan Bai was employed as a PhD student from 1 September 2022 in the section for Algebra and Geometry.

Appointment

2022.09.07

Damian Osajda, associate professor

Damian Osajda has been appointed as Associate Professor at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2022.

Newly employed

2022.09.06

Branko Juran, PhD student

On the first of September 2022, Branko Juran started as a PhD student at the department’s section for Algebra & Geometry and the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2022.08.30

Marius Kjærsgaard, 4+4 PhD student

Marius is employed as a so-called 4+4 PhD student from 1 September 2022. He will be working with the Algebra and Geometry section and the GeoTop centre.

Newly employed

2022.08.29

Oscar Bendix Harr, PhD student

As of 1 September 2022, Oscar Bendix Harr will be a PhD student at the GeoTop centre. His supervisors are Jesper Grodal and Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2022.08.10

Jan Steinebrunner, postdoc

Jan Steinebrunner started on 1 August 2022 as a postdoc associated with the AG section and the GeoTop Centre. He will be working with Søren Galatius and Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2022.08.02

Robert Burklund, postdoc

Robert Burklund started on 18 July 2022 as a postdoc at the Algebra and Geometry section, associated with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Awards

2022.06.13

The Clay Research Award to Galatius & Randal-Williams

The 2022 Clay Research Award are made to Søren Galatius (University of Copenhagen) and Oscar Randal-Williams (University of Cambridge) for their profound contributions to the understanding of high dimensional manifolds…

Honor

2022.05.20

Diploma Award to Dustin Clausen

Associate Professor Dustin Clausen has received the Hartmann Foundation's Diploma Prize 2022 for his work on developing and understanding the deep connection between geometry and number theory, two basic fields in…

Newly employed

2022.02.02

Dani Kaufman, postdoc

Dani Kaufman was employed 1 February 2022 at the Algebra and Geometry section and the Center for Geometry and Topology. She will be working with Søren Galatius and Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2022.01.03

Oskar Henriksson, PhD student

Oskar Henriksson is employed as a PhD student at the department from 1 January 2022. He will be working with two of the department’s sections, both Algebra & Geometry and the section for Statistics and Probability…

Research grants

2021.12.17

Carlsberg research grants to number theory and geometric analysis

Associate Professors Jasmin Matz and Niels Martin Møller both receive the Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowships.

Newly employed

2021.10.25

Nuno Hultberg, PhD student

Nuno Hultberg was employed as a PhD student on 1 October 2021, working with the Algebra & Geometry Section under the supervision of Fabien Pazuki and Lars Kühne.

Newly employed

2021.10.06

Nils Matthes, postdoc

Nils Matthes is employed at Copenhagen University from 1 October 2021 working in the Algebra & Geometry section with Morten S. Risager. He is funded by a Walter-Benjamin fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft…

Newly employed

2021.10.04

Pierre Elis, PhD student

Pierre Elis was in September 2021 employed as a PhD student at the department’s section for Algebra & Geometry.

Newly employed

2021.09.28

Shachar Carmeli, postdoc

Shachar Carmeli was employed on 1 September 2021 as a postdoc in the department’s section of Algebra & Geometry, working with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2021.09.03

Jurij Volcic, postdoc

Jurij Volcic is employed as a postdoc at the department from 1 September 2021, associated with both the Analysis & Quantum and Algebra & Geometry sections, and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Newly employed

2021.09.03

Maxime Ramzi, PhD student

Maxime Ramzi is employed as a PhD student starting in September. He will be working with the Algebra & Geometry Section and the GeoTop Centre, under the supervision of Jesper Grodal and Markus Land.

Newly employed

2021.09.02

Dagur Tomas Asgeirsson, PhD student

Dagur Tomas Asgeirsson is employed as a PhD student from 1 September 2021. He will be working with the Centre for Geometry and Topology under the supervision of Dustin Clausen.

Newly employed

2021.08.31

Ronno Das, postdoc

Ronno Das is employed from 1 September 2021 as a postdoc, working with the Algebra and Geometry section, specifically in the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Obituary

2021.08.23

Obituary of Asmus Schmidt

Our longtime colleague, associate professor Asmus Schmidt has passed away. His work manifested itself in research, teaching and administration.

