People

Nima Arkani-Hamed

UNIVERSE+ Principal Investigator
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Mattia Arundine

PhD student
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jeffrey Backus

PhD student
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Daniel Baumann

UNIVERSE+ Principal Investigator
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Viktoriia Borovik

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Roxanne Bridger

Accountant
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Ineke Brouwer

Project Manager
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Veronica Calvo Cortes

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Sérgio Carrôlo

PhD student
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Claire De Korte

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Steven Dekovics

Senior Accountant, Budget & Grants
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Sara Ditsch

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Nicholas Early

Postdoc
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Claudia Fevola

Postdoc, Mathematics
INRIA Saclay, Paris, France

Carolina Figueiredo

PhD student
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Hadleigh Frost

Postdoc
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Harry Goodhew

Postdoc
National Taiwan University, Taipeh, Taiwan

Saskia Gutzschebauch

Project Manager
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Hofie Hannesdottir

Postdoc, Physics
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Subramanya Hegde

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Johannes Henn

UNIVERSE+ Principal Investigator
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Callum Jones

Assistant Professor, Cosmology
The University of Arizona, USA

Joris Koefler

PhD student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Chia-Kai Kuo

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Gordon Lee

Postdoc
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hayden Lee

Professor
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Jörg Lehnert

Scientific Coordinator
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Daniel Longenecker

PhD student
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Diana López-Falcón

UNIVERSE+ Project Coordinator
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Felix Lotter

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Saiei Matsubara-Heo

Professor
Tohoku University, Japan

Elia Mazzucchelli

PhD student
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Jiajie Mei

Postdoc
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nathan Meurrens

PhD student
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sebastian Mizera

Postdoc, Physics
Princeton University/Institute for Advanced Study, New Jersey, USA

Mirke Olschewski

Project Manager
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Matteo Parisi

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Dmitrii Pavlov

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Eric Pichon-Pharabod

Postdoc
Oxford University

Andrzej Pokraka

Postdoc
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Prashanth Raman

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Julia Redl

Academic Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Claudia Rella

Postdoc, Physics
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France

Carlos Rodriguez

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Facundo Rost

Postdoc, Cosmology
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

Michelle Sage

School Administrative Officer
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Giulio Salvatori

Postdoc
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Anna-Laura Sattelberger

Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Sorana Scholtes

Communication & Outreach
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Rainer Sinn

Professor
Leipzig University, Germany

Audrey Smerkanich

Academic Assistant
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Bernd Sturmfels

UNIVERSE+ Principal Investigator
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Máté L. Telek

Assistant professor
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (starting Febr. 2026)

Simon Telen

Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Jaroslav Trnka

Professor
University of California, Davis, USA

Francisco Vazão

Postdoc
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Kamran Salehi Vaziri

Postdoc
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Julian Weigert

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Nicolas Weiss

PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Qinglin Yang

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Physics, Garching, Germany

Francesca Zaffalon

Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany