Open Positions

My ERC-funded project Comparison and rigidity for scalar curvature has open PhD- and Postdoc positions. Applications are accepted through the Mathematics Münster application portal with deadline November 1, 2024. In addition to applying through the portal, candidates are encouraged to contact me directly to express their interest in these positions.

I am a mathematician working at the intersection of geometry, analysis and topology with a particular focus on problems involving the scalar curvature of a Riemannian manifold. Recently, my main passions have been to establish aspects of a comparison geometry for lower scalar curvature bounds as well as to study closely related geometric problems in the context of general relativity. Moreover, I am interested in topological properties of spaces of Riemannian metrics with positive scalar curvature. A broad overview of my general research area can be found in the volumes Perspectives in Scalar Curvature edited by Misha Gromov and Blaine Lawson.

Since 2024 I am leading the ERC Starting Grant project COMSCAL (press release). My own position is funded by the Heisenberg Programme of the DFG.

I am a professor (temporary W2) at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Münster, where I am an investigator in the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster and a project leader in the CRC 1442 Geometry: Deformations and Rigidity. I also participate in the DFG priority programme Geometry at Infinity.

I obtained my doctoral degree in 2016 from the University of Göttingen, where I was a student of Thomas Schick. Before that I studied at the University of Vienna and wrote my Master thesis under the supervision of Goulnara Arzhantseva.