A new Geometry for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity & Beyond

  • Wir sind bei der “Lange Nacht der Forschung” (LNF26)

    Bei der LNF26 sind wir im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna. Besuchen Sie uns am 24.4.2026 von 17:00 Uhr – 23:00 Uhr und machen Sie mit.

    13 group members (postdocs and PhD-students) standing in front of a black board. (c) Marta Salamo Candal

    “Wie hilft uns die Mathematik, die Geheimnisse der Raum-Zeit zu entschlüsseln?”

    Was haben Pizza und Flugrouten mit Schwarzen Löchern zu tun? Was passiert, wenn die Raumzeit von der Schwerkraft zerrissen wird, und wie sieht die Welt aus, wenn du dich mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit bewegst? Keine Ahnung? Dann schaut doch bei unserem Stand bei der langen Nacht der Forschung vorbei. Hier dreht sich alles um Geometrie, die Krümmung der Raumzeit und wie uns die Mathematik hilft das alles zu verstehen.

  • Conference “Curvature, Optimal Transport, and Gravity”

    September 21–25, 2026

    Faculty of Mathematics, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

    We are pleased to announce an upcoming conference at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, bringing together communities across Optimal Transport, Metric Geometry, Lorentzian Geometry, General Relativity, and Quantum Gravity.

    Further information—including the conference title, invited speakers, schedule, registration, and practical details are on our conference webpage.

    This conference is funded by the EF A new Geometry for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity & Beyond, financed by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (grant number 10.55776/EFP6) and based at the University of Vienna.

  • February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

    Representing women in science, two of our team members, Inés Vega González and Marta Sálamo Candal, among others, talk about their work.
    February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, established by the UN in 2015. It celebrates achievements, promotes equal access to STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and draws attention to the underrepresentation of women in research.

    In our project Chiara Rigoni and Raquel Perales have a leading role as PIs and researchers in their field.

  • Samuël Borza and Karim Mosani receive an Horizon Europe grant

    The Horizon Europe grant from the European Research Executive Agency (REA) is a
    REA.A – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions & Support to Experts, A.2 – MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships.

    We congratulate Samuël Borza and his superviser Michael Kunzinger receiving an

    HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF grant for

    “A non-smooth theory for sub-Lorentzian geometry“.

    This Postdoctoral Fellowships – European Fellowship grant will be located on the University of Vienna for the next 2 years.

    We congratulate Karim Mosani and his supervisors Roland Steinbauer and Clemens Sämann for receiving an

    HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF grant for

    “Black Holes and Singularities in Low-Regularity“.

    This Postdoctoral Fellowships – European Fellowship grant will be located on the University of Vienna for the next 2 years.

  • New Postdoc Eric Ling

    Eric Ling has joined our team as a Postdoc.

  • Ph.D. defense Carl Rossdeutscher

    Carl Rossdeutscher defended his thesis

    “Marginally outer trapped surfaces in cosmological spacetimes: Examples and singularity theorems”

    (advisors: Walter Simon, Roland Steinbauer)

    today.

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