Mathematics:
Galway:
Simon A. King′s Curriculum Vitæ
Born on September 16, 1972, in Frankfurt/Main.
Nationality: German.
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Publications
Current appointment
Since June 2009: Post Doc at National University of Ireland, Galway, working on a project in Computational Group Cohomology.Previous employment after PhD
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Post Doc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
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Research assistant at University of Technology Darmstadt |
| May 2006 – April 2007 | Assistant to the director at Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach. |
Teaching
| 1994-1996 | Student assistant, leading exercise groups, e.g., in Calculus, Geometry, Algebraic Topology, at JWGU Frankfurt. |
| 2001-2006 | Research assistant, teaching Descriptive Geometry for architects (several times), Linear Algebra (one semester), and Differential Forms (one semester) at University of Technology Darmstadt. |
| Summer 2004 | Lecture course on 3-Dimensional Topology (Lecture Notes in German) at University of Technology Darmstadt. |
| Winter 2004/5 | Seminar course on Hyperbolic Manifolds at University of Technology Darmstadt. |
Workshop organization
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Co-organiser, together with Louis Kauffman, Vassily Manturov and Józef Przytycki, for the workshop on Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology at Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach |
| Work | Education/Qualifications |
Education and academic qualifications
| 1983-1992 | Lessing-Gymnasium (High School)
in Frankfurt/Main.
Languages: Latin, French and Ancient Greek. |
| 1992/93-1997/98 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
in Frankfurt/Main.
Dec. 1997: Diploma "mit Auszeichnung" (with Distinction) in mathematics and additional subject theoretical physics. Diploma thesis: "Kollabierretrakte und Zustandssummeninvarianten von 3-Mannigfaltigkeiten" ("Spines and state sum invariants of 3-manifolds"). Advisor: Prof. Gerhard Burde. |
| Summer 1997 | English course in Broadstairs, UK. |
| 1998 - 2001 | Institut de
Recherche Mathématique Avancée
(" Institute of Advanced Mathematical Research") in Strasbourg (France)
June 2001: Defense of doctoral thesis entitled "Polytopality of triangulations" Advisor: Prof. Vladimir Turaev |
| 2007 | Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at
University of Technology Darmstadt (Germany)
Habilitationsschrift: (postdoctoral thesis) "Verschiedene Anwendungen kombinatorischer und algebraischer Strukturen in der Topologie" ("Various Applications of Combinatorial and Algebraic Structures in Topology") |
Scholarships and Third Party Funded projects
| Seit 2009 | My position at NUIG is funded by
European Union, Marie Curie grant |
| 2007-2009 | My position at FSU Jena
was funded by DFG (German Science Foundation), project number |
| 2004-2007 | Participation in Intas-Projekt ref. 03-51-3663 CalcoMet-GT (Complexity, alorithms, and computer methods in geometric topology). |
| 1993-1997 | Undergraduate scholarship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation). |
| 1998-2001 | Doctoral scholarship of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
I attended several Summer Schools (partially interdisciplinary) organised by the Studienstiftung.
Music
- Violin since age of 6 years.
- 1992-1998 violin class of Prof. Alois Kottmann.
- Since 1994 Figuralchor Frankfurt, conducted by Prof. Alois Ickstadt.
- 1995-1998 and 2001-2009 singing class of Prof. Gerhard Meier.
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Simon King School of Mathematics, Statistics & Applied Mathematics I am currently moving to Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Fakultät für Mathematik & Informatik Mathematisches Institut D-07737 Jena Germany
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