Curriculum Vitae - Catherine Meusburger

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Prof. Dr. Catherine Meusburger

Department Mathematik
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cauerstr. 11

91058 Erlangen
Germany
Room: 01.336

Email: catherine.meusburger@math.uni-erlangen.de
Phone: +49 9131 85-67034
Fax: +49 9131 85-67036
Office hours: Montag: 15-16 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung

Personal Details

Date of Birth:January 7, 1978
Place of Birth: Innsbruck, Austria
Citizenship:Austrian

Academic positions

Since April 2011 Permanent position (Professur W2), Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
April 2009-April 2011 Emmy Noether Junior Research Group leader, Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
Oct. 2008-March 2009 Marie Curie Intra European Research Fellow, Quantum Gravity Group, School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Oct. 2004-Sept. 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Education

Jan. 2002-Aug. 2004 PhD, Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Thesis: Phase space and quantisation of (2+1)-dimensional gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation
Supervisor: Dr B J Schroers
Nov. 20 2004: PhD awarded
Aug. 2 2004: Viva Voce Examination,
examiners: Prof R Szabo, Prof. L Freidel
Oct. 1996-Nov. 2001 Physics diploma course Physik Diplom with options mathematics and chemistry, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany
Grade: Excellent with Distinction (1.0, Sehr gut mit Auszeichnung)
Oct. 24 2001: Physics diploma (Physik Diplom)
Oct. 2000-July 2001: Diploma project (Diplomarbeit)
Thesis: Die Quantisierung des geschlossenen, bosonischen Nambu-Goto Strings mit Hilfe einer konkreten Realisierung (The Quantisation of the algebra of invariants of the closed bosonic Nambu-Goto-String using a concrete realization)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. K. Pohlmeyer
Sept. 1999-May 2000Physics and Mathematics courses at the Université Paris Sud (Paris XI), Orsay, France, as an ERASMUS student.
Sept. 1989-June 1996 Secondary School (Gymnasium), Kurfürst-Friedrich Gymnasium, Heidelberg, Germany
June 28 1996: School Leaving Certificate Abitur,
Grade: 1.0,
best result of the Land Baden-Württemberg
Sept. 1993-July 1994 High School Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Sept. 1984-July 1989 Primary School, Heidelberg, Germany

Project Funding, Prizes and Scholarships

since April 2012 Principal investigator in the Emerging Fields Project Quantum Geometry, funded by the Emerging Fields Programme of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, with Klaus Mecke, Karl-Hermann Neeb, Thomas Thiemann
Oct. 2011 Workshop on Representation Theoretical and Categorical Structures in Quantum Geometry and Conformal Field Theory,
funded by the European Science Foundation (Research network Quantum geometry and quantum gravity) and the DFG priority programme 1388 in Representation theory (DFG Schwerpunktsprogramm 1388 Darstellungstheorie)
Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2013 Investigator in the project MTM2010-18556 New classical and quantum integrable models: symmetries and nonlinear dynamics, funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacio ́n, Spain, with Prof. Ballesteros, Prof. Herranz, Dr. Blasco, Dr. Musso (Burgos, Spain), Prof. Campoamor (Madrid), Prof. Ragnisco (Rome III)
July 2009 - April 2011 Principal investigator in the application for the Research Training Group GRK 1670: Mathematics Inspired by String Theory and Quantum Field Theory, Hamburg University
April 2009 Emmy Noether Fellowship, German Research Foundation
Oct. 2008-March 2009 Marie Curie Intra-European Research Fellowship
Jan. 2002-June 2004 PhD-grant of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
Oct. 2002 Gustav Mie-Preis 2002, prize for the best physics diploma thesis of the academic year 2001/2002 at Freiburg University
April 1997-Oct. 2001 Undergraduate scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
June 1996 Prize of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Education for the best high school diploma (Abitur) of the German state Baden Württemberg

Teaching

Lectures
Winter term 2012/13 Algebra II, 3rd year B. Sci. Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Summer term 2012 Algebraic Topology, 3rd/4th year M. Sci. Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Geometry and Physics, 3rd/4th year M. Sci. Mathematics, together with Karl-Hermann Neeb, Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Winter term 2011/12 Mathematics for physicists II, 2nd year, B. Sci. Physics
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Summer term 2011 Mathematics for physicists I, 1st year, B. Sci. Physics
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Winter term 2010/11 Complex Analysis, 2nd/3rd year, B. Sci. Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Germany
Winter term 2009/10Concepts and Methods of Mathematical Physics, 4th year, M.Sci. Mathematical Physics,
Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Germany

