Mathematician Milena Wrobel appointed

Dr. Milena Wrobel has been appointed Junior Professor of Mathematics with special focus on explicit methods in number theory and algebra.

Wrobel studied mathematics at the University of Tübingen, where she also completed her doctorate in 2018. She then took up postdoctoral research posts at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and the Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. Before moving to the University of Oldenburg, Wrobel was a fellow of the Margarete von Wrangell Habilitation programme in Baden-Württemberg for half a year.

Wrobel’s research focus is algebraic geometry, i.e. the investigation of geometric objects such as contorted surfaces in space using systems of equations. One way to simplify the description of a complex geometric object is to make use of its symmetries. Wrobel uses this approach to deduce combinatorial methods for describing such objects. Her research is based on Mori theory, which is i.a. used in the context of the ”minimal model programme”.