Research grants

2021.08.19

Marie Curie grants to Moon, Schmidt and Kock

Two postdocs and an associate professor have each won a competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, which they will carry at our department during the next two years. They will research in spectral gap stability,…

Newly employed

2021.08.09

Nasrin Altafi, postdoc

Nasrin Altafi is employed from 1 August 2021 as a postdoc at the Algebra & Geometry Section. She will be working with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2021.08.09

Joachim Kock, associate professor

Joachim Kock is employed for two years as an associate professor on a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher Fellowship. He will be working with the section for Algebra & Geometry and the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and…

ICM 2022

2021.07.09

Tobias Holck Colding to give Plenary Lecture at ICM

Adjunct professor Tobias Holck Colding will be Plenary Lecturer at The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in St Petersburg, Russia, July 2022.

Research grant

2021.07.01

International Postdoctoral Grant to three young mathematicians

The Independent Research Fund Denmark makes it possible for three researchers, educated at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, to do research on arithmetic statistics in Paris, graphs and operator algebra in…

Grant

2021.04.27

Marie Curie grant to Lars Kühne’s research in diophantine geometry

Lars Kühne, postdoc at the Algebra & Geometry section, has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to support his research project "Diophantine Geometry" here at our department.

Newly employed

2021.04.19

Arindam Biswas, postdoc

Arindam Biswas started on 1 February 2021 as a postdoc in the section for Algebra & Geometry, working with the GeoTop Centre.

Newly employed

2021.03.31

Máté Telek, PhD student

Máté Telek is employed as a PhD student on 1 April 2021, working with the Algebra & Geometry Section and the Section for Statistics and Probability Theory.

Newly employed

2021.01.06

Mikala Ørsnes Jansen, postdoc

Mikala was employed as a postdoc from 28th of December 2020 in the GeoTop Centre and the Algebra & Geometry section. Her mentor is Dustin Clausen.

Appointment

2020.11.18

Hans Plesner Jakobsen appointed Affiliated Professor

The Dean has appointed Hans Plesner Jakobsen - former Head of the Section for Mathematics - Affiliated Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Experiments

2020.11.16

Research-based teaching in experimental mathematics

Closer integrating research in teaching is a focus area for the University of Copenhagen. It is now being tested at the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the field of Experimental Mathematics.

Newly employed

2020.11.04

Vignesh Subramanian, PhD student

Vignesh Subramanian started at the department 1 September 2020 as a PhD student at the section for Algebra and Geometry.

Newly employed

2020.10.21

Patrick Schnider, postdoc

Patrick Schnider is employed as postdoc from 1 October 2020 in the section for Algebra & Geometry and the GeoTop Centre.

Newly employed

2020.10.08

John Ma, postdoc

John Ma was employed as a postdoc 1 October 2020, associated with the Algebra & Geometry Section and the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2020.10.08

Adriano Córdova, PhD student

Adriano Cordova was employed from 1 September 2020 as a PhD student associated with the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology.

Newly employed

2020.10.05

Sergey Avvakumov, postdoc

Sergey Avvakumov started at the Department of Mathematical Sciences 1 August 2020 as a postdoc associated with the section Algebra & Geometry.

Newly employed

2020.10.05

Lukas Jannik Woike, postdoc

Lukas Jannik Woike is employed as a postdoc from 1 October 2020. He will join the Algebra & Geometry Section where his mentor will be Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2020.09.29

Andrea Bianchi, postdoc

Andrea Bianchi started on 1 October 2020 as a postdoc in the GeoTop Centre and the Algebra & Geometry Section. His mentor is Nathalie Wahl.

2020.09.24

Postdoc Positions in Mathematics

Postdoc Positions in Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen.

Appointment

2020.09.09

Niels Martin Møller, Associate Professor of Mathematics

The Dean has appointed Niels Martin Møller as Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2020.

Newly employed

2020.09.02

Ali Muhammad, PhD student

Ali Muhammad is employed as a PhD student as of September 1st 2020, with the Algebra and Geometry Section and the Copenhagen Centre for Geometry and Topology (GeoTop).

APPOINTMENT

2020.08.25

Fabien Pazuki, professor of Mathematics

The Dean has appointed Fabien Pazuki as Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Science from 1 August 2020.

2020.08.19

Dustin Clausen, associate professor

Dustin Clausen started 1 August 2020 as an associate professor in the Algebra & Geometry Section.

Newly employed

2020.08.14

Lars Kühne, postdoc

Lars Kühne was employed as a postdoc 1 August 2020, associated with the section Algebra & Geometry. His mentor is Fabien Pazuki.