Seminars
Summer term 2013Hyperbolic manifolds, 4th year, M. Sci. Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Winter term 2012/13Graphs, seminar for students of teaching degrees (Lehramt Real- und Grundschule),
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Summer term 2012Numbers-Elements of Number Theory and Algebra, 1st year, B.Sci. Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Winter term 2011/12Introductory Seminar for 1st Year Students,
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Summer term 2011Complex Numbers and Geometry, seminar for students of teaching degrees (Lehramt Real- und Grundschule) ,
Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Oct.2009-June 2010 Graduate seminar on quantum groups for PhD and Master students, based on Christian Kassel, Quantum Groups,
Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Germany
Oct.2010-March 2011Graduate seminar on homology for PhD and Master students, based on Hilton and Stammbach, A Course in Homological Algebra
Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Germany

Supervision of PhD students

May 2009 - Nov. 2012 Torsten Schönfeld,
Thesis: Gauge fixing and classical dynamical r-matrices in (2+1)-gravity
since July 2010 Gregor Schaumann

Organisation of Workshops and Conferences

Oct. 7-11, 2013 Second Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry , University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with Kristia Giesel, Klaus Mecke, Karl-Hermann Neeb, Hanno Sahlmann and Thomas Thiemann.
Oct. 8-12, 2012 First Erlangen Fall School on Quantum Geometry , University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with Kristia Giesel, Klaus Mecke, Karl-Hermann Neeb, Hanno Sahlmann, Thomas Thiemann and Stefan Waldmann.
Sept. 11-14, 2012 Workshop From Poisson to String Geometry, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with Thomas Nikolaus, Ulrich Penning, Christoph Schweigert and Christoph Wockel.
Aug. 27-31 2012 Workshop New perspectives in topological field theories, Hamburg, together with Ingo Runkel, Christoph Schweigert, Jörg Teschner, Christoph Wockel.
July 10-14 2012 Parallel Session Geometry and Topology in (Quantum) Gravity, Conference QQQ: 3 Quantum: Algebra, Geometry and Information, in Tallinn, Estonia.
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2011 Workshop on Representation Theoretical and Categorical Structures in Quantum Geometry and Conformal Field Theory, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with Christoph Schweigert.

Administrative Duties and Committees
since June 2012 Disability Support Officer (Schwerbehindertenbeauftragte), Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
since May 2011 Member of the committee that drafts and marks the calculus teaching exam questions for Bavarian vocational school teachers,
(Aufgabenstellung und Korrektur im Staatsexamen nicht-vertieftes Lehramt, Differential- und Integralrechnung)
Oct. 2009-April 2011 Course and Study Advisor (Studienberatung) for the M.Sc. Mathematical Physics, Hamburg University.
Oct. 2010-April 2011 Member of the Examination Committee for the M.Sc. Mathematical Physics, Hamburg University.
Oct. 2009-April 2011 Course and Study Advisor (Studienberatung) for the M.Sc. Mathematical Physics, Hamburg University.
Sept. 2006-Sept. 2008 Member of the Library Committee, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, responsible for general library issues and book acquisition for the quantum gravity sector
1998-1999 Member of the committee for the improvement of teaching quality (Studienkommission) at the Department of Physics, Freiburg University

Public Outreach
March 2 2013 Talk on Knot theory for high-school teachers and pupils, Tag der Mathematik 2013, Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
since Nov. 2011 Together with Andreas Knauf and Hermann Schulz-Baldes: Organiser of the Mathematics Department's programme for gifted high school students (Schülerzirkel Mathematik), Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Aug. 2008 Participation in the planning and realisation of the ISSYP Summer School for high school students, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Invited Talks at Workshops and Conferences

