Dr. Jean-Luc Lehners

Leader of the ERC Research Group in "Theoretical Cosmology"

Address:

Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik
(Albert-Einstein-Institut)

Am Mühlenberg 1
D-14476 Potsdam

GERMANY

Phone: +49 331 567-7316

E-mail: jlehners@aei.mpg.de

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Nationality:

Luxembourg

Current Position

2010-now

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
(Albert Einstein Institute)
Leader of the ERC Research Group in "Theoretical Cosmology"

Positions Held

2010	Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Postdoctoral Fellow
2007-2010	Princeton University - Princeton Center for Theoretical Science Postdoctoral Fellow
2005-2007	University of Cambridge – DAMTP Research Associate

Education

2001-2005	Imperial College London - PhD Physics Advisor: Professor K.S. Stelle Thesis entitled “Braneworlds from Supergravity”
2000-2001	University of Cambridge - Part III Mathematics Grade: Distinction
1997-2000	Imperial College London - BSc Physics with Theoretical Physics Grade: First Class Honours
1990-1997	Lycée Michel Rodange, Luxembourg Grade: Très bien

Languages

Fluent in English, French, German, Luxembourgish

Third-Party Funds

2018-2023	ERC Consolidator Grant Project title: Quantum Effects in Early Universe Cosmology (CoG 772295) Value: 1.24 million € Project dates: 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2023
2010-2015	ERC Starting Grant Project title: String Cosmology and Observational Signatures (StG 256994) Value: 1.14 million € Project dates: 01.12.2010 – 30.11.2015

Awards and Scholarships

2017-2019	Grant of the Max Planck Society Awarded for an extension of the Theoretical Cosmology group Value: 565,000 €
2015-2017	Grant of the Max Planck Society Awarded for an extension of the Theoretical Cosmology group Value: 460,000 €
2010	Prix Lions Prize awarded yearly by the Lions Club Luxembourg for cultural or scientific merits
2009	Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition – Honorable Mention Essay The Return of the Phoenix Universe, with P. Steinhardt and N. Turok
2002-2005	Bourse Formation Recherche Awarded by the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research
2002	Valerie Myerscough Prize, University of London
2001-2004 2001 2000-2001	PPARC Scholarship King's College Scholarship, King's College Cambridge Chevening Scholarship, British Council
2000	Governor’s BSc Prize in Physics, best final year Physics student, Imperial College
1999	Staff Prize, best second year Physics student, Imperial College
1999	Stanley Raimes Memorial Prize Awarded for outstanding performance in Mathematics at Imperial College
1998	Matthews Memorial Prize, best first year Physics student, Imperial College

Supervision of Graduate Students

2019-	Caroline Jonas
2017-2021	Alice Di Tucci
2015-2019	Sebastian Bramberger
2013-2019	Enno Mallwitz
2013-2015	Anna Ijjas
2012-2016	Angelika Fertig

Supervision of Postdocs

2021-2022	Sergio Hörtner
2020-2021	Marc Schneider
2019-2021	Jérôme Quintin
2019	Ana Alonso Serrano
2018-2020	Sayantan Choudhury
2015-2019	Shane Farnsworth
2012-2015	Rhiannon Gwyn
2012-2014	Lorenzo Battarra
2011-2014	Michael Koehn

Teaching

2019	Quantum cosmology lectures, IMPRS programme, Mallorca, Spain
2016	Cosmology lecture course, Humboldt Universität, Berlin
2014	Lecturer, Autumn Blockkurs 2014, Graduiertenkolleg "Masse, Spektrum, Symmetrie", Humboldt Universität, Berlin
2014	Lecturer at the Advanced String School 2014, organized by the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India
2014	Lecturer at the University of Sussex School "From Classical to Quantum GR", Brighton, UK
2012	Lectures on "Cosmology" at the Jürgen Ehlers Spring School for 3rd year undergraduates, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany
2011	IMPRS Lectures on "Early Universe Cosmology" for graduate students, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany
2009	Lecturer at the "Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings" at Perimeter Institute, Canada
2004-2005	Example classes for the Unification course at Imperial College London
2002-2004	Example classes for the General Relativity course at Imperial College London

