ERC Project: Moonshine and String Theory

The purpose of the proposed research is to forward the understanding of the umbral moonshine, discovered together with Prof. John Duncan and Prof. Jeff Harvey, in the context of string theory. The ERC research group is located in the university of Amsterdam and consists of various PhD students and postdocs (see "Research Group"). The research is supported by ERC Starting grant ERC-2014-STG nr 640158.