Robbert Dijkgraaf - Curriculum Vitae#
Birthdate: January 24, 1960.
Birthplace: Ridderkerk, The Netherlands.
Citizen: The Netherlands.
Positions:
- since 2012 Director and Leon Levy Professor of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
- since 2005 Distinguished University Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Amsterdam,The Netherlands
- 1992-2004 Professor of mathematical physics at the University of Amsterdam,The Netherlands
- 1989-1991 Research Associate, Princeton University
- 1989 PhD in physics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Education
- B.Sc. Physics (cum laude), Utrecht University, 1982
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (painting), 1982-1984
- M.Sc. Theoretical Physics (cum laude), Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, 1986
- Ph.D. Utrecht University (cum laude), 1989 (advisor Prof. dr. G. 't Hooft)
Honors, Prizes:
- 2010 Member, Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte.
- 2009 Member, Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI).
- 2008 Member, Academia Europaea.
- 2008 UCSB Distinguished Lectures in the Mathematical Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 2008 Chaire de la Vallée Poussin, Department of Mathematics, Université Catholique de Louvain.
- 2007 Eisenbud Lectures, Brandeis University.
- 2005 Siemens Lecture, Munchen.
- 2005 Coxeter Lectures, Fields Institute, Toronto.
- 2004 Member, Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen.
- 2003 NWO Spinoza Premium.
- 2003 Member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
- 2003 Johann Bernoulli Lecture, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
- 2002 Floer Memorial Lecture, Stanford University.
- 2002 Physica Prize, Dutch Physical Society (Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging).
- 2002 Witthaker Lecture, University of Edinburgh.
- 2000 Plenary lecture, International Congress of Mathematical Physics, London.
- 2000 Plenary lecture, European Congress of Mathematics, Barcelona.
- 1999 Donegall Lecturer (1688), Trinity College, Dublin
- 1998 Invited lecture, International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin.
Editorial Boards:
- Communications in Mathematical Physics, 1992-2002
- Nuclear Physics B, Supervisory Editor, 1994-
- Journal of Geometry and Physics, 1995-
- Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1997-
- International Mathematical Research Notices, 1998-
- Journal of Mathematical Physics, 2000-
- Reviews of Mathematical Physics, 2000-
- Elsevier Mathematical Library, 1994-
- Academische Boekengids, Amsterdam University Press, 2001-
Committees, Memberships:
- Director, Spring School, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1992-1996.
- Member Advisory Committee International Workshops on Algebraic Geometry and Physics, 1996-.
- Member, Executive Board, Dutch Mathematical Physics Society, 1996-1999.
- Chair, Executive Board, Dutch Mathematical Physics Society, 1999-.
- Chair, Programme Management, FOM-GBE Programme Mathematical Phyics , 1999-.
- Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, 1999-2002.
- Chair, Program Committee Mathematical Physics, International Congres of Mathematics, Bejing, 1999-2000.
- External Assessor, Chair of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, 2000.
- Programme Manager, FOM Programme String Theory and Quantum Gravity, 2001-.
- Member, Scientific Steering Committee Mathematics, Lorentz Center, Leiden University, 1999-.
- Member, Scientific Steering Committee Physics, Lorentz Center, Leiden University, 1999-.
- Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, 2001-.
- Member, Evaluation Committee Erwin Schroedinger Institut für Mathematische Physik, Vienna, 2002..
- Member, International Review Panel UK Mathematics, 2003.
- Member, International Advisory Committee, Strings 2001, Tata Institute, Mumbay.
- Member, International Advisory Committee, Strings 2002, Cambridge University.
- Member, International Advisory Committee, Strings 2003, Kyoto.
- Member, American Physical Society.
- Member, American Mathematical Society.
- Member, International Association for Mathematical Physics.
Organisation of Conferences, Workshops, Summer Schools:
- JAMI conference on Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, March 26-29, 1992.
- Trieste Spring School and Workshop '93, String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, April 19-29, 1993.
- Instructional conference on Moduli Space of Algebraic Curves, Lunteren, The Netherlands, 6-8 December 1993.
- Trieste Spring School and Workshop '94, String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, April 11-22, 1994.
- 2nd Texel Conference on The Moduli Space of Curves, Texel, The Netherlands, April 1994.
- Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Field Theory, ICTP, Trieste, March 1995.
- Trieste Spring School and Workshop '95, String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, March 27-Apr 7, 1995.
- Trieste Spring School and Workshop '96, String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, March 18-27, 1996.
- Workshop on Duality in Physics and Mathematics, Aspen Center for Physics, July 22-August 18, 1996.
- Conference Strings '97, Amsterdam, June 16-20, 1997.
- Symposium Gravity, Black Holes and Strings, Amsterdam, June 21, 1997.
- Amsterdam Summer Workshop, Gauge Theory, Gravity and Strings, July 1998.
- Amsterdam Summer Workshop, Gauge Theory, Gravity and Strings, July 1999.
- Duality Workshop, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, August 1999.
- Workshop, Non-Commutative Gauge Theory, Lorentz Center, Leiden, November 22-26, 1999.
- Amsterdam Summer Workshop, Gauge Theory, Gravity and Strings, July 2001.
- Programme on M-Theory, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, February 4-July 19, 2002.
- Clay Mathematics Institute School on Geometry and M-Theory, Cambridge University, March 25-April 19, 2002.
- Amsterdam Summer Workshop, String Theory and Quantum Gravity, July 2002.
- Workshop, Branes and Cosmology, Lorentz Center, Leiden, November 18-22, 2002.
- School on Mathematics in String and Field Theory, ICTP, Trieste, June 2-13, 2003.
- Amsterdam Summer Workshop, String Theory and Quantum Gravity, June 2003.
- Mathematics and Physics Workshop, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, July-Aug 2003.
- Workshop, Aspen Center for Physics, July-August, 2004.
