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Nadine Albrecht (Carl Zeiss)I studied Mathematics in Business and Economics at the Technical University of Dresden and subsequently pursued my doctoral research at the Institute of Mathematical Stochastics, focusing on Mathematical Statistics. Currently, I work as a software developer and statistician at Carl Zeiss in the field of industrial metrology technology. |
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Claudia Alfes (Bielefeld University)Claudia Alfes is a professor of mathematics at Bielefeld University. Her research is on modular forms and their applications in number theory, geometry, combinatorics, physics, and representation theory. Alfes received her PhD in 2015 from TU Darmstadt. After postdoctoral positions in Heidelberg and Cologne and a junior professorship in Paderborn, she moved to Bielefeld University in 2021. |
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Silviana Amethyst (MPI CBG Dresden)Silviana Amethyst is a Staff Scientist and Research Software Engineer at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics. Her bachelor's degree is in Liberal Arts, her PhD in mathematics, and she has since had positions as a postdoc doing research, as a professor teaching and leading, and now in Dresden at a basic research institute. She loves computational science, visualizing mathematics, and polynomials. Her favorite programming languages are Python and C++. |
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Laura Ciobanu (TU Berlin)Laura Ciobanu’s research is at the confluence of algebra, combinatorics and theoretical computer science. She holds the applied algebra chair at TU Berlin since 2025 and has been a professor at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland since 2021. Originally from Romania, she obtained both her BSc and PhD degrees in the US. She has held postdoctoral/academic positions in New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the UK along the way. |
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Xenia Flamm (MPI MiS Leipzig)I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig. Before coming to Leipzig, I was a postdoc at the IHES, a PhD student at ETH Zurich, and an undergraduate student at the University of Bonn. My research interests lie in differential geometry, Lie theory and (higher) Teichmüller theory. Mostly, I like to think about geometric structures on manifolds and degenerations thereof. |
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Alheydis Geiger (MPI MiS Leipzig)Alheydis Geiger is a post-doc at Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig. Since this summer she is funded by an "Eigene Stelle" within the priority programme "Combinatorial Synergies". She finished her PhD 2022 at the University of Tübingen with a scholarship by the "Cusanuswerk e.V." and completed her Master studies at the University of Warwick in the UK. Her research interests revolve around tropical algebraic geometry, combinatorics and polyhedral geometry. Moreover, she is interested in the role of computer algebra software and mathematical data for analyses and proofs of mathematical theorems. |
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Yue Jiao (MPI CBG & CSBD)Hi, I am Yue Jiao—a first year PhD in MPI-CBG supervised by Dr. Aida Maraj. My research explores the mathematical structures within biological and statistical models. My journey began in senior undergraduate years where I used symbolic computation and algebraic geometry to analyze dynamical properties in chemical reaction networks such as multistationarity and multistability. My passion for research began at that point. Now, I focus on toric structures in complex models, like Gaussian graphical models and chemical reaction networks, using tools from algebraic geometry, algebraic statistics, Lie theory, and combinatorics. Beyond mathematics, I enjoy playing badminton, cooking, and playing the piano. |
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Alice Kerr (MPI MiS Leipzig)I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig. I was previously a postdoc at the University of Bristol, and before that I did my PhD at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2022. My research is in the area of geometric group theory, where I am broadly interested in the coarse geometry of non-positively curved spaces, and generalisations of hyperbolic groups. |
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Monika Kudlinska (University of Cambridge)I am a Research Fellow at Emmanuel College and an affiliate researcher at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge. I am also a Director of Studies in Mathematics at Emmanuel. Prior to this, I completed a DPhil (PhD) at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. My research is in the areas of geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. |
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Sabrina Kunzweiler (Inria Bordeaux)Sabrina Kunzweiler is a researcher at Inria Bordeaux in France and member of the algorithmic number theory team at the University of Bordeaux. Her research lies at the intersection of number theory and cryptography. |
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Şefika Kuzgun (MPI MiS Leipzig)Hello! My name is Şefika Kuzgun and I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Felix Otto at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig. Before, I was a Postdoc at University of Rochester. I studied at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul and afterwards completed my PhD at University of Kansas under the supervision of Professor David Nualart. I am interested in problems in stochastic analysis and stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). In addition, I like to take part in various activities to promote equal opportunity in academia. |
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Jiayi Li (MPI CBG & CSBD)Jiayi Li is a postdoctoral fellow jointly affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, the Center for Systems Biology Dresden, and the Faculty of Mathematics at TU Dresden. Her research lies in mathematical machine learning, where she uses algebraic and geometric ideas to uncover the structures that govern learning systems. Originally from China, Jiayi has studied and worked across the world. Before joining the Max Planck Institute, she earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where her research focused on the mathematical foundations of machine learning. She previously completed her undergraduate studies in Mathematics through a joint program between Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the University of Hong Kong. Outside of research, Jiayi is passionate about fostering diversity and inclusion in STEM and contributing to collaborative, cross-disciplinary scientific communities. |
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Irem Portakal (MPI MiS Leipzig)I am a W2 Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and since September 2023, I have been leading the Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Algebraic Geometry research group. I defended my thesis in 2018 at Freie Universität Berlin. I was a PhD student at the Berlin Mathematical School and in the Algebraic Geometry Group led by Klaus Altmann. Before that, I was a master's student at École Normale Supérieure in Lyon and an undergraduate student at Galatasaray University in Istanbul. |
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Leon Renkin (MPI CBG & CSBD)My name is Leon, I am from Austria and am a second year mathematics PhD student in the group of Heather Harrington. My research is focussed on developing topological and geometric methods to quantify shape in biological image data. I am interested in both the mathematical foundations and the practical application of tools related to various aspects of persistent homology and other areas of topological data analysis. |
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Markus Schmidtchen (TU Dresden)Hey, my name is Markus Schmidtchen, and since 2020, I have been a Junior Professor for Applied Mathematics at TU Dresden. I completed my PhD at Imperial College London in 2019 and did a postdoc at Sorbonne Université immediately afterwards.
My research is focused on applied partial differential equations and applied analysis. Specifically, I am interested in systems that have emergent or self-organising behaviour.
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Anna Wienhard (MPI MiS Leipzig)Anna Wienhard is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and Scientific Chair of the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation. She is a mathematician with interests in geometry, group theory, and dynamics, as well as in application of geometric and topological methods in other sciences. After graduating in Mathematics and Theology from the University of Bonn, Anna received her doctoral degree there in 2004. Her career led her to various places in Switzerland (ETH Zurich, Basel University) and the United States (Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Caltech, MSRI/SLMath Berkeley). From 2012 until 2022 Anna Wienhard was a professor at Heidelberg University and from 2015 on also a Group Leader at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. During this time she headed many activities and initiatives (Research Training Group, Partnership Mathematics and Physics, Upstream Network, Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab). She was founding co-spokesperson of the Excellence Cluster STRUCTURES, and founding director of the Research Station Geometry and Dynamics. Anna Wienhard has received numerous honors and awards, most notably an ERC Consolidator Grant, and ERC Advanced Grant, and the Hector Science Award 2022. She gave invited addresses at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2018 and at the European Congress of Mathematicians in 2016. Anna Wienhard is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and an elected member of the Heidelberg and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academies of Science, the Leopoldina, the European Academy of Science, The World Academy of Sciences, and the Academia Europaea. |