The German Research Foundation (DFG) has admitted 18 researchers to its Heisenberg funding programme. They include the mathematician Dr. Jonathan Bowden, who will come to 榴莲视频 (LUH) from the University of Regensburg as of 1 September 2025. The Heisenberg Programme is open to researchers who fulfil the conditions for appointment to a tenured professorship. It enables them to continue their own high-calibre projects at the location of their choice and to continue to advance their academic reputation over a period of up to five years in preparation for a leadership position in research.
The focus of Dr. Bowden鈥檚 Heisenberg project 鈥淒ynamics and Topology of Contact Manifolds鈥� is the investigation of the forms and movements of special mathematical structures 鈥� so-called contact manifolds. Together with his team, Bowden aims to use ideas from various areas of mathematics to answer fundamental questions: How can these structures be understood and classified? What characteristics do they exhibit? How do particular movements behave in response, and how can this behaviour be quantified? Together with other mathematicians, Bowden has recently discovered new phenomena in this area which could help future research obtain more far-reaching results. 鈥淲e combine various mathematical methods to determine when such structures even exist and how they can be classified. We also use certain mathematical tools to find new ways to study a special type of motion behaviour 鈥� so-called Anosov flows,鈥� explains the future Hannover resident.
Jonathan Bowden is from Australia, where he studied at the University of Melbourne before completing his doctorate in Munich. Following subsequent stops in Augsburg, Bonn and Melbourne, he has held the position of Akademischer Oberrat (Senior Lecturer) at the University of Regensburg since 2023. 鈥淭he research focuses in differential geometry and algebraic geometry in Hannover offer an outstanding framework for my research. The initial discussions were very positive and the heads of the institutes made it clear that my Heisenberg group would be very welcome in Hannover. I will also benefit from the , especially when it comes to organising guest stays and conferences,鈥� Bowen says. 鈥淚n short: LUH is the ideal place for me!鈥�
