Christoph Schweigert
Christoph Schweigert
| Christoph Schweigert | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1966 Heidelberg, Germany |
| 🏳️ Nationality | German |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Heidelberg University, University of Amsterdam |
| 💼 Occupation | Mathematician, mathematical physicist |
| 👔 Employer | University of Hamburg |
| Known for | Conformal field theory, topological field theories, tensor categories |
| 🏅 Awards | Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (2006), International Congress of Mathematicians Invited Speaker (2006), European Congress of Mathematics Invited Speaker (2008) |
| 🌐 Website | University of Hamburg – Personal Homepage |
Christoph Schweigert (born 7 October 1966 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a full professor at the University of Hamburg, where he works in the Department of Algebra and Number Theory and the Center for Mathematical Physics. His research lies at the intersection of mathematics and theoretical physics, particularly in conformal field theory, representation theory, and higher structures in geometry.
Early life and education
Schweigert won the national German Federal Mathematics Competition in 1987. He studied mathematics and physics at Heidelberg University, earning a diploma in theoretical physics in 1992. He completed his PhD in 1995 at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam under the supervision of Robbert Dijkgraaf and Jürgen Fuchs, with a thesis titled *Galois and simple current symmetries in conformal field theory*[1].
Academic career
After his PhD, Schweigert conducted postdoctoral research at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) in France from 1995 to 1996, and at CERN in Switzerland from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, he became a senior assistant at the ETH Zurich. From 1999 to 2002, he served as *Maître de Conférences* at theUniversité Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), where he also completed his habilitation in 2000.
In 2002, he was appointed professor at **RWTH Aachen University**. Since 2003, he has held a full professorship at the **University of Hamburg**, where he is affiliated with the Department of Algebra and Number Theory and the Center for Mathematical Physics[2].
Research
Schweigert’s research focuses on the mathematical foundations of quantum field theory and string theory. Key areas include:
- Conformal field theory and its algebraic structures
- Representation categories of quantum groups and related categorical structures
- Topological field theory
He has made significant contributions to the understanding of the mathematical structure of low-dimensional quantum field theories, including a complete construction of correlators of two-dimensional rational conformal field theories and the implementation of symmetries and dualities via defects.
Honours and awards
- Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)[3]
- Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (2006), awarded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research [4]
- Invited Speaker at the **International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Madrid (2006), presenting "Categorification and correlation functions in conformal field theory" (joint with Jürgen Fuchs and Ingo Runkel)[5]
- Invited Speaker at the European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) in Amsterdam (2008), with the talk "Bundle Gerbes and Surface Homology"[6]
Editorial and professional roles
Schweigert has served as editor or co-editor for several leading journals in mathematical physics, including:
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Letters in Mathematical Physics
- Communications in Mathematical Physics*
From 2015 to 2020, he was the spokesperson of the Graduate School “Mathematics inspired by string theory and quantum field theory” at the University of Hamburg, a collaborative research training group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)[7].
Selected publications
- Fuchs, J., & Schweigert, C. (1997). *Symmetries, Lie algebras and representations*. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58026-0.
- Fuchs, J., Schweigert, C., Fröhlich, J., & Runkel, I. (2006). Correspondences of ribbon categories. *Advances in Mathematics*, 199(1), 192–329. doi:10.1016/j.aim.2005.01.005
- Fuchs, J., Schweigert, C., & Runkel, I. (2006). Categorification and correlation functions in conformal field theory. In *Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians* (Vol. 2, pp. 135–158). Zürich: European Mathematical Society.
- Nikolaus, T., Schweigert, C., & Waldorf, K. (2010). Bundle gerbes and surface holonomy. In *European Congress of Mathematics* (pp. 533–547). European Mathematical Society.
External links
- - University of Hamburg – Personal Homepage - Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- - Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- - ICM 2006 – International Congress of Mathematicians
References
- ↑ Fuchs, Jürgen; Schweigert, Christoph (1997). Symmetries, Lie algebras and representations. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58026-0 Check
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- ↑ "Christoph Schweigert – University of Hamburg". University of Hamburg. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes – About the Foundation". Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation". Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "ICM 2006 – Program". Mathematical Union. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "European Congress of Mathematics 2008 – Program". European Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Graduate Schools – DFG". German Research Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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