Fabian Haiden Receives Villum Grant for Quantum Geometry and Dynamical Systems Research
Associate Professor Fabian Haiden receives DKK 18.2 million for long term fundamental research.
Quantum Mathematics has received a significant boost with Associate Professor Fabian Haiden being awarded DKK 18.2 million from the Villum Foundation. The grant supports his project, “The Quantum Geometry of Dynamical Systems,” and marks an important recognition of his research.
“This grant gives me the freedom to pursue my most ambitious research goals, something that simply wouldn’t be possible without this support. It allows me to focus on questions that demand time, patience, and depth. These are not problems you solve overnight, but when breakthroughs happen, they can transform our understanding of entire areas of mathematics. That possibility is incredibly motivating,” says Haiden.
Director of Centre for Quantum Mathematics, Professor and DIAS Chair, Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, also welcomes the recognition both for Fabian Haiden and for the centre.
“This grant is a significant acknowledgment of Fabian’s work as well as the research environment established at the centre. His research is characterized by exceptional depth and originality, and the grant enables him to pursue long-term ideas,” says Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen.
Research driven by structure and connections
The Villum funded project focuses on uncovering deep connections between the geometry of surfaces, algebraic structures, and dynamical behaviour. These connections play a key role in contemporary mathematics and appear naturally in theoretical physics, including quantum field theory.
Rather than addressing a single isolated problem, the project aims to unify ideas across research areas that are often studied separately. Among other things, the work will contribute to the development of new geometric structures, to results in homological mirror symmetry, and to a clearer mathematical understanding of spectral networks.
“These are objects that keep reappearing in different contexts,” Haiden explains. “Part of the work is to understand why, and how they fit into a coherent picture.”
Time to think long term
For Fabian Haiden, the grant primarily creates time and flexibility.Time to explore ideas thoroughly, to collaborate internationally, and to build a focused research group at 海角社区.
His research is also supported by a Sapere Aude Research Leader grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, providing a solid funding base for continued research activity at the Centre.
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