Anna Ijjas Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) – Hannover Callinstr. 38 | 30167 Hannover | Germany � [email protected] � www.anna-ijjas.com citizenship: Hungary | US-permanent resident

employment 2019– Lise Meitner Group Leader, (with the university rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor). Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Hannover, Germany 2017–19 Simons Postdoctoral Fellow. Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2018/19) & Center for Theoretical Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY (2017/18) 2014–17 John A. Wheeler Postdoctoral Fellow. Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ visiting appointments 2021– Thueringer Professor of Gravitational Theory and Cosmology. Institute for Gravitational Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany 2018–19 Visiting Associate Research Scholar. Gravity Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ education 2014 PhD, Theoretical Physics Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam & Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany thesis title: Observational and Theoretical Issues in Early Universe Cosmology 2012–14 Fritz Thyssen Graduate Research Fellow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA & Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 2010 PhD, Philosophy of Physics Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany thesis title: Der Alte mit dem Würfel. Ein Beitrag zur Metaphysik der Quantenmechanik awarded with the Doctoral Dissertation Prize of Munich University (2011) & the Research Prize of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (2012) 2009 Staatsexamen in Physics (combined B.Sc.+M.Sc. equivalent) Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany 2008 Staatsexamen in Mathematics and Religious Studies (combined B.A.+M.A. equivalent) Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany grants 2019-23 Simons Foundation, New York, NY $ 499 200 Principal Investigator, ‘New Directions in Cosmology and Gravitational Theory,’ as Targeted Grant in Mathematics and Physical Sciences 2019–24 Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany e 1 400 000 Principal Investigator, ‘Lise Meitner Excellence Program,’ 2017-19 Simons Foundation, New York, NY $ 397 156 Principal Investigator, ‘Cosmological Bounces and Bouncing Cosmologies,’ as part of the ‘Origins of the Universe’ Initiative

1/6 awards and fellowships 2019–24 Awardee, Lise Meitner Excellence Program, Max Planck Society 2016–17 John A. Wheeler Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science 2014–17 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science 2013–14 Rutgers Philosophy & Cosmology Research Fellowship 2012 Research Prize of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology 2011 Doctoral Dissertation Award of Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Munich) 2009 Scholarship of Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Munich) for outstanding academic achievement

service to the profession conference and workshop organization: 2022 NBIA Conference Forefront of Cosmology and Gravitation, Copenhagen, DK. (invited organizer) 2022 Ringberg Conference Bangs, bounces, black holes and bubbles: where GR meets Cosmology, Schloss Ringberg, Bavarian Alps, Germany. 2022 Simons Symposium Origins of the Universe, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland, UK. (invited organizer) 2019 Max-Planck/Princeton Satellite Workshop Forefronts of Gravitational Physics, Princeton, NJ, USA. 2019 International Summer Workshop Current Themes in Cosmology and Numerical General Relativity, Sesto, South Tyrol & Venice, Italy. 2017–18 Simons-PCTS Program Gravity in the Early Universe, including a series of monthly seminars and a winter workshop in Princeton, NJ and a summer workshop in Salzburg (Austria). 2015–16 PCTS Program Rethinking Cosmology. including a series of monthly meetings, a lecture for the public, and a Summer Conference in Princeton, NJ, USA. other service: 2014–16 chair, Gravity Group Lunch Seminar, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Spring 2016 chair, PCTS Lunch Seminar 2013 lecturer, Summer Institute in Philosophy and Cosmology including lectures for the public [joint project of Rutgers, Columbia, and UC Santa Cruz], Santa Cruz, CA. regular referee, Nature, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, Physics Letters B, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal of High Energy Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Annals of Physics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Foundations of Physics, The European Physical Journal C, Mathematical Reviews, Modern Physics Letters A, Physics of the Dark Universe, Fortschritte der Physik regular grant reviewer, ‘la Caixa’ Foundation (Spain), National Science Foundation (Poland), John Templeton Foundation (USA).

graduate student & postdoc mentoring Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover, Germany: Serena Giardino (2020-), Dr Andrew Sullivan (2020-), Timo Kist (2021-) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Dr William Cook (2018-20), Roman Kolevatov (2017-2020), Justin Ripley (2016-17), Aaron Levy (2014-17)

