Betti Hartmann (University Lecturer)

CURRICULUM VITAE

I was born on the 11th of June, 1974 in Lohne, a small city in the North-West of Germany. At secondary school I became interested in Natural Science and Mathematics and decided to study physics at the University of Oldenburg. I started in October 1993 and passed my pre-diploma ("Vordiplom") in August 1995 and my diploma (MSc) in March 1999. The title of my diploma thesis was "Gravitating monopoles" ("Gravitierende Monopole"). In April 1999, I obtained a post as research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the University of Oldenburg in the Field Theory Group . During the following two and a half years, I was mainly doing research for my PhD thesis "Monopoles and Dyons in Flat and Curved Space" . I obtained my PHD in September 2001 and had a Post-Doc in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Durham, UK from October 2001 to August 2003. From 1st of September 2003 to 31st August 2006 I have been employed as Temporary Lecturer at Jacobs University Bremen ("International University Bremen" at that time). From 1st September 2006 to 31st August 2007 I have been a ANR Post-Doc at the Universite de Tours, France. In May 2006 I did my Habilitation in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oldenburg. I am back at Jacobs University since 1st September 2007 where I am now employed as a University Lecturer.

RESEARCH

Research Interests (general)

Classical Field Theory, Topological and non-topological solitons, Black holes, Non-linear soliton dynamics with applications to biophysics, Quasi-exactly solvable systems

Current Research Activities

Holographic description of superfluids/superconductors, test particle motion in space-times with cosmic strings, superconducting strings, superstrings in curved space-time, (Supersymmetric) boson stars and Q-balls in four and more dimensions

Prizes

Sparkassenpreis 2010 for innovative cooperation projects of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen.

Third Party Funding/Grants

DFG Graduate School
Models of gravity (2012-2016)

DFG Grant "Test Particles in Cosmic string space-times" (2010-2013)

DFG Grant for initiation and enhancement of
a bilateral cooperation with Mexican universities (2011-2012)

10-month HWK Fellowship for Prof. Enolskii (together with University of Bremen and University of Oldenburg)

DAAD Travel Grant to participate in COSMO Porto 2011

DAAD Travel Grant to participate in Spanish Relativity Meeting 2009

DFG Travel Grant to participate in Spanish Relativity Meeting 2008

Publications

You can find my list of publications on SPIRES here

Members of my group

PhD STUDENTS

Juergen Riedel (since April 2011)
Isabell Schaffer (since March 2012)
Sardor Tojiev (from June 2012)

MASTER STUDENTS

Florent Michel - Exchange student from Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris - February to July 2012

BACHELOR STUDENTS

Catalin Toma (expected to graduate June 2012)

FORMER MEMBERS

Dr. Parinya Sirimachan (PhD student, 2009-2012)
Lena Zuchowski (Bachelor Student, 2005)
Sue-Ann Marquis (Bachelor Student, 2005)
Kiril Hristov (Bachelor Student, 2006) - now at Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Andreas Paehler (Bachelor Student, 2008) - now at London School of Economics
Farhad Arbabzadah (Bachelor Student, 2009) - now at FU Berlin, Germany
Andreea Georgescu (Bachelor Student, 2010) - now at UCLA, United States
Aashish Sharma (Bachelor Student, 2010)
Alexandru Babeanu (Bachelor Student, 2011) - now at Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Popular science articles

A popular science article about my research in Pulse of the World

TEACHING - Spring 2012

Engineering and Science Mathematics (ESM) 4B, Mondays 11:15-12:30 and Wednesdays 14:15-15:30

Experimental and Theoretical Physics A2 (Particles & Fields), Mondays, 14:15-15:30 and Tuesdays, 9:45-11:00