(Lorentzian) Path integral approaches to quantum gravity, in particular Spin Foam Quantum Gravity and Regge calculus (discrete gravity)
Development of numerical algorithms to calculate these (discrete) path integrals, e.g. calculation of fundamental spin foam amplitudes with tensor network or Monte Carlo methods.
Investigation of the semi-classical and continuum limits of these path integrals Definition and calculation of observables in quantum gravity as well as matter coupling in discrete (quantum) gravity approaches
Curriculum Vitae
2014: PhD in Physics at University of Potsdam (Dr. rer. nat.), research at Max Planck Institute for gravitational physics Potsdam (Albert Einstein Institute) and Perimeter Institute f. Theoretical Physics
2014 - 2017: Postdoc, University of Hamburg
2017 - 2019: Postdoc, Perimeter Institute f. Theoretical Physics (Discretuum to Continuum Inititative)
Seit 2020: Emmy Noether junior research group leader (Construction of quantum spacetime: Spin Foam Models and the renormalization group) at FSU Jena, funded by Deutsch Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
