Dr. Juan A. Valiente Kroon

Curriculum Vitae (abridged)

 
Previous positions 10/2007 – 9/2011. Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London. 10/2005 – 9/2010. EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London. 2/2005 – 9/2005. Guest scientist at the Gravity group, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Austria. 2/2003 – 1/2005. Lise Meitner postdoctoral fellow, Gravity group, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Austria. 9/2000 – 12/2002. Postdoctoral researcher, Geometrical Analysis and Mathematical Relativity division of the Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Germany.
Current position Since 9/2011. Reader in Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Education 9/1996 – 7/2000. PhD in Applied Mathematics, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK. Title of the thesis: On conserved quantities, symmetries and radiative properties of peeling and non-peeling (polyhomogeneous) asymptotically flat spacetimes. Supervisor: Prof. M A H MacCallum. 11/1990 – 2/1996. BSc in Physics (Honours), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Grade 100/100. Title of the thesis: Thermodynamics of perfect fluid spherical configurations in General Relativity. Supervisor: Dr. R A Sussman. 6/1995 – 8/1996. Full courses BSc. Mathematics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. Grade 95/100.
Honours and awards 2010. Research Highlight of the year 2009-2010, Journal of Classical and Quantum Gravity to the article On de-Sitter and Minkowski-like spacetimes as selected by the editorial board of the journal. 2008. Research Highlight of the year 2007-2008, Journal of Classical and Quantum Gravity to the article From Geometry to Numerics: interdisciplinary aspects in mathematical and numerical relativity as selected by the editorial board of the journal. 2005. Research Highlight of the year 2004-2005, Journal of Classical and Quantum Gravity, to the article Time asymmetric spacetimes near null and spatial infinity. II. Expansions of developments of initial data sets with non-smooth conformal metrics as selected by the editorial board of the journal 1996. Gabino Barreda Medal, awarded to the best student in the BSc in Physics in the year 1996, National University of Mexico.
Grants See here for details on present and past grants. Funding.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0
Invited talks 9/9/2016. On the construction of anti-de Sitter-like spacetimes. Plenary talk at the 2016 Workshop on Numerical and Mathematical Relativity. Oppurg, Germany. 17/4/2013. Conformal methods and the global analysis of spacetimes. Plenary talk at the GR13 Conference, Villa General Belgrano, Argentina. 7/9/2012. Conformal methods and the global analysis of spacetimes. Plenary talk at the Spanish Relativity Meeting, Guimarães, Portugal. 9/9/2010. Null infinity and numerical relativity. Plenary talk at the Spanish Relativity Meeting, Granada, Spain. 9/7/2010. Characterisations of initial data sets for the Schwarzschild and Kerr spacetimes. Parallel session on “Exact Solutions” of the GR 19 Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. 8/4/2010. A geometric invariant measuring the deviation from Kerr data. Conference “PDEs, relativity & nonlinear waves”. Granada, Spain. 8/10/2009. Penrose’s proposal and spatial infinity. Conference “Space, time and beyond”on the ocassion of Prof. Helmut Friedrich’s 65th birthday. Albert Einstein Institute-Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Golm, Germany. 4/4/2009. A characterisation of initial data sets for the Kerr spacetime. Specialised one hour lecture at the LMS Invited Lecture Series “Black holes in a vacuum: examples and uniqueness properties”. Centre for Analysis and Nonlinear PDEs, Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK. 20/8/2008. Characterisations of initial data sets for the Einstein field equations, reviewed. Conference “Developments in Mathematical Relativity” on the occasion of a.o. Univ. Prof. Robert Beig’s 60th birthday. Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria. 19/7/2008. A conjecture on the behaviour of the development of time symmetric, conformally flat initial data at spatial infinity. Conference “Hyperbolic Equations in General Relativity”, Institute of Mathematics of the University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. 25/6/2003. Polyhomogeneous asymptotics, invited conference talk given together with Prof. MAH MacCallum at the EuroConference “Hyperbolic Models in Astrophysics and Cosmology” at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK. Advanced minicourses 6/2013. Anti-de Sitter spacetimes. Invited minicourse of 6 hours at the Institute of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 4/2011. Conformal Methods and the Conformal Field Equations. Invited minicourse for researchers of 15 hours delivered at the Centre of Mathematics of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Organisation of symposia 27 – 29/3/2012. Organiser of a parallel session on mathematical Relativity. British Applied Mathematics Symposium. University College London. 12/9/2011. Co-organiser of the one day meeting Do we understand gravity? Gravitational Physics group, Institute of Physics, London. Charing of parallel sessions at international conferences 10-15/7/206. Chairperson of the parallel session on Complex and Conformal methods at the 21st International Coneference on General Relativity and Gravitation. Columbia University, New York, USA.
Scientifics visits 2016. Faculty of Physics, University of Jena, Germany; Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria. 2015. Department of Mathematics, University of Brest, France 2014. Gravitational Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria; Wigner Institute, Budapest, Hungary 2013. Institute of Mathematics and System Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China; Gravitational Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria 2012. Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria; Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany; Gravitational Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria; Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany 2011. Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria; Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary; Theoretical Physics group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Bilbao, Spain; Department of Mathematics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal 2010. Centre for Analysis and Nonlinear PDEs, Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK; Gravitational Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria 2009. Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, University of Linz, Austria; Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany; Centre for Analysis and Nonlinear PDEs, Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK 2008. Mittag Leffler Institute, Stockholm-Djursholm, Sweden; Niels Bohr International Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark; Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge 2005. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. As part of the programme on Global Problems in Mathematical Relativity; Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany 2004. Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany. 2003. Institute of Nuclear Sciences, UNAM, Mexico; Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany. 2002. University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Bilbao, Spain. 2000. Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Golm, Germany.