Sept. 20-22 2012 90è rencontre entre physiciens théoriciens et mathématiciens: Lie et Klein; le programme d’Erlangen et son impact en physique et en mathématique, IRMA, Strasbourg, France:
Dirac gauge fixing and dynamical classical r-matrix symmetries in (2+1)-gravity
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 2012 XXI International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Burgos, Spain:
Gauge fixing and dynamical r-matrices in Chern-Simons theory
Sept. 7-11 2011 Workshop on Noncommutative Field Theory and Gravity, Corfu, Greece :
Gauge fixing and dynamical r-matrices in (2+1)-gravity
June 16-18 2011 Conference 87e rencontre entre physiciens théoriciens et mathématiciens : Géométrie de Lorentz en mathématiques et en physique, IRMA, Strasbourg, France:
Causality in 3d-spacetimes with particles
March 30 2011 Main lecture (Hauptvortrag) at the DPG spring meeting 2011, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany:
Geometry and Observables in 3- dimensional (Quantum-) Gravity
Sept. 22- 25 2010 Conference Geometry and Physics in Cracow, Jagiellonian University of Cracow, Cracow, Poland:
Observables for 3d gravity from higher categories
Sept. 21 2010 Workshop CLP 7 - Categories, Logics and Physics, School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK:
Higher categories and observables for generalised Turaev-Viro models
Sept. 16-18 2010 Walkshop on Mathematical Physics, Fakultät für Mathematik und Informatik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany:
Global geometry of Lorentzian 3-manifolds via lightlike geodesics
Sept. 6- 10 2010 Workshop on Quantum Groups, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France:
Quantum group symmetries and the torus universe
May 14 - 17 2010 Workshop Noncommutativity and Physics: Spacetime Quantum Geometry, Bayrischzell, Germany:
Observables for quantum gravity from higher categories
April 28 - 30 2010 Workshop Géodycauserie III: Analysis, Geometry and Dynamics on Lorentz manifolds, Geodycos Network, ENS Lyon, France:
Observers, time and measurements in 3d gravity
April 8 - 10 2010 Workshop QG10, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany:
Gauge fixing and dynamical quantum group symmetries in (2+1)-gravity
Dec. 11-12 2009 Workshop Géodycauserie II: Spacetimes with particles, Geodycos Network, Université d'Avignon, France:
Observables associated to constant curvature spacetimes
Dec. 5 - 6 2009 Transformation groups and Mathematical Physics, Universität Hamburg, Germany:
Global geometry of Lorentzian 3-manifolds via lightlike geodesics
Sept. 13-20 2009 2nd School and Workshop on Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry, Corfu, Greece:
Geometry and observables in (2+1)-gravity
Aug. 3 - 7 2009 Chern-Simons Gauge Theory: 20 years after, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
Getting Physics from (2+1)-gravity: What does an observer in 3d gravity see?
June 29-July 3 2009 XXV Max Born Symposium: The Planck Scale, The University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland:
Getting Physics from (2+1)-gravity: measurements via lightrays
April 14-24 2009 Workshop on Gravity in Three Dimensions, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI), Vienna, Austria:
Cosmological measurements, time, and observables in (2+1)-gravity
July 7-11 2008 Workshop on Noncommutative Deformations of Special Relativity, ICMS, Edinburgh, UK:
Quantum double and kappa-Poincaré symmetries in (2+1)-gravity and Chern-Simons theory
June 30 - July 4 2008 Conference QG2 2008: Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity, The University of Nottingham, UK:
3d loop quantum gravity and combinatorial quantisation
June 4-7 2008 Conference Theory Canada 4, Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Montreal, Canada:
Quantum double and kappa-Poincaré symmetries in 3d gravity and Chern-Simons theory
June 25-30 2007 Conference Loops 07, Morelia, Mexico:
The cosmological constant in 3d gravity: towards a unified approach
Sept. 3-15 2006 Workshop Noncommutative Geometry and Physics: Fundamental Structure of Space and Time, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK:
(2+1)-dimensional gravity in the geometrical and in the Chern-Simons formulation
Oct. 10-14 2005 Conference Loops '05, Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Golm, Germany:
Grafting and Poisson structure in (2+1)-gravity with Lambda=0
Sept. 2-11 2005 Workshop Classical and quantum gravity in 3 dimensions, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy:
Grafting and Poisson structure in (2+1)-gravity with Lambda=0
Oct. 28-31 2004 Workshop Quantum Gravity in the Americas, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada:
Phase space and Quantization of (2+1)-dimensional gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation
June 30-July 4 2003 Workshop Geometry and physics of three-dimensional quantum gravity, ICMS, Edinburgh, UK:
On the quantisation of (2+1)-dimensional gravity in the Chern- Simons formulation

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Invited Seminar Talks and Research Visits

