Menelaos Zikidis
Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer,
Geometric Structures and Geometry of Moduli Spaces
Integrable Systems and Quantisation thereof
Irregular Higgs Bundles, Flat Connections and Quadratic Differentials, Non-Abelian Hodge Theory
(wild)-Geometric Langlands
Geometry arising from Homological Algebra and Derived MacGuffin, Bridgeland Stability Structures, Donaldson-Thomas Theory.
Mathematical Physics, Mirror Symmetry, String Theory ( nodding acquaintance )
Arithmetic incarnations of all of the above (hobby level:)
More in My Research Statement [PDF]
Articles In Preparation:
"Joyce Structures on Spaces of Meromorphic Quadratic Differentials."
"Abelianisation of SL_2(\C)-Wild Quasi-Parabolic Higgs Bundles and Flat Connections on Wild Curves."
During my Masters in Heidelberg, I was a student research assistant at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), co-organiser of the Heidelberg Experimental Geometry Lab , and elected student representative of the Young Researchers Convent within the Structures Cluster.
Upcoming Talks, Conferences and Travel:
Speaking at the Geometry Seminar at ICMAT 30.04.25: "Joyce Structures on Moduli of Meromorphic Quadr. Differentials"
Recent:
Mathematics on the Crossroad of Centuries - Prof. Kontsevich'es 60th Birthday - IHES 16.09-20.09.24
Moduli and Enumerative Geometry- VBAC at INI- Cambridge (Presenting) 17.06-21.06.24
Ramification in Geometric Langlands and Non-Abelian Hodge Theory - University of Heidelberg (Presenting) 09.09-13.09.24
Geometry and Physics of Mirror Symmetry -University of Sheffield 02.09-06.09.24