Curriculum Vitae

Dr. rer. nat. Michael Wohlgenannt

Universit´a del Piemonte Orientale Facolt´a di Scienze M.F.N. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate Via Bellini 25/G, I-15100 Alessandria, Italy. Tel.: +39-0131-360163 [email protected]

Personal data

Date of birth: April 1, 1974 Place of birth: Dornbirn, Austria

Nationality: Austrian

Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent).

Education

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at Mu¨nchen, 1999 - 2003

Doctor rerum naturalium in mathematical physics - with magna cum laude Advisor: Prof. Julius Wess

Thesis: Field Theoretical Models on Non-Commutative Spaces

Karl-Franzens-Universit¨at Graz, 1992 - 1998

Magister Rerum Naturalium in theoretical physics - mit Auszeichnung Advisor: Prof. Christian B. Lang

Thesis: The Schwinger Model - From Strong Coupling to Fixed-Point Actions

University of Kent at Canterbury, 1994 - 1995

Diploma in Physics (B.Sc.) - with Distinction Tutor: Prof. John Rogers

Theoretical essay: Non-Linear Coupled Pendulum

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Experience

Universita degli studi del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria (Italy), from

June 2008, Postdoctoral position Universit¨at Wien, from Jan 2008 - May 2008 Postdoctoral position, Fonds zur F¨orderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund) project P20017-N16

The Erwin Schr¨odinger International Institute for Mathematical

Physics, Vienna, July 2007 - Jan 2008 Junior Research Fellow

Universit¨at Wien, Jan 2006 - Jun 2007 Postdoctoral position, Fonds zur F¨orderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund) project P18657-N16

The Erwin Schr¨odinger International Institute for Mathematical

Physics, Vienna, Oct 2005 - Dec 2005 Junior Research Fellow

Universit¨at Wien, Oct 2004 - Sept 2005 Postdoctoral position, Fonds zur F¨orderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund) project P16779-N02

Technische Universit¨at Wien, Oct 2003 - Sept 2004

Postdoctoral position, Fonds zur F¨orderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund) project P15463-N08

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at Mu¨nchen, Oct 2002 - Sept 2003, Research

assistent

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨at Mu¨nchen, Oct 1999 - Sept 2003, Teaching

assistant in Quantum Mechanics and Theoretical Electrodynamics GSI, Gesellschaft fu¨r Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt, Aug - Sept 1996 International Student Program Advisor: Prof. Hans Feldmeier

Title of the project: Fermionic Molecular Dynamics

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Seminar and conference talks

• Poster presentation at 4th Vienna Central European Seminar on Particle Physics

and Quantum Field Theory, Commutative and Noncommutative Quantum Fields,

Vienna, Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2007;

Title of the poster: Noncommutative U(1) gauge theory on R⁴_θ with oscillator term.

• European Science Foundation Workshop Noncommutative Quantum Field
Theory, Erwin Schr¨odinger Insternational Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI), Vienna, Nov. 26–29, 2007;

Title of the talk: Noncommutative gauge theory and quantisation.
• Workshop on Field Theory, Noncommutative Geometry and Strings, Zagreb

(Croatia), November 9–11, 2007;

Title of the talk: Quantisation of noncommutative gauge theory.

• Poster presentation at the Conference Noncommutative Spacetime Geometries,
Alessandria (Italy), March 26 - 31, 2007;

Title of the poster: Induced Gauge Theories on Noncommutative Spaces.

• Poster presentation at the Workshop Noncommutative Geometry and
Fundamental Physics, Cambridge (UK), September 4-8, 2006;

Title of the poster: Induced Gauge Theories on Noncommutative Spaces.

• Seminar talks at Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine),
Apr 6, 2005 and Kamenets-Podolsk University (Ukraine), Apr. 8, 2005;

Title: Non-Commutative Geometry & Physics.

• Seminar talk at the University of Vienna (Austria), March 2 and March 9, 2005;

Title: κ-Deformed Field Theories.

• Seminar talk at Karl-Franzens-Universit¨at Graz (Austria), Apr 21, 2004;

Title: Aspects of Non-Commutative Field Theory.

• Group24, XXIV International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in
Physics, Paris (France), July 15 - 20, 2002;

Title of the talk: Non-Commutative Standard Model.

• The XIII International Hutsulian Workshop Methods of Theoretical &
Mathematical Physics, Uzhgorod-Kyiv-Ivano-Frankivsk-Rakhiv (Ukraine), Sept 17 - 24, 2000;

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Title of talk in Kyiv: Projector Decomposition and q-Deformed Minkowski Space, Title of talk in Uzhgorod: Introduction to Quantum Group Theory and Quantum Spaces.

• Seminar talk at the Graduiertenkolleg Mathematik im Bereich ihrer
Wechselwirkung mit der Physik, University of Munich (Germany), July 27, 2000;

Title: q-Deformed Lorentz Group.

• 37. Internationale Universit¨atswochen fu¨r Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Schladming
(Austria), Feb 28 - Mar 7, 1998;

Title of the talk: Spectral Properties of the Dirac Operator with Fixed-Point Action.

Invited conference talks

• Supersymmetry and Noncommutative Quantum Field Theory, Workshop in

Memoriam Julius Wess, Erwin-Schr¨odinger Institute, Vienna (Austria), December 4-6, 2008.

Title: Gauging Noncommutative Theories.
• BW2007 Workshop III Southeastern European Workshop Challenges Beyond the

Standard Model, Djerdap (Serbia), September 2-9, 2007;

Title: Induced Gauge Theory on Noncommutative Spaces.

• NonCommutative Geometry and Physics, Orsay (France), April 23 - 27, 2007;

Title: Induced Gauge Theories on Noncommutative Spaces.

• The XIV International Hutsulian Workshop Mathematical Theories and their
Physical & Technical Applications, Chernivtsi (Ukraine), Oct 28 - Nov 2, 2002;

Plenary Talk: Non-Commutative Standard Model.

Organisational activities

• Organiser of the Bayrischzell Workshop 2009 Noncommutativity and physics:
Quantum Geometries and Gravity, Bayrischzell (Germany), May 15 - 18, 2009.

• Coorganiser of the Bayrischzell Workshop 2008 Noncommutativity and physics:
Quantum Geometries and Gravity, Bayrischzell (Germany), May 16 - 19, 2008.

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• Coorganiser of the European Science Foundation Workshop Noncommutative
Quantum Field Theory at the Erwin-Schr¨odinger-Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna (Austria), Nov 26 - 29, 2007.

• Coorganiser of the Bayrischzell Workshop 2007 on noncommutativity and

physics, Bayrischzell (Germany), May 11 - 14, 2007.

Research visits

Universita degli studi del Piemonte Orientale, Mathematical and

Theoretical Physics Group, Via Bellini, 25/G, 15100 Alessandria - Italy, Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2008.

DESY - Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestraße 85, D-22607 Hamburg - Germany, July 9 - 19, 2006.

Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Theresienstr. 37,

D-80333 Munich - Germany, March 20 - 24, 2006. Max-Planck-Institut fu¨r Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Insitut), F¨ohringer Ring 6, 80805 Mu¨nchen - Germany, Sept. 14 - 30, 2005.

Erwin-Schr¨odinger Insitute for Mathematical Physics, Boltzmanngasse 9,

A-1090 Wien - Austria, Nov 3 - 7, 2002, Jan 22 - 25, 2003 and March 25 - 29, 2003.

Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Bˆatiment 210, Universite’ de

Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex - France, Dec 5 - 13, 2000.

Other activities

• Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Mathematics Research (JMR).
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