ICTP Researcher Appointed to Hirzebruch Chair

ICTP mathematician Lothar Goettsche has been appointed to the prestigious Hirzebruch Research Chair at the Max-Planck-Institut for Mathematics in Bonn. This 1-year research position, from September 2011 to August 2012, is for senior researchers and is funded by the Max Planck Society.

While at the Max-Planck, Goettsche hopes to work on enumerative algebraic geometry, in particular on Donaldson invariants, versions of the Nekrasov partition function, Gromov-Witten and Donaldson Thomas invariants and their relation to modular forms. Apart from conducting research, he will be collaborating with other researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD students, as well as organizing lectures and seminars.

Goettsche shares this position with his wife and collaborator Barbara Fantechi, who is affiliated with the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste.