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Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics

Gravity and String Theory Group

Welcome to the homepage of the Bern Gravity and String Theory Group!

Members

Head of the Group
- Matthias Blau
Postdocs
- Jay Armas
PhD Students
- Blaise Rollier (finished October 2012)
- (No other position is currently available)
The work of this group is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation
We are members of the EU-COST Action The String Theory Universe
Close links and interactions exist with the group of Jean-Pierre Derendinger

Research

Quantum Gravity and String Theory

General Relativity

Topological Field Theory

Activities

Upcoming Conference: Recent Developments in String Theory (Ascona, July 20-25 2014)

Upcoming School: CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2014 (February 3-7 2014)

Recent Conference: The String Theory Universe (19th European Workshop on String Theory, AEC Workshop and 1st COST MP1210 Meeting) (Bern, September 2-6 2013)

Recent School: CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2013 (February 4-8 2013)

Recent Conference: 15th European Workshop on String Theory (ETHZ, September 7-11 2009)

Recent Conference: Strings, M-Theory and Quantum Gravity (Ascona, July 25-30 2010)

Conference Series: GeNeZiSS Mini-Conference Series of the Swiss String Theory Community: Next meeting: Lausanne, Friday 30 November 2012

Graduate Courses: Advanced Courses for PhD students given in the framework of the Graduate School of the Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics

Seminars and Colloquia (usually on Wednesdays and Fridays - announcements can be found here)

Public Lectures: Physik am Samstag Public lectures on various aspects of physics for high-shool students and a general audience (in German).

Public Lectures: Einstein Lectures

Openings (Update March 2012 / October 2012)

Updated information about postdoc positions in the Gravity and String Theory Group and/or in the group of Jean-Pierre Derendinger. The positions have now been filled. We have no openings for positions starting autumn 2013.

Getting in Touch with us

Postal Address:
- Institut für Theoretische Physik
- Universität Bern
- Sidlerstrasse 5
- CH-3012 Bern
Telephone: +41 (0)31 631 86 26 (Matthias Blau)
Secretary: +41 (0)31 631 86 31
Fax: +41 (0)31 631 3821
e-mail: typically "lastname at itp.unibe.ch" (see the ITP Staff page for details)