Research

My research areas are Differential Geometry and Algebraic Topology; in particular so-called higher-categorical structures. I am also interested in the geometry of loop spaces, Lie theory, spin geometry, and homotopy theory. My research is mainly motivated by problems from theoretical physics, mostly in the field of two and three dimensional quantum field theories, and in the field of topological phases in condensed matter systems.

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Recent work

Internal geometry and functors between sites
Paper, August 2024

String structures and loop spaces
Paper, December 2023
to appear in Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (2nd edition)

A representation of the string 2-group
Paper, written together with Peter Kristel, Matthias Ludewig
August 2023

Upcoming visits and talks

  • Summer school "From T-duality via K-theory to representation theory"
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    September 30 - October 4, 2024
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  • Conference "C*-Algebras, Coarse Geometry and Physics"
    Universität Greifswald
    June 23-27, 2025
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