Fabian Lander

About Me

Hello! I'm a PhD student in the Geometry, Groups and Dynamics division at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. I work under the supervision of James Farre as part of Anna Wienhard's research group.

My research focuses on affine measured foliations and dilation structures. Here's a picture I would draw on a blackboard if someone would ask me what I work on:

Before starting my PhD in 2024, I completed my bachelor's (2017-2021) and master's (2021-2023) degrees in mathematics at Heidelberg University. My master's thesis on "Vertical Foliations of Triangulable Dilation Tori" was supervised by JProf. Dr. James Farre, while my bachelor's thesis on "Polygonal Symplectic Billiards" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Albers.

During my studies, I worked as a research assistant at Heidelberg University on visualization tools for flat surfaces and developing a symplectic billiard dynamics simulator. I also gained teaching experience as a teaching assistant for Analysis 1-3 courses.

Publications and Preprints

Symplectic billiards for pairs of polygons, with Peter Albers and Jannik M. Westermann, arXiv:2402.12244 (2024). 37 pages. Submitted.