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address:	Albert Einstein Institute (Max-Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) Am Mühlenberg 1 D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
phone:	+49-331-567 7331
email:	laan (at) aei.mpg.de

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I am interested in geometric analysis and general relativity, in particular aspects of the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations.
This includes problems related to

• Black hole stability
• Extended bodies in relativity
• Inhomogeneous cosmological models

My recent papers can be found using one of the following links:

• arXiv
• HEP/Spires
• MathSciNet

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Some recent talks:

• The trapped region, ERE, Sept. 18, 2008
• Hidden symmetries and linear fields on Kerr, Workshop on General Relativity and Geometric Analysis
• Self-gravitating elastic bodies, PDEs, relativity and non-linear waves, Granada 2010