JRG Ilka Brunner - Extra Dimensions in Particle Physics and Cosmology

Prof. Dr. Ilka Brunner
Boltzmannstr. 2
D-85748 Garching

Room 119
Tel +49 89 35831 7134
Fax +49 89 3299 4002

Research area(s): A

Research interests: Ilka Brunner’s research field is string theory that offers a unified theory of all fundamental interactions (forces), thereby combining gravitation and quantum field theory.

Current research activities:
In the past years her main interests besides one-dimensional strings have focused on multi-dimensional D-branes in Calabi-Yau geometries. She is committed to several research projects, some of them touching mathematical fields such as algebraic geometry. Depending on the project she collaborates with scientists in international institutions, e.g. Dr. Constantin Bachas (ENS Paris), Dr. Daniel Roggenkamp (Rutgers University, USA), Prof. Michael Douglas and Prof. Leonardo Rastelli (Stony Brook, USA).

Group Members:

• Dr. Nils Carqueville (PostDoc, +49 89 2180-4589)
• Maximilian Schmidt-Sommerfeld (PostDoc)
• Michael Kay (PhD student, +49 89 2180-4375)
• Daniel Plencner (PhD student, +49 89 2180-4142)

More Information:

Personal website: http://homepages.physik.uni-muenchen.de/%7Eilka.brunner/

Article on the group in Cluster Newsletter 1/2011