2/6 teaching experience Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany: Summer 2021 Advanced Topics in Cosmology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Spring 2014 Introduction to Cosmic Inflation: Principles and Challenges [invited lectures as part of the graduate class ‘Topics in Contemporary Astrophysics’] Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick: Spring 2014 ‘Philosophy of Science & Foundations of Cosmology for Non-Scientists’ [Undergraduate Course] Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich: Winter 2011 ‘Introduction to the Scientific Method’ [Undergraduate Course] Summer 2011 ‘Foundational Problems of Quantum Mechanics’ [Graduate Course] publications pre-prints A. Ijjas, F. Pretorius, P.J. Steinhardt, A. Sullivan. The Effects of Multiple Modes and Reduced Symmetry on the Rapidity and Robustness of Slow Contraction, arXiv:2104.12293, under review. refereed A. Ijjas, A. Sullivan, F. Pretorius, P.J. Steinhardt, W.G. Cook. Ultralocality and Slow Contraction, to appear journal articles in JCAP (2021), arXiv:2103.00584. A. Ijjas, R. Kolevatov. Sourcing curvature modes with entropy perturbations in non-singular bouncing cosmologies, to appear in JCAP (2021), arXiv:2012.08249. A. Ijjas, R. Kolevatov. Nearly scale-invariant curvature modes from entropy perturbations during graceful exit, Phys. Rev. D 103 (2021) L101302, arXiv:2102.03818. W.G. Cook, I.A. Glushchenko, A. Ijjas, F. Pretorius, P.J. Steinhardt. Supersmoothing through Slow Contraction, Phys. Lett. B 808 (2020) 135690, arXiv:2006.01172. A. Ijjas, W.G. Cook, F. Pretorius, P.J. Steinhardt, E.Y. Davies. Robustness of slow contraction to cosmic initial conditions, JCAP 08 (2020) 030; featured in Quanta Magazine August 4, 2020; arXiv:2006. 04999. P. Ade et al. (including A. Ijjas). The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper, Bull.Am.Astron.Soc. 51 (2019) 147, arXiv:1907.08284. G. Rocha et al. (including A. Ijjas). Astro2020 APC White Paper: The need for better tools to design future CMB experiments, Bull.Am.Astron.Soc. 51 (2019) 7, 221. A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt. A new kind of cyclic universe, Phys. Lett. B 795 (2019) 666-672, arXiv: 1904.08022. P. Ade et al. (including A. Ijjas). The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts, JCAP 02 (2019) 056, arXiv:1808.07445. A. Ijjas, F. Pretorius, P.J. Steinhardt. Stability and the Gauge Problem in Non-Perturbative Cosmology, JCAP 01 (2019) 015, arXiv:1809.07010. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. Bouncing Cosmology made simple, Class. Quantum Grav. 35 (2018) 135004, as ‘editor’s suggestion,’ arXiv:1803.01961. A. Ijjas. Space-time slicing in Horndeski theories and its implications for non-singular bouncing solutions, JCAP 02 (2018) 007; featured in Quanta Magazine January 31, 2018; Columbia Magazine Spring/Sum- mer 2018, arXiv:1710.05990. A. Ijjas. Cyclic completion of the anamorphic universe, Class. Quantum Grav. 35 (2018) 075010, arXiv:1610.02752. A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt. Fully stable cosmological solutions with a non-singular classical bounce, Phys. Lett. B 764 (2017) 289-294, arXiv:1609.01253.

3/6 A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. Classically stable non-singular cosmological bounces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 121304, arXiv:1606.08880. A. Ijjas, J. Ripley, P. J. Steinhardt. NEC violation in mimetic cosmology revisited, Phys. Lett. B 760 (2016) 132-138, arXiv:1604.08586. A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt. Implications of Planck2015 for inflationary, ekpyrotic and anamorphic bouncing cosmologies, Class. Quantum Grav. 33 (2016) 044001, arXiv:1512.09010. [invited contribution] A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. The anamorphic universe, JCAP 10 (2015) 001, arXiv:1507.03875. A. Levy, A. Ijjas, and P.J. Steinhardt. Scale-invariant perturbations in ekpyrotic cosmologies without fine-tuning of initial conditions, Phys. Rev. D. 92 (2015) 063524, arXiv:1506.01011. A. Ijjas, J.-L. Lehners, and P. J. Steinhardt. A general mechanism for producing scale-invariant perturbations and small non-Gaussianity in ekpyrotic models, Phys. Rev. D. 89 (2014) 123520, arXiv:1404.1265. A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Inflationary schism, Phys. Lett. B 736 (2014), pp. 142–146, arXiv:1402.6980. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Scale-free primordial cosmology, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) 023525, arXiv:1309.4480. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Inflationary paradigm in trouble after Planck2013, Phys. Lett. B 723 (2013) 261–266; featured in New Scientist 2937 (2013) 38–41 and Quanta Magazine 01/30, 2015. textbook A. Ijjas & P.J. Steinhardt. Rethinking Cosmology (under contract with PUP, to appear in 2022). other A. Ijjas. What if there was no big bang?, New Scientist, August 17, 2019. publications [invited feature article] A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt, A. Loeb. Pop goes the universe, Scientific American, February 1, 2017. [invited feature article] A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt. Do we live in an anamorphic universe? PBS NOVA: The Nature of Reality 01/2016. [invited feature article] ∗ Philosophy of Science: book A. Ijjas. Der Alte mit dem Würfel. Ein Beitrag zur Metaphysik der Quantenmechanik, Goettingen: Vanden- hoeck & Ruprecht 2011, pp. 223. [in German, English title: The old one with the dice: a contribution to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics] refereed A. Ijjas. A-Time Beats No Time: A Response to Brian Leftow, in: European Journal for Philosophy of articles Religion 5 (2013) pp.85–100. A. Ijjas, J. Groessl, and L. Jaskolla. Theistic Multiverse and Slippery Slopes: A Response to Klaas, Kraay in: Theology and Science 11 (2013) pp.62–76. A. Ijjas. Quantum metaphysics–yet another never-ending story? A brief review of current tendencies, in: ESSSAT News and Reviews 22:3 (2012) pp. 5–10. selected recent talks and presentations May 2021 A New Kind of Cyclic Universe, Lichtenberg Seminar Series, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany May 2021 Ultralocality and the robustness of slow contraction to cosmic initial conditions, Princeton Gravity Initiative Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ Nov 2020 The Robustness of Slow Contraction to Cosmic Initial Conditions, C3-Seminar, KU Leuven, Belgium Nov 2020 Open Issues in Early-Universe Cosmology, Physics Colloquium, Oakland University, Rochester, MI Nov 2020 Big Bang or Big Bounce: What happened 13.8 billion years ago?, Physics Colloquium, Technion, Haifa, Israel Oct 2020 The Robustness of Slow Contraction to Cosmic Initial Conditions, Fundamental Physics Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Oct 2020 The Robustness of Slow Contraction to Cosmic Initial Conditions, ACR Seminar, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam-Golm

