Academic Employment
- 2022-2028, Junior Professor, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
- 2021-2023, Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, NJ, USA.
- 2020-2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden.
- 2020, Research Fellow, Mittag-Leffler Institute. Djursholm, Sweden.
- 2018-2020, Postdoctoral Researcher, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
- 2014-2015, Teaching Assistant, University College London, London, UK.
- 2012-2013, Teaching Assistant, Centro de Matemática, Montevideo, Uruguay; Instituto de Matemática y Estadística Rafael Laguardia, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Education
- 2014-2018, Dr. Rer. Nat (PhD) in Pure Mathematics. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Berlin Mathematical School. 2014-2016 in University College London, London, UK. PhD supervisor: Dr. Chris Wendl. PhD Thesis: “Algebraic Torsion in Higher-Dimensional Contact Manifolds”. Arxiv. Grade: Magna Cum Laude.
- 2013-2014, Master of Advanced Studies. Part III of the Mathematical Tripos. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Trinity College. Supervisor: Dr. Gabriel Paternain. Grade: Distinction. Ranked 15 out of 254 participants. Essay: “Ergodicity of the geodesic flow of the Weil-Petersson metric”.
- 2010-2012, Licenciatura en Matemática. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de La República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Supervisor: Dr. Miguel Paternain. Monografía: “Conexiones en fibrados, clases características y el teorema de Gauss-Bonnet-Chern”.
- 2009-2010, Undergraduate student in Computer Engineering. Facultad de Ingeniería.
Universidad de La República, Montevideo, Uruguay. - 2009-2012, Undergraduate student in Music. Escuela Universitaria de Música.
Universidad de La República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Cello studies. Mentor: Prof. Lucrecia Basaldúa, cellist. - 2007-2012, Private cello studies.
Mentor: Prof. Lucrecia Basaldúa, cellist.
Awards, Grants and Honours
- SFB, DFG, Heidelberg, Germany. 330.000 EUR. “Symplectic Dynamics in celestial mechanics and billiards”, to fund a PhD student, and a postdoc, with Peter Albers, Umberto Hrynewicz.
- 2022, EP Project, STRUCTURES, Heidelberg, Germany. 60.000 EUR. “Numerics and visualization in the three-body problem”, with Peter Albers, Filip Sadlo.
- 2022, Early-career AMS-NSF-Simons-ICM Travel Grant, USA, 3500 USD, split as 1,500 USD for travel money, plus a Kovalevskaya Grant of 2000 USD for local expenses. To participate in the ICM in Russia. Note: cancelled after ICM moved online.
- 2021-2023, Postdoctoral Membership, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, NJ, USA, 150.000 USD. Two-year membership at IAS, to work with Helmut Hofer, and participate in the special year on the h-Principle and Flexibility in Geometry and PDEs, organized by Camillo De Lellis (IAS), Kai Cieliebak (Augsburg), Yasha Eliashberg (Standford) and László Székelyhidi Jr (Leipzig).
- 2020, Junior Fellowship at Institut Mittag-Leffler, Stockholm, Sweden, 60.000 SEK ~ 7.000 USD. A full stipend to carry independent research for three months, and participate in the worskshop “Knots, Strings, Symplectic Geometry and Dualities”, organized by Vivek Shende (UC Berkeley) and Tobias Ekholm (Uppsala). I produced 5 papers during my stay, and taught a mini-course.
- 2016, HU Research Fellowship, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 54.000 EUR.
- 2016, Berlin Mathematical School Scholarship, Berlin Mathematical School, Berlin, Germany.
- 2015, Mittag-Leffler Institute Grant, Djursholm, Sweden, to participate in the Symplectic Geometry and Topology Workshop, 15.000 SEK ~ 1500 USD.
- 2014, John Hawkes Scholarship. University College London, London, UK, 23.700 GBP, to cover overseas costs of PhD, combined with full studentship at UCL.
- 2014, Award for student excellency (aka Tripos Prize). Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, monetary stimulus for my distinguished performance in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos.
- 2014, Trinity College Scholarship. Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 20.000 GBP Overseas Bursary for overseas cost.
- 2013, Santander Scholarship. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 10.000 GBP for living expenses.
Memberships/Affiliations
- Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Trinity Mathematical Society, Cambridge, UK.
- Berlin Mathematical School (BMS), Berlin, Germany.
- Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton NJ, USA.
- STRUCTURES, cluster of excellence of Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
- Research Station Geometry & Dynamics, Heidelberg, Germany.
- RTG 2229 ”Asymptotic Invariants and Limits of Groups and Spaces”, Universität Heidelberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
- PEDECIBA, Uruguay, Associate Researcher in Mathematics.
- SNI, Uruguay, Associate Researcher.
Outreach
- 2022, Visiting Lecturer, AIMS/University of Rwanda. Kigali, Rwanda.
- 2015, Instructor and Trainer, Maths camp. Supporting African Mathematics Initiatives (SAMI). Kisumu, Kenya.
Service
- 2022-current, MatsciNet reviewer, American Mathematical Society.
Further skills
- Programming: C++, Pascal, LaTex.
- Languages:
- Spanish: Mother Tongue.
- English: Native use of language.
- German: B2 level.
- French: very basic.
- Portuguese: very basic.
- Italian: can understand it.
- Swedish: learning. Well, not really. Did some Duolingo trees.