Aaron Hofer

I am a PhD student in mathematics (since October 2022) at the University of Hamburg and the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe supervised by Prof. Dr. Ingo Runkel.
I am a part of the QU Student council as well as one of the organisers of the Junior ZMP.

Research interests:
I am interested in the connections and interplay between mathematical physics, topology, representation theory, and (higher) category theory. My research interests include:

• topological and conformal field theories
• quantum algebra (Hopf algebras, tensor categories, module categories, ... )
• defects and categorical symmetries in quantum field theories

Teaching

• Exercise classes Mathematik I für Studierende der Physik, University of Hamburg, Winter term 2023/24
• Exercise classes Advanced algebra, University of Hamburg, Summer term 2023
• Exercise classes Hopf algebras, quantum groups and topological field theory, University of Hamburg, Winter term 2022/23

Office hours in the Winter term 2023/24:
on appointment by email