Sira Gratz: Curriculum Vitae - Institut für Algebra, Zahlentheorie und

Sira Gratz
Institut für Algebra, Zahlentheorie und Diskrete Mathematik
Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Welfengarten 1
D-30167 Hannover
Germany
Phone:
+49-511-762-4244
Personal
Born on July 14, 1987 in Bern, Switzerland.
Citizen of Switzerland and Germany.
Education and Employment
October 2011 – present: Employed at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Since May 2012 for the DFGfunded project HO 1880/5-1 within the Priority Program SPP1388 ’Darstellungstheorie’.
Title of project: Cluster categories and torsion theory.
May 2015: Dr.rer.nat. (PhD), Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Thesis: From finite to infinite: cluster algebras as colimits, and mutating torsion pairs in discrete cluster
categories.
Supervisor: Thorsten Holm.
October 2011: Master of Science ETH in Mathematics with distinction, ETH Zürich.
Thesis: Cluster algebras of infinite rank.
Supervisor: Karin Baur.
Local supervisor at University of Oxford: Jan Grabowski.
October 2010 – July 2011: Visiting Student at University of Oxford.
November 2010: Bachelor of Science ETH in Mathematics with distinction, ETH Zürich.
Thesis: The cluster category.
Supervisor: Karin Baur.
September 2006: Matura, Kantonsschule Im Lee Winterthur, Switzerland.
Research interests
Cluster algebras and cluster categories, Representation theory of algebras, Triangulated categories
Publications and Preprints
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as colimits.
Mathematische Zeitschrift, to appear. Published online.
doi:10.1007/s00209-015-1524-6
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Mutation of torsion pairs in cluster categories of Dynkin type D.
Applied Categorical Structures, to appear. Published online.
doi:10.1007/s10485-014-9387-2
Cluster algebras of infinite rank.
(With Jan Grabowski. With an appendix by Michael Groechenig.)
Journal of the London Mathematical Society, 89 (2014), no. 2, 337–363.
doi:10.1112/jlms/jdt064
Teaching Experience
October 2014 – January 2015: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Linear algebra I for mathematics majors.
April 2014 – July 2014: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Linear Algebra B for information technology majors.
October 2013 – February 2014: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Algebra I for mathematics majors.
October 2013: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Preparatory class in mathematics for first year students in biochemistry.
October 2012: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Preparatory class in mathematics for first year students in industrial engineering.
April 2012 –Juli 2012: Tutor for a seminar in linear algebra for undergraduates at Leibniz Universität
Hannover.
October 2011 – February 2012: Teaching assistant at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Course: Algebra I for mathematics majors.
September 2009 – December 2009: Student assistant at ETH Zürich.
Course: Analysis I for mathematics and physics majors.
February 2008 – May 2008: Student assistant at ETH Zürich.
Course: Numerical methods for electrical engineering and information technology majors.
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
November 2015 – March 2017: Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
June 2015: P.R.I.M.E. – Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience – fellowship for
eighteen months offered by the German academic Exchange Service (DAAD), declined in favour of an
SNSF-grant.
November 2010: Polya Prize (ETH) for the highest grades in mathematics or theoretical physics for my
Bachelor’s degree.
September 2006: Award from the Johann-Jacob-Rieter Stiftung for outstanding Matura project.
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Research talks
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as colimits,
Universität Bielefeld, BIREP Seminar, 22.05.2015.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as colimits,
Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,
USA, 04.05.2015.
Colimits in the category of rooted cluster algebras,
Algebra and Topology Seminar, Australian National University, Canberra, 03.03.2015.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as colimits,
Oberseminar Algebra und Geometrie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 16.04.2014.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as colimits,
AlgNth Seminar,Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 03.04.2014 .
Cluster algebras of infinite rank as direct limits,
Algebra Seminar, University of Glasgow, 05.02.2014.
Infinite cluster algebras as direct limits,
Oberseminar zur Algebra und Algebraischen Kombinatorik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 27.01.2014.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank arising from infinite discrete cluster categories,
Oberseminar Darstellungstheorie, Universität Bonn, 08.11.2013.
Mutation of torsion pairs in cluster categories of Dynkin type D,
Kent Algebra Days, University of Kent, 30.08.2013.
Cluster categories of Dynkin type D: torsion pairs and mutation,
Oberseminar zur Algebra und Algebraischen Kombinatorik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 01.07.2013.
Mutation of torsion pairs in triangulated categories,
AlgNth Seminar, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 13.02.2013.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank,
BIREP Seminar, Universität Bielefeld, 26.10.2012.
Cluster algebras and Grassmannians,
Graduate Colloquium, ETH Zürich, 24.05.2012.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank,
Workshop Cluster Algebras and Combinatorics, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 09.03.2012.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank,
Oberseminar zur Algebra und Algebraischen Kombinatorik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 02.06.2011.
Cluster algebras of infinite rank,
Representation Theory Seminar, University of Oxford, 11.04.2011.