Symposium

2020.08.12

Opening symposium in the new GeoTop Centre

Copenhagen Center for Geometry and Topology will address the array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics that lie at the intersection of geometry and topology. The opening of the centre will be marked b…

Newly employed

2020.08.10

Hailun Zheng, postdoc

Hailun Zheng started as a postdoc on 1 August 2020. She is a member of the Algebra & Geometry Section. Her mentor is Karim Adiprasito.

Newly employed

2020.06.26

Jingxuan Zhang, PhD student

Jingxuan is employed at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 July 2020, where he will be associated with the Centre for Geometry and Topology (GeoTop).

Newly employed

2020.06.11

Johanna Kristina Steinmeyer, PhD student

Johanna Kristina Steinmeyer started in February 2020 as a PhD student, associated with the Algebra & Geometry section.

Newly employed

2020.06.11

Peter Patzt, postdoc

Peter Patzt started 1 June 2020 as a postdoc at the GeoTop Centre and the Algebra & Geometry Section.

Grants

2020.06.10

Three new mathematical research projects are launched with DFF support

The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) supports this year three researchers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences with grants of between two and 2.9 million DKK.

Awards

2020.05.15

The EMS Prize to Adiprasito and Nam

The European Mathematical Society (EMS) awards every fourth year 10 young researchers for excellent contributions in mathematics. This year, Karim Adiprasito and Phan Thành Nam are among the winners. The first is a…

Newly employed

2020.04.16

Benjamin Brück, postdoc

Benjamin Brück started as a postdoc at 1 April 2020 and will stay in Copenhagen for six months. He is a member of the Algebra & Geometry Section and the Centre for Geometry and Topology. His mentor is Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2020.04.03

Calista Bernard, research assistent

Calista is employed as a research assistant at the section for Algebra & Geometry, where she will work with Søren Galatius and the new GeoTop Centre.

Newly employed

2020.04.02

Jan Tapdrup, Centre Administrator at GeoTop

Based at his home office, Jan Tapdrup took up the position as center administrator at Copenhagen Center for Geometry and Topology on April 1st 2020.

grants

2020.02.06

Five new Marie Curie Fellows

The Department has been awarded five of the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships. Congratulations to the five postdoc fellows and their mentors.

inauguration

2020.01.14

Inaugural lectures by Jonas Peters and Karim Adiprasito

Jonas Peters, Professor of Statistics, and Karim Adiprasito, Professor of Mathematics, will give their inaugural lectures Friday 24 January 2020 at 13:30 followed by a reception.

Newly employed

2019.12.02

Piotr Pstrągowski, postdoc

Piotr was employed at the Department from 1’st October 2019, affiliated with the Topology group. His mentor is Jesper Grodal.

Newly employed

2019.10.31

Severin Mejak, PhD student

Severin is employed as a PhD student at the Department from 1st of November 2019, associated with the research group Algebra & Number Theory. His advisor is Asger Törnquist.

Newly employed

2019.10.31

Nanna Havn Aamand, 4+4 PhD student

Nanna started as a 4+4 PhD student at the Department on September 1st 2019, associated with the Topology research group. Her principal PhD advisor is Professor Nathalie Wahl.

mathematics

2019.10.23

World leading mathematicians to solve mysteries at the interface of geometry and topology

An array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics lie at the intersection of geometry and topology. With a 60 million kroner grant from the Danish National Research Foundation to establish a new research…

Newly employed

2019.10.07

Bernardo Villarreal Herrera, postdoc

Bernardo started as a postdoc in the Topology Group on 1 October 2019. His mentor is Søren Galatius, and he is partially supported by a CONACYT (Mexico) fellowship.

Newly employed

2019.10.03

Markus Land, visiting postdoc

Markus Land arrived at the Department on October 1st, 2019, as a postdoc visiting the topology group through a stipend from the German Science Foundation.

Grant

2019.09.27

Marie Curie grant to Simon Gritschacher

Simon Gritschacher, postdoc at the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation, has won the competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, which he will carry at our department.

Award

2019.09.20

Award to mathematician for best PhD thesis

Manuel Krannich today receives one of the three awards awarded by the SCIENCE Faculty for the best PhD dissertation of the year (submitted in 2018). He receives the award for the thesis "On characteristic classes of…

Newly employed

2019.09.11

Sam Nariman, postdoc

Sam Nariman was employed 1 September 2019 at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, associated with the Center for Symmetry and Deformation and the research groups Topology and Algebra & Number Theory.

Newly employed

2019.09.11

Alexis Aumonier, 4+4 PhD student

Alexis Aumonier is employed as a 4+4 PhD student. It means, he will finish his Master’s degree here, and then work as a PhD student at the department.

Newly employed

2019.09.11

Guchuan Li, postdoc

Guchuan Li is employed as a postdoc researcher since 1 September 2019, associated with the Center for Symmetry and Deformation. He will be working with two research groups: Topology and Algebra & Number Theory.

Newly employed

2019.09.10

Alexander Frei, PhD student

Alexander Frei is employed as a PhD student, working with the section for Topology, Functional Analysis and Algebra. His supervisor is Søren Eilers.

Appointment

2019.09.10

Karim Adiprasito, professor of Mathematics

The Dean has appointed Karim Adiprasito as Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Science from 1 September 2019.

Newly employed

2019.09.06

Adam Dor-On, postdoc

Adam Dor-On is employed as a Marie Skłowdowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the Department, where he will work with the research group Non-Commutative Geometry.

Grant

2019.08.21

International postdoctoral grant to Martin Speirs

The Independent Research Fund Denmark is investing just under DKK 22 million this year in 16 younger researchers' careers and original ideas, which have the potential to grow significantly in an international research…

Visiting

2019.07.02

Calista Bernard, visiting PhD student

Calista is a visiting PhD student affiliated with the Topology group and the Center for Symmetry and Deformation. Her advisor is Søren Galatius.

Newly employed

2019.03.04

Beatriz Pascual Escudero, postdoc at MBIO

Beatriz Pascual Escudero is employed at the department as a postdoc from March 1st 2019. She is affiliated with the research groups Algebra & Number Theory and Mathematics of reaction networks (MBIO).

Newly employed

2018.12.06

Robin Sroka, PhD student at SYM

Robin Sroka has been employed as a PhD student since September 1st, 2018. He works in the Topology group at the Center for Symmetry and Deformation with Professor Nathalie Wahl as his principal advisor.

Newly employed

2018.12.04

Linda Frey, postdoc

Linda Frey started October 1st 2018 as a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. She will be working with the research group Algebra and Number Theory.

Newly employed

2018.10.31

Kaif Hilman, 4+4 PhD student

Kaif Hilman is employed as a PhD student, working with the research group Topology and Center for Symmetry and Deformation, from 1 September 2018.

Newly employed

2018.10.24

Thomas Wasserman, postdoc at TOP

Thomas Wasserman started as a Postdoc at the Department for Mathematical Sciences 1 October 2018 in the research group Topology. He will be mentored by Nathalie Wahl.

Newly employed

2018.10.24

Renee Hoekzema, postdoc at TOP

Renee Hoekzema started on the 1st of October 2018 as a postdoc in the Topology group, mentored by Søren Galatius.

Newly employed

2018.10.03

Ryomei Iwasa, postdoc at SYM

Ryomei Iwasa started on 1st October 2018 as a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. He will be working with the research groups Topology and Algebra & Number Theory, affiliated with Center for Symmetry and…

Newly employed

2018.10.01

Cody Gunton, postdoc at SYM

Cody Gunton began as a postdoc at the departments Centre for Symmetry and Deformation on 1 October 2018.

Newly employed

2018.09.11

Francesco Campagna, PhD student at ALG

Francesco Campagna started 1 September 2018 as a PhD student at the department. He will be working with the research group Algebra and Number Theory and the Center for Symmetry and Deformation, under the supervision of…

Newly employed

2018.09.05

Luigi Pagano, PhD student

Luigi Pagano is employed as PhD student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2018. He will be working with two research groups: Algebra and Number Theory plus Topology.

Newly employed

2018.09.03

Farbod Shokrieh, postdoc at SYM

Farbod Shokrieh started at the department on 1 September 2018. He will be part of the Centre for Symmetry and Deformations as well as a member of the Algebra and Number Theory group.

Newly employed

2018.07.03

Elden Elmanto, postdoc

Elden Elmanto starts at the University of Copenhagen on 15 July 2018. He will be working with the research groups Algebra and Number Theory and Topology – and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.

Lecture

2018.06.06

Inaugural lecture by Morten S. Risager

Professor of mathematics Morten S. Risager will give his inaugural lecture at Department of Mathematical Sciences Friday 15 June 2018 at 14:15, followed by a reception.

APPOINTMENT

2018.04.13

Morten S. Risager, professor of mathematics

The Dean has appointed Morten S. Risager Professor of Mathematics (Analytic number theory) at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 April 2018.

Research

2017.12.05

ERC Consolidator Grant to Nathalie Wahl

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Nathalie Wahl a Consolidator Grant for her research in topology.

Fellowships

2017.11.27

Marie Curie grants to two SYM postdocs

Tobias Barthel and Gábor Szabo, postdoc researchers from the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation, have won the competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, which they will carry at our department.

Fellow

2017.11.07

Jesper Grodal elected as Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Professor Jesper Grodal from MATH at University of Copenhagen is honored for his contributions to algebraic topology, representation theory and their interactions - and for service to the profession.

Newly employed

2017.10.19

Kaj Börjeson, postdoc at SYM

Kaj Börjeson will join the department as a postdoc from October 2017, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. He will be working with the topology research group and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.…

AWARD PRESENTATION

2017.10.10

Renowned mathematician to be awarded honorary doctorate

Professor Karen Vogtmann, world-renowned for her research in topology and geometric group theory, will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen on November 17, upon the recommendation of the…

Newly employed

2017.10.02

Simon Gritschacher, postdoc at SYM

Simon Gritschacher joined the topology group and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation as a postdoc on 1 October 2017. His postdoc mentor is Professor Jesper Grodal.

Newly employed

2017.09.12

Zhipeng Duan, PhD student at TOP

Zhipeng Duan is employed as a PhD student from 1 September 2017. He will join the topology group with Professor Jesper Michael Møller as supervisor.

Newly employed

2017.08.25

Riccardo Pengo, PhD student

Riccardo Pengo is employed as a PhD student in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He arrived on 1 September 2017 to work in the Algebra and Number Theory group under the joint supervision of Ian Kiming and Fabien…

Newly employed

2017.08.25

Márton Hablicsek, postdoc

Márton Hablicsek started 1 August as a postdoc in the Section for Topology, Functional Analysis and Algebra. He will be working with Centre for Symmetry and Deformation. His postdoc mentor is Professor Ryszard Nest.

Newly employed

2017.08.02

Georgios Dalezios, visiting PhD student

George is a PhD student under the double degree programme; his supervisors are Henrik Holm from MATH and Sergio Estrada from the University of Murcia (Spain).

Newly employed

2017.07.28

Philipp Schmitt, PhD student

Philipp Schmitt is employed as a PhD student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2017. His principal PhD supervisor is Ryszard Nest.

Prize

2017.02.27

Elite Research Prize won by Søren Galatius

On February 23, Professor Søren Galatius of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Mathematical Sciences received one of five Elite Research Prizes presented annually by the Minister for Higher Education and…

Newly employed

2017.01.05

Daniel Bergh, postdoc

Daniel Bergh started at the University of Copenhagen at 1 January 2017, as a postdoc funded by Lars Hesselholt's Niels Bohr professorship.

Newly employed

2016.11.18

Asbjørn Christian Nordentoft, PhD student

Asbjørn Christian Nordentoft has been employed from October 1st, 2016, as a PhD student on the 4+4 scheme at the Department of Mathematical Sciences working with the research group for Algebra and Number Theory.

Newly employed

2016.10.11

Mikala Ørsnes Jansen, PhD student at Topology

Mikala Ørsnes Jansen is employed as a PhD student as of October 1st 2016 and will be working in the research group Topology with Søren Galatius as her PhD adviser.

Newly employed

2016.10.10

Tobias Barthel, postdoc at SYM

Tobias Barthel is employed as a postdoc from 1 September 2016, in a three year position. He will be working with the Topology research group and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.

Newly employed

2016.07.28

Alexander Kupers, postdoc at SYM

Alexander Kupers is employed as a postdoc from 1 July 2016. He will be working with the topology research group and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.

New Professor

2016.04.07

Søren Galatius, professor of topology

The Dean has appointed Søren Galatius Professor of Topology at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Newly employed

2016.03.02

Vibeke Quorning, PhD student

Vibeke Quorning is employed as a PhD student at MATH from 15 February 2016. She is partially founded by Lars Hesselholt's Niels Bohr Professorship.

RESEARCH GRANT

2016.02.12

Upcoming MATH professor receives ERC Grant

European Research Council (ERC) has today announced that the Danish mathematician, Professor Søren Galatius, is awarded the prestigious 2015 Consolidator Grant.

Grant

2016.02.05

Marie Curie grant to Sinan Yalin

MATH postdoc Sinan Yalin has received a Marie Curie Research Fellowship. The 166,829 € grant will be hosted at the Center for Symmetry and Deformation.

Newly employed

2016.01.15

Sinan Yalin, postdoc

Sinan Yalin is employed as a postdoc from 1 January 2016. He will be associated with the research groups Topology and Non-Commutative Geometry and the Center for Symmetry and Deformation.

Newly employed

2015.11.18

Manuel Krannich, research assistant and PhD student

Manuel Krannich is employed as a research assistant until the beginning January 2016, where he will start as a PhD student.

2015.10.09

Rune Haugseng, new postdoc

Rune Haugseng is employed as a postdoc from 1 October 2015. He will be working with the research group in topology and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation. Rune, who is a Norwegian citizen, did his undergraduate…

2015.09.29

Niko Laaksonen, visiting postdoc

Niko Laaksonen is a postdoctoral visitor of Morten Risager and is funded by the London Mathematical Society 150th Anniversary Postdoctoral Mobility Grant. He will be staying at MATH between 28th September 2015 and 27th…

2015.09.22

Simon Rose, new postdoc

Simon Rose is employed as a postdoc, associated with the research groups Topology and Algebra & Number Theory. He will primarily be working with Lars Halle. Simon is interested in the intersections between Number Theory…

2015.09.18

Guozhen Wang, new postdoc

Guozhen Wang was employed as a postdoc at MATH on September 1st, 2015. He will be working with the research groups Algebra & Number Theory and Topology – and with Centre for Symmetry and Deformation. Guozhen received hi…

event

2015.09.18

Invitation to the 2015 Ostrowski Prize Ceremony

The 2015 Ostrowski Prize is awarded to Professor Peter Scholze, University of Bonn, Germany. All interested are invited to the Ceremony which takes place on Friday 30 October 2015 in Copenhagen.

2015.09.08

Gijs Heuts, new postdoc

Gijs Heuts is employed as postdoc at MATH from September 1st 2015. He is associated with the research groups Topology and Algebra & Number Theory - and with the Center for Symmetry and Deformation. His postdoc mentor is…

2015.09.03

Oscar Marmon, new postdoc

Oscar Marmon started as a postdoc in the Algebra and Number Theory group on 1st September 2015, funded by a postdoc grant from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden. His postdoc mentor is Morten Risager. Osca…

PhD student

2015.06.09

Ryo Horiuchi, PhD student

Ryo Horiuchi is employed as a PhD student at MATH from June 2015, funded by Lars Hesselholt's Niels Bohr Professorship.

Postdoc

2014.12.08

Michal Adamaszek, postdoc

Michal Adamaszek started in a postdoc position at the Department of Mathematical Sciences December 1st 2014. He is associated with research group Experimental Mathematics.

Newly employed

2014.11.24

Nadim Rustom, postdoc

Nadim Rustom was employed as postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences in October 2014. He is a member of the Algebra and Number Theory group and the Experimental Mathematics group.

PhD student

2014.11.04

Annelies Jaspers, PhD student

Annelies Jaspers is a PhD student – since October 2013 – from University of Leuven, Belgium. From September 2014 she is also enrolled as a phd-student at MATH/UCPH.

2014.10.28

Dino Destefano, PhD student

Dino Destefano started as PhD student October 1st 2014 in the Algebra and Number Theory Group at MATH, UCPH. He is founded by Lars Hesselholt's Niels Bohr Professorship. Dino's supervisor is Ian Kiming and his PhD…

Postdoc

2014.10.06

Piotr Maciak, postdoc

Piotr Maciak is employed at Department of Mathematical Sciences from the 1st of September, 2014, as a postdoc in the Algebra and Number Theory group.

2014.09.09

Kristian Jonsson Moi, postdoc

Kristian Jonsson Moi is from 1 September 2014 employed as postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He is affiliated with the topology research group and Centre for Symmetry and Deformation. Kristian took his…

Associate professor

2014.09.05

Fabien Pazuki, associate professor in algebraic number theory

The Dean has appointed Fabien Pazuki as associate professor in algebraic number theory at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2014.

Associate professor

2014.08.07

Lars Halvard Halle, associate professor

Lars Halvard Halle is employed as associate professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 August 2014, working with the research group Algebra and Number Theory.