Prof. Dr. Kai Cieliebak
Chair
Analysis and Geometry
| Phone: | +49 821 598 - 2138 |
| Fax: | +49 821 598 - 2458 |
| Email: | Kai.Cieliebak@math.uni-augsburgmath.uni-augsburg.de () |
| Room: | 2009 (L1) |
| Address: | Universit?tsstra?e 14, 86159 Augsburg |
Additional contact details
You are welcome to contact me directly by Email ( kai.cieliebak@math.uni-augsburg.de?) or get in touch with our team assistant.
Curriculum/ Vitae
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Born on March 26, 1966, German citizan.
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Education
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- 1986 - 1988: Physics and mathematics at Ruhruniversitat Bochum, Germany
- 1988 - 1989: Chinese language at Beijing 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】, P.R. of China
- 1989 - 1993: Mathematics at Ruhruniversit?t Bochum
- 1993 - 1996: Mathematics at ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Academic degrees
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- 1992: Diplom in mathematics, Ruhruniversit?t Bochum, summa cum laude, advisor: H. Hofer, thesis topic: Pseudo-holomorphe Kurven und periodische Orbits auf Cotangential Bundeln
- 1996: PhD in mathematics, ETH Zürich, advisor: H. Hofer, thesis topic: Symplectic boundaries: closed characteristics and action spectra
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Positions
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- 1992 - 1993: Assistant at Ruhruniversit?at Bochum
- 1993 - 1996: Assistant at ETH Zürich
- 1996 - 1997: Benjamin Pierce Assistant Professor at Harvard 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】
- 1997 - 1998: Risk management at Swiss Bank Corporation, Basel
- 1998 - 1999: Postdoc at IBM Zürich Research Laboratory
- 1999 - 2001: Szeg? Assistant Professor at Stanford 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】
- 2001 - 2012: Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t, München
- Since 2012: Professor at Augsburg 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】
Research interests
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- Differential geometry and topology: symplectic and contact manifolds, Lagrangian and Legendrian knots, Stein manifolds, loop spaces and string topology, h-principles
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Research Grants
- 1997 - 2000: NSF Grant DMS-9700209 "Symplectic manifolds with boundary"
- 2000 -?2001: NSF Grant DMS-0075477 "Workshop on low-dimensional contact geometry
- 2000 -?2003: NSF Grant DMS-0072267 "Moment maps and J-holomorphic curves"
- 2003 - 2010: DFG Grant CI 45/1 "The symplectic vortex equations and applications“
- 2003 - 2010: DFG Grant CI 45/2 "Punctured holomorphic curves in symplectic geometry" (with K. Mohnke)
- 2009 - 2015: DFG Grant CI 45/5 "Foundations of Symplectic Field Theory"
- 2010 - 2015: European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme "Contact and Symplectic Geometry" (Steering Committee Member)
- 2013 - 2018: DFG Grant CI 45/6 "Algebraic Structures on Symplectic Homology and Their Applications" (with J. Latschev)
- 2016 - 2023: DFG Grant CI 45/8 "Symplectic techniques in the restricted three body problem" (with U. Frauenfelder)
- since 2023: DFG Grant CI 45/12 "Rabinowitz Floer Homology" (with U. Frauenfelder)
(Co-) organized Conferences and Workshops
- 2000: Contact Geometry Quarter, Stanford
- 2003: Contact Topology Workshop, München
- 2005: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory I, Leipzig
- 2006: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory II, Leipzig
- 2007: Workshop "Towards Relative Symplectic Field Theory", New York
- 2008: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory III, Berlin
- 2009: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory IV, München
- 2010: Symplectic Geometry and Transformation Groups, Edinburgh
- 2011: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory V, Hamburg
- 2012: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory VI, München
- 2013: Andrejewski Day, Augsburg
- 2014: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory VII, Münster
- 2016: X Workshop on Symplectic Geometry, Contact Geometry, and Interactions, Augsburg
- 2016: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory VIII, Berlin
- 2018: Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory IX, Augsburg
- 2022: Geometry and Topology ICM sectional workshop, Copenhagen
Publications
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You can read more about the Publications of Prof. Cieliebak here.