Organization of Scientific Meetings

2023	Probing the Quantum Origin of Spacetime, Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting, Northampton, January 23^rd- 24^th
2017	Connections between Cosmology, Strong Gravity and Quantum Theory, Ringberg castle, February 15^th- 18^th
2016	Emergent Space-time in Quantum Gravity and Fundamental Cosmology, Albert Einstein Institute (AEI), September 26^th – 29^th
2014	DESY Theory Workshop, September 23^rd – 26^th
2014	Quantum Gravity and Fundamental Cosmology II, AEI, March 3^rd- 6^th
2013	Quantum Gravity and Fundamental Cosmology, AEI, March 5^th- 8^th
2011	Challenges for Inflationary Cosmology, Perimeter Institute, July 11^th- 15^th
2008-2009	Big Bang and Beyond (year-long program), Princeton Center for Theoretical Science

Institutional Responsibilities

2022-	AEI Colloquium organizer
2019-2022	Ombudsperson for the Albert Einstein Institute
2015-2019	AEI Colloquium organizer
2005-2007	Organizer of the weekly Cambridge Cosmology Lunches

Commissions of Trust

2019	Swiss National Science Foundation, member of the panel for COST projects
2016	Member of the Jury at the Falling Walls Lab, Berlin, November 8^th
2012-2014	Member of the works council, Albert Einstein Institute
2011-	Member of the Advisory Board, Max Planck Partner Group on Cosmology and Gravity, Trivandrum, India

Book

2018	Die Erde ist mein Raumschiff Publisher: da Vinci, Luxembourg ISBN: 978-99959-1-130-0 Popular science book for children, distributed by the Luxembourgish Ministry of Education to all school children in 6^th grade (cycle 4.2) in Luxembourg

Invited Talks (selected)

2022	Heidelberg University, December 13^th
2022	LAPTh Annecy, France (online talk), October 19^th
2022	Razmadze Mathematical Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 15^th
2022	Plenary talk, When hbar meets G, IAP, Paris, June 28^th
2022	McGill University, Canada (online talk), May 2^nd
2022	MPI for the History of Science, Berlin, March 31^st
2022	IITGN and IACS, Kolkata, India (online talk), February 10^th
2022	Bad Honnef Winterseminar, Germany, January 28^th
2021	Recent progress of quantum cosmology, Yukawa Institute, Japan (online talk), November 10^th
2021	Université de Lyon, France (online talk), June 1^st
2021	APC Paris, France (online talk), May 28^th
2021	University of Montreal, Canada (online talk), March 22^nd
2021	GQFI seminar, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany (online talk), February 17^th
2020	Van Swinderen Institute Groningen (online talk), November 12^th
2020	Colloquium Universidad di Santiago, Chile (online talk), November 5^th
2020	Colloquium University of Sheffield, UK (online talk), November 4^th
2020	Utrecht University, The Netherlands (online talk), May 8^th
2020	University of Vienna, Austria (online talk), April 23^rd
2020	Quantum Aspects of Spacetime and Matter (online talk), January 30^th
2019	CP-3 Origins, University of Southern Denmark, September 23^rd
2019	LPTHE, Université Sorbonne - Jussieu, Paris, September 17^th
2019	Autonomous University of Barcelona, April 25^th
2019	EPFL Lausanne, March 11^th
2018	Colloquium, Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover, December 13^th
2018	Quantum Universe conference, CECs, Valdivia, Chile, November 13^th
2018	Simons Summer workshop on Forefronts in Cosmology and Numerical General Relativity, Salzburg, July 7^th
2018	Plenary Speaker, 15^th Marcel Grossmann meeting, Rome, July 2^nd
2018	University of Luxembourg, June 27^th
2018	Spring Cosmology meeting, DESY Zeuthen, May 18^th
2018	Colloquium, Heidelberg, May 3^rd
2018	Brussels, seminar, April 25^th
2018	University of Amsterdam, seminar, March 5^th
2017	Path Integral for Gravity, Perimeