Curriculum Vitae
I was born on 16.07.1980 in Uster, Switzerland
Current & previous positions
- Nov 11 - present: Junior Research Fellow, Imperial College, London.
- Aug 09 - Oct 11: Postdoctoral Researcher, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.
- Jan 10 - Mar 10: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick.
- Apr 09 - Jul 09: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, ETH Zürich.
- Apr 05 - Mar 09: Teaching Assistant, ETH Zürich.
- Oct 02 - Mar 05: Tutor and Junior Assistant, ETH Zürich.
Longer research visits
- May 09 - Jul 09: Trimester Geometric Flows and Operators, Centro De Giorgi, Pisa.
- Oct 06 - Feb 07: Four Month Research Visit Ricci flow equations, FU Berlin and MPI Golm.
Education
- April 2009: Ph.D. in Mathematics, ETH Zürich. Thesis: Ricci flow coupled with harmonic map flow, Advisor: Prof. Michael Struwe, Co-Advisors: Prof. Tom Ilmanen, Prof. Peter Topping.
- April 2005: Diploma in Mathematics, ETH Zürich. Thesis: Differential Harnack inequalities for parabolic equations, Advisor: Prof. Michael Struwe.
- February 2000: Matura, Kantonsschule Glattal, Switzerland, Typus C: main focus on mathematics and nature sciences.
Grants and awards
- Nov 11 - Nov 14: Imperial College Junior Research Fellowship.
- November 2005: ETH Medal for outstanding Diploma Thesis.
- April 2005: Diploma in Mathematics with distinction.
Research interests
I study Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations in Differential Geometry. The main focus of my current research are Geometric Heat Flows, in particular Ricci Flow, Harmonic Map Flow and Mean Curvature Flow.
Synergistic activities & miscellaneous
- Organizer of the weekly research seminar Geometry and Analysis, Imperial College London.
- Organizer of international conference on Ricci Solitons, CRM Pisa, April 4-8, 2011.
- Organizer of the Zurich Graduate Colloquium (Summer 06), ETH Zürich.
- Organizer of an Undergraduate Seminar Geometric Flows (Winter 05/06) and two Graduate Seminars Geometric Flows II & III (Winter 07/08 and Summer 08), ETH Zürich.
- Referee for Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, Journal of Functional Analysis and for Mathematische Nachrichten.
- Member of the American Mathematical Society.
Publications, talks & teaching
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