Professional biography
I studied mathematics at the University of Bonn (Diploma and Ph.D.; advisors: Y. Manin, F. Hirzebruch; Diploma advisors: F. Hirzebruch, D. Zagier). Postdoctoral and research positions followed at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik (Bonn), Cambridge University, and UC Santa Cruz, supported in part by the DFG. After my Habilitation at the University of Freiburg, I joined Kansas State University in 2004 (Professor since 2018).
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- Habilitation
- University of Freiburg, Mathematics (2003)
- Ph.D.
- University of Bonn, Mathematics (1995) Advisors: Y. Manin, F. Hirzebruch
- Diploma
- University of Bonn, Mathematics (1992) Advisors: F. Hirzebruch, D. Zagier
Academic appointments
- 2004 – Present
- Kansas State University — Professor of Mathematics (since 2018)
- 2003 – 2004
- University of Heidelberg — DFG-Research Group “Arithmetik”
- 1997 – 2003
- University of Freiburg — Visiting Assistant Professor
- 1995 – 1997
- UC Santa Cruz; Cambridge University; MPIM Bonn — Postdoctoral positions
Selected honors & awards
- Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant on Moonshine, VOAs, and Geometry (7-year grant, 2015-2022)
- German Science Foundation (DFG) Postdoctoral Scholarship (1995-1996)
- Award for Diploma Thesis, German Mathematical Society (1992)
- Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (1985-1990)
- Four-time winner, German National Mathematical Competition (Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik, 1982-1985)