May 17 2013 Department of Mathematics, Hamburg University, Germany:
Gray categories with duals and their diagrams
February 19 2013 Séminaire "Groupes de Lie et espaces des modules" , Section des Mathématiques, University of Geneva, Germany:
Gauge fixing for the moduli space of flat ISO(2,1)-connections
January 14 2013 Born-Hilbert Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Göttingen, Germany:
Gray categories with duals and their diagrams
December 18 2012 Department of Mathematics, University of Marburg, Germany:
Dynamische r-Matrizen aus eichfixierten Chern-Simons Theorien
April 1 2011 Department of Mathematics, University of Bielefeld, Germany:
Erweiterte Invarianten von Drei-Mannigfaltigkeiten aus der Darstellungstheorie von Hopf Algebren
Nov. 24 2010 Department of Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany:
Erweiterte Invarianten von Drei-Mannigfaltigkeiten aus der Darstellungstheorie von Hopf Algebren
Oct. 20 2010 Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany:
Quantengravitation in drei Raumzeitdimensionen
June 29 2010 Seminar on fundamental interactions, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Freiburg, Germany:
Gauge fixing and observables in (2+1)-dimensional gravity
June 15 2010 Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Burgos, Spain:
Dynamical quantum group symmetries in (2+1)-gravity
Jan. 18-24 2010 Faculty of Physics, The University of Warsaw, Poland:
1. Observables and geometry in (2+1)-gravity
2. Spacetime geometry and measurements in (2+1)-gravity
3. Quantum group and Hopf algebra symmetries in (2+1)-gravity
June 8-9 2009 Department of Mathematics, UC Davis, CA, USA:
Part I: Introduction to Observables in Three Dimensional Quantum Gravity
Part II: Observables in Three Dimensional Quantum Gravity
March 3 2009 Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Burgos, Spain:
Measurements and spacetime geometry in (2+1)-dimensional gravity
Jan. 23 2009 Centre de Physique Théorique, Luminy, Marseille, France:
Measurements via returning lightrays: Time, observables and geometry in vacuum (2+1)-gravity
Jan. 21 2009 Laboratoire de Mathématiques et de Physique Théorique, Université de Tours, France:
Time, measurements and observables in Lorentzian (2+1)-gravity
Dec. 22 2008 Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands:
Time, measurements and observables in Lorentzian (2+1)-gravity
July 25 2008 Dipartimento di Matematica, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy:
Flat Three-dimensional Lorentz spacetimes from the physics perspective
May 27 2008 Department of Mathematics, University of York, UK:
(2+1)-gravity as a toy model for quantum gravity
May 22 2008 Department of Mathematical Physics, NUI Maynooth, Maynooth Ireland:
Quantum Gravity in (2+1) dimensions
May 16 2008 Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada:
3d gravity as a toy model for quantum gravity
April 24 2008 Field Theory and gravitation group Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, Mexico:
Geometry and Wilson loops in (2+1)-dimensional gravity
Jan. 23 2008 Laboratoire de Mathématiques et de Physique Théorique, Université de Tours, France:
Geometrical (2+1)-gravity and the Chern-Simons formulation: spacetime geometry, physical observables and the cosmological constant
Jan. 11-12 2008 Courant Colloquium, Courant Research Center, University of Göttingen, Germany:
Geometrical (2+1)-gravity and the Chern-Simons formulation: spacetime geometry, physical observables and the cosmological constant
Dec. 19 2007 String theory seminar, DESY string theory group, Hamburg, Germany:
Geometrical (2+1)-dimensional gravity and the Chern-Simons formulation: spacetime geometry and physical observables
Dec. 7 2007 Mathematical Physics Seminar, Centro de Matematica da Universidade do Porto, Portugal:
Observables and spactime geometry in (2+1)-dimensional gravity
May 14 2007 Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules, Université Montpellier 2, France:
The cosmological constant in 3d gravity: towards a unified approach
May 4 2007 Centre de Physique Théorique, Luminy, Marseille, France:
The cosmological constant in 3d gravity: towards a unified approach
March 21 2007 Gravity and particles seminar, School of mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, UK:
A unified approach to 3d gravity: the cosmological constant as a deformation parameter
Dec. 13 2006 Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Golm, Germany:
Observables and spacetime geometry in (2+1)-dimensional gravity
Dec 2005-Feb 2006 Scientific visitor at the Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Golm, Germany
Jan 19 2004 Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands:
Phase space and Quantization of (2+1)-dimensional gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation
Jan. 9 2004 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada:
Phase space and Quantization of (2+1)-dimensional gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation
March 15 2003 North British Mathematical Physics Seminar, York, UK:
Poisson structure and symmetry in the Chern-Simons formulation of (2+1)-dimensional gravity
Dec. 20 2002 Seminar on Fundamental Interactions, Department of Physics, Freiburg University, Germany:
The phase space of (2+1)-dimensional gravity as a Chern-Simons gauge theory
Dec. 16 2001 Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Golm, Germany:
Algebraic quantization of the closed, bosonic string
Sept. 24 2001 Edinburgh Mathematical Physics Group Seminar, Edinburgh, UK:
Algebraic quantization of the closed, bosonic string

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