Peter Hintz: inaugural lecture
On 5 April, Professor Peter Hintz gave his inaugural lecture entitled: "Mathematics of black holes". He has been professor at the Department since July 2021.
Excerpt from the laudatory speech
by Robert Weismantel, Head of Department
Dear President, colleagues, students and family
Five days ago, we welcomed two of our new colleagues from the stochastic finance group. Today is analysts' day and we are very proud to welcome two fantastic young analysts, Peter Hintz and Joaquim Serra. I would now like to introduce our first speaker, Peter Hintz.
Peter received his Bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Göttingen and then left Germany to complete his PhD at Stanford University in 2015. He was a post doc at the University of Berkeley and at the Clay Mathematics Institute before becoming an assistant professor at MIT in 2019. He joined ETH in July 2021.
Peter's research focuses on partial differential equations arising in general relativity. Much of his work is concerned with stability problems for solutions of the Einstein field equations and with the global asymptotic control of solutions to related linear and non-linear wave equations. Methods and ideas from microlocal analysis and spectral theory feature prominently into his research. Motivated by recent experimental discoveries Peter hopes to eventually understand collisions of black holes rigorously. Despite the fact that Peter is very young he has already accumulated quite a number of distinctions: among them is a fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, a Clay research fellowship and a Sloan research fellowship. He is an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held later this year.
Peter, the stage is yours!