about me

I am an assistant professor at the Utrecht University. What I did before this can be read below.

My mathematical interests are in algebraic geometry, representation theory, and noncommutative algebra, in particular I like to think about:

• the structure of derived categories, via exceptional collections and semiorthogonal decompositions
• deformation theory and Hochschild cohomology
• moduli spaces of sheaves on (noncommutative) varieties
• representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras and algebraic groups
• ...

Besides mathematics, I am interested in LaTeX (and typesetting in general). I also like playing classical guitar and reading.

Lebenslauf

In reverse chronological order, I was

• assistant professor at a University of Luxembourg

• a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the University of Bonn in the algebra and representation theory group,
  and simultaneously an FWO postdoc at the University of Antwerp and University of Hasselt

• a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn

• a PhD fellow (of the Research Foundation—Flanders) in mathematics, in the research group on fundamental mathematics, at the University of Antwerp. In 2017 I defended my thesis Connections between commutative and noncommutative algebraic geometry, written under the supervision of Wendy Lowen and Michel Van den Bergh.

• a master student at École Polytechnique, where I wrote a mémoire On the homotopy theory of dg categories under the supervision of Bernhard Keller

What happened before that is hidden in the mists of time. It involved computers.

Grants

The following grants support (or have supported) my work, or that of my PhD students or postdocs.

NWO grants

• Vidi: Categories in Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry (2025–2030)
  research grant of the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)

FNR grants

• PRIDE: Geometry, Representations and Algebra: Computations and Experiments (2024–2030)
  PhD block grant of the Fondation National de Recherche (FNR)
• OPEN: Admissible Embeddings for Moduli spaces in Algebra and Representation theory (2023–2026)
  research grant of the Fondation National de Recherche (FNR)
• AFR Individual: Stacks and Algorithms for Quiver Moduli (2023–2026)
  supervisor for PhD grant for Gianni Petrella, Fondation National de Recerche (FNR)
• PSP-Classic: Classified Mathematics (2022–2023)
  outreach grant of the Fondation National de Recherche (FNR)