The research group Random Matrices and Random Geometry (RMRG) at the Department of Mathematics at KTH works on problems in probability, analysis and mathematical physics, in particular statistical mechanics, and often problems at the boundary between these areas. This includes random matrices and limit theorems, random tilings and dimer models, random conformal geometry, scaling limits of critical lattice models, analytic and probabilistic aspects of conformal field theory, random growth, Kardar-Parisi-Zhang-universality, determinantal processes, Coulomb gases, and related problems in analysis.

News and upcoming events

• Kurt Johansson will give a PhD course on Random Matrix Theory, Fall 2026.

• 4:th Helsinki-Stockholm PMP days, Stockholm, November 2026.

• KTH is a node (PI Viklund) of the new Simons Collaboration on Probabilistic Paths to QFT.

• Liouville CFT reading group

• Program “Quantum fields, probability and geometry” at Institut Mittag-Leffler, Feb-May 2027

Recent events

• Characteristic polynomials, Institut Mittag-Leffler workshop, June 13-17, 2026.

• Second mini workshop on Yang-Mills, Uppsala Center for Geometry and Physics, March 9-13, 2026.

• Stochastic Sauna @ Turku, Dec 18-19, 2025. 

• Third Helsinki-Stockholm Probability and Math physics days 2025 @ Aalto, Nov 13-14.

• Call for postdocs in the RMRG group, apply here. Deadline 8/12, 2025.

• Mini course on Random Schrödinger operators. Feb 19, 24, 26.

• KAW visiting professors: Jonathan Breuer (Spring 2025), Steffen Rohde (Spring 2025)

• Mini workshop: mathematics and physics of gauge theories. This will include a mini course Intro to Probabilistic Yang-Mills (J. Aru, F. Viklund). Centre for Geometry and Physics, Uppsala, Jan 6-10 2025.

• Program “Random matrices and scaling limits” at Institut Mittag-Leffler, Sept-Dec 2024 

• Helsinki-Stockholm Analysis and Probability Day 2024, November 28-29, 2024

• Assistant professor position in Mathematical Analysis. Deadline Sept 4, 2025.

Seminar

We run the regular Probability and Mathematical Physics Seminar, (see also the KTH calendar). 

Open positions

Members

Permanent faculty

Maurice Duits, Kurt Johansson, Gaultier Lambert, Kevin Schnelli, Fredrik Viklund, Aron Wennman.

Faculty with closely related interests

Jonatan Lenells, Edwin Langmann (KTH Physics).

Post-docs and researchers

Ahmad Barhoumi, Tomas Berggren, Cillian Doherty, Charlie Dworaczek Guera, Nathan Hayford, Janne Junnila, Olof Rubin, Lukas Schoug, Jiaming Xu

Graduate students

Nedialko Bradinoff, Teodor Bucht, Ellen Krusell, Wenkui Liu

Former researchers and post-docs

Erik Duse, Elnur Emrah, Benjamin Fahs, Malin Forsström, Diane Holcomb, Bao Nguyen, Yting Li, Felix Parraud, Yuchen Pei, Mustazee Rahman, Roger van Peski, Yuanyuan Xu, Mingchang Liu, Levi Haunschmid-Sibitz.

Former graduate students

Tomas Berggren, Klara Courteaut, Vladislav Guskov, Scott Mason, Philippe Moreillon, Lukas Schoug.

Supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW), European Research Council (ERC), Swedish Research Council (VR), Göran Gustafsson Foundation