4/6 Oct 2020 Cosmology Reconsidered, Colloquium, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz University Hannover Sept 2020 The Robustness of Slow Contraction to Cosmic Initial Conditions, Keynote, UK Cosmology Day, Sheffield University, UK July 2020 A New Kind of Cosmology: No Bang - No Crunch - No Beginning - No End, Simons Workshop on the Occasion of Reopening the Flatiron Institute, NYC, USA May 2020 Cosmology in in the era of gravitational wave astronomy, Colloquium, Bielefeld, Germany Feb 2020 Numerical Relativity & Cosmology: An interesting Case ,Study BHI Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Feb 2020 Simple Universe - Complex Initial Conditions?, Physics Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Feb 2020 The virtues of slow contraction and other perks of bouncing, RTG Colloquium, ZARM Bremen, Germany Dec 2019 No beginning for space-time, and other perks of bouncing, ASC Theory Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich, Germany Nov 2019 The robustness of slow contraction to initial conditions, Cosmology Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Oct 2019 And now for something completely different!, International Conference Cosmic Controversies, Chicago, IL Sept 2019 The virtues of slow contraction, and other perks of bouncing, Origins of the Universe Annual Meeting, Simons Foundation, New York, NY Aug 2019 (Re-)Connecting Cosmology with General Relativity, International Conference Current Themes in Gravita- tional Physics, Copenhagen, DK Jun 2019 Explaining the early universe: a comparative review of competing paradigms, International Conference CosmoGold, IAP Paris, France May 2019 Big Bang vs Big Bounce, and how to take a stance, International Conference New Directions in the Foundations of Physics, Viterbo, Italy Mar 2019 Cosmology with a Bounce, International Symposium Understanding Our Place in the Cosmos, Jerusalem, Israel Feb 2019 Big Bang vs Big Bounce, Physics Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, RI Feb 2019 Big Bang vs Big Bounce, Physics Colloquium, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Jan 2019 (Re)Connecting Cosmology and General Relativity, High-Energy Physics Seminar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Oct 2018 Stability and the Gauge Problem in Early-Universe Cosmology, TEP Seminar, Bhaumik Institute for Theo- retical Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Oct 2018 Bouncing Cosmology: Basics and Recent Progress, AEI Colloquium, Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, Hannover, Germany Sept 2018 Advances in constructing smooth cosmological bounces [PI keynote], ‘Origins of the Universe’ Annual Conference, Simons Foundation, New York, NY Jul 2018 New frontiers in early-universe cosmology and numerical general relativity, Lise Meitner Symposium of the Max Planck Society, Harnack Haus, Berlin, Germany Jul 2018 Introduction to recent advances & open issues in bouncing cosmologies, Simons Workshop ‘Frontiers in Cosmology and Numerical Relativity,’ Salzburg, Austria April 2018 Space-time slicing in Horndeski theories and its implications for non-singular bouncing solutions, High- Energy Theory/Cosmology Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Mar 2018 Expected CMB polarization signals in Bouncing Cosmologies, KISS workshop ‘Designing Future CMB Experiments,’ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Mar 2018 Bouncing Cosmology made simple, Statistical Cosmology Seminar, Flatiron Institute, New York,NY Feb 2018 Cosmology without a Big Bang, Physics Colloquium, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Feb 2017 (Not so) No-Goes in Bouncing Cosmologies, Theory Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY Jan 2017 Bouncing, Physics Colloquium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

5/6 references Paul J. Steinhardt V. (Slava) Mukhanov Albert Einstein Professor in Science Professor of Physics Princeton University Ludwig-Maximilians-University Princeton, NJ 08544 Munich, 80333, Germany Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +1-(609)-258-1509 Phone: +49-(89)-2180-4544

Frans Pretorius Professor of Physics Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Email: [email protected] Phone: +1-(609)-258-5858

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