I am a Juniorprofessor (non-tenure-track) at the University of Augsburg in the group Algebra and Number Theory. In December 2018 I received a positive evaluation, and thus hold an equivalent of a habilitation.

Before coming to Augsburg, I have been a postdoc at IAG in Hannover, ICTP in Trieste, and IHES in Bures-sur-Yvette.

Prior to all of the above, I did my PhD studies at the MPIM in Bonn under the supervision of Yuri Manin.

Research interests
I am broadly interested in algebra and geometry. More specifically, I work on questions in algebraic geometry inspired by string theory. In particular, my interests include Gromov-Witten theory, quantum cohomology, derived categories of coherent sheaves and mirror symmetry.

Special month on F1-Geometry and Motives
In November 2019 we are honoured to host Alexander Smirnov from St. Petersburg. There are two special events on this occasion:

• Master minicourse Motivic Cohomology and Riemann-Roch Theorem
• Workshop F1-Geometry and Motives

(To avoid any misunderstanding, I’d like to mention that Smirnov is one of the most common last names in Russia. However, back in St. Petersburg I did write my master thesis under Alexander's supervision.)

Current teaching

• Master course Algebraic Groups and Homogeneous Spaces
• Reading group on motives (jointly with Marco Hien and Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen)

Organisation
I am involved in the organisation of

• Oberseminar zur Algebra und Zahlentheorie
• Augsburger Mathematisches Kolloquium

If you are interested in visiting Augsburg and giving a talk, please feel free to send me an email.