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Conferences, Workshops and Research Stays
Groups, Representations, and Cohomology (A conference in honour of Dave Benson’s 60th birthday),
Isle of Skye, 19.-26.06.2015.
Maurice Auslander Distinguished Lectures and International Conference,
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, 29.04.-04.05.2015.
Cl.ARG,
Reading group for graduate students and postdocs on cluster algebra and related topics, Universität
Bielefeld, 24.-25.03.2015.
DFG-Schwerpunkttagung SPP 1388 "Darstellungstheorie",
Bad Honnef, 9.03.-13.03.2015.
Maurice Auslander Memorial Workshop,
Universität Bielefeld, 13.11.-15.11.2014.
Heidelberg Laureate Forum,
Heidelberg, 21.09.-26.09.2014.
Cl.ARG,
Reading group for graduate students and postdocs on cluster algebra and related topics, Universität
Bielefeld, 01.08. and 05.08.2014 and Leibniz Universität Hannover, 15.09. and 19.09.2014.
Workshop on non-crossing partitions in representation theory,
Universität Bielefeld, 12.06.-14.06.2014.
Research stay with Karin Baur,
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 31.03.-04.04.2014.
DFG-Schwerpunkttagung SPP 1388 "Darstellungstheorie",
Soltau, 24.03.-27.03.2014.
Conference on cluster algebras and combinatorics,
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 06.02.-08.02.2014.
Kent algebra days,
University of Kent, Canterbury, 28.08.-30.08.2013.
DFG-Schwerpunkttagung SPP 1388 "Darstellungstheorie",
Bad Boll, 25.03.-28.03.2013.
Workshop on triangulations and mutations,
Newcastle University, 18.03.-22.03.2013.
Research stay with Karin Baur,
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 11.02.-15.02.2013.
Workshop on categorical methods in representation theory,
University of Bristol, 24.09.-28.09.2012.
Joint introductory workshop: cluster algebras and commutative algebra,
MSRI, Berkeley, California, 27.08.-07.09.2012.
Connections for women: joint workshop on commutative algebra and cluster algebras,
MSRI, Berkeley, California, 22.08.-24.08.2012.
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Workshop and international conference on representations of algebras (ICRA 2012),
Universität Bielefeld, 08.08.-17.08.2012.
Workshop of the NWDR (Nord-West-Deutscher-Darstellungs-Ring),
Universität Bielefeld, 06.07.2012.
Spring school on tropical geometry and cluster algebras,
Jussieu Campus, Paris,16.04.-27.04.2012.
Conference on cluster categories and cluster tilting,
NTNU Trondheim, 28.03.-30.03.2012.
DFG-Schwerpunkttagung SPP 1388 "Darstellungstheorie",
Thurnau, 19.03.-22.03.2012.
Workshop on cluster algebras and combinatorics,
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, 08.03.-10.03.2012.
Sage and cluster algebra workshop,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, 08.02.-10.02.2012.
Research stay with Jan Grabowski,
Lancaster University, 01.11.2011-04.11.2011.
Administration and professional service
Substitute representative for graduate students in the council of the graduate academy,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, academic year 2014/2015.
Representative for graduate students in the council of the graduate academy,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, academic year 2013/2014.
Member of the local electoral committee for the faculty of mathematics and physics,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2012-2015.
Conference organization
Cluster algebra reading group (Cl.ARG), part II
Reading group for graduate students and postdocs, coorganized with Florian Gellert at Universität
Bielefeld, 24.-25.03.2015.
DFG-funded by the Priority Program SPP1388 ’Darstellungstheorie’.
Cluster algebra reading group (Cl.ARG), part I
Reading group for graduate students and postdocs, coorganized with Florian Gellert at Universität
Bielefeld, 01.08., 05.08., 15.09. and 19.09.2014,
DFG-funded by the Priority Program SPP1388 ’Darstellungstheorie’.
Outreach
Invited speaker for “InfoCafe at PZH Garbsen ”,
An event aimed at female high school students interested in pursuing studies in a STEM-subject.
Organized by the gender equality office of Leibniz Universität Hannover.
PZH Garbsen, 08.12.2014.
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Invited speaker for “Wie geht’s weiter, Master?”,
An orientation for students of the mathematics and physics faculty at Leibniz Universität Hannover
to help with the decision between starting a PhD versus starting a career in the corporate sector after
graduation. Organized by the career service of Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Leibniz Universität Hannover, 24.06.2014.
Participation at the sixth science slam Hannover,
Chez Heinz, Hannover, 08.05.2014.
Participation at the fifth science slam Hannover,
Chez Heinz, Hannover, 05.12.2013.
Winner of the Women MINT slam,
A science slam organized by the initiative "Komm-mach-MINT – der Nationale Pakt für Frauen in
MINT-Berufen", an organization to promote women in STEM-subjects.
IdeenExpo Hannover, 24.08.2013.
Last updated: September 23, 2015