MiS Profile
Peter Smillie
Research Interests
I am a differential geometer working on topics surrounding harmonic maps and Teichmuller theory. I like moduli spaces of geometric structures, and particularly like geometric structures on moduli spaces.
Research Group Leader
Peter Smillie
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Positions and grants
- W2-Juniorprofessor, Max Planck Institut für Mathematik, Leipzig, starting April 2024
- W1-Juniorprofessor “Geometry plus”, Universität Heidelberg, 2022 - 2024
- Research project “Organic Materials by Geometrical Design,” Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, 2022-
- Bateman Research Instructor, Caltech, 2019 - 2022
- Visitor, IHES. Fa. 2018.
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2011 - 2014
Education
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Harvard University. June 2018.
Advisor: Shing-Tung Yau - B.S. Mathematics, Stanford University, 2011.
Publications
Activities
- Differential geometry I, Heidelberg, Sum. 2023
- Seminar: Minimal surfaces, Heidelberg, Win. 2022
- 109c: Differential topology, Caltech, Spr 2022
- Complex geometry, Caltech, Win. 2022
- Harmonic maps and integrable systems, Caltech, Spr 2021
- 109b: Differential geometry of surfaces, Caltech, Win. 2020 and Win. 2021
- 109a: Introduction to topology, Caltech, Fa. 2020
- Harmonic maps, Caltech, Fa. 2019
- Minimal Surfaces, Caltech, Spr. 2019
- 157a: Riemannian Geometry, Caltech, Win. 2019, Win. 2020, and Fa. 2021
- 21a: Multivariable Calculus, Harvard, Fa. 2014, Fa. 2015, Spr. 2016, Fa. 2017
- Course Assistant, Differential Geometry, National Taiwan University, Fa. 2013 - Spr. 2014
- Course Assistant, 213br: Advanced Complex Analysis, Harvard, Spr. 2013
- Dominique Ostermayer, Ph.D. at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), joint supervision with Ganna Gryn’ova, 2023-.
- Marcel Eichberg, master’s thesis at Heidelberg, 2023-2024. Topic: Kudla-Millson theory and fullerene graphs.
- Alexander Baucke, Heidelberg experimental geometry lab (HEGL) independent project 2023. Topic: Penrose tilings of closed surfaces.
- Julia Piazolo, bachelor’s thesis at Heidelberg, 2023. Topic: Index of minimal surfaces.
- Miles Cua, SURF summer undergraduate research at Caltech, 2021. Topic: Harmonic maps and the null support function.
- Minimal surfaces in symmetric spaces, Granada, 2023
- Northern Germany differential geometry day, Kiel, 2023
- Luxembourg Differential geometry seminar, 2023
- Maryland Geometry/topology seminar, 2023
- Heidelberg HITS colloquium, 2023
- Heidelberg Jour Fixe, 2023
- Bonn Differential geometry seminar, 2022
- Jussieu Geometry seminar, 2022
- IISC Geometry/topology seminar, 2022
- Heidelberg CP7 seminar, 2022
- Geometric Structures (re)United, UIC, 2022
- UConn PDE and differential geometry seminar, 2021
- UC Riverside Geometry and topology seminar, 2021
- USC Geometry, topology, and categorification seminar, 2020
- Purdue Topology seminar, 2020
- Dynamical aspects of pseudo-Riemannian geometry, Braga 2020
- Princeton DG/GA seminar, 2020
- USC Geometry, topology, and categorification seminar, 2019
- Differentialgeometrie im Grossen, Oberwolfach, 2019
- Higher Teichmuller Theory, Pavia, 2019
- Glasgow Geometry and topology seminar, 2018
- Warwick Geometry and topology seminar, 2018
- Séminaire géométrie, analyse et dynamique, Nice, 2018
- Jussieu Geometry seminar, 2018
- Orsay Geometrie topology and dynamics seminar, 2018
- BIRS-CMO workshop on Higgs Bundles, Oaxaca, 2018
- UChicago Geometric analysis seminar, 2018
- UUtah, Max Dehn seminar, 2018
- Luxembourg Differential geometry seminar, 2018
- AMS sectional meeting, Riverside, 2017
- Harvard Differential geometry seminar, 2017
- Brown Geometry/topology seminar 2017
- Luxembourg Differential geometry seminar 2017
- Pavia Geometry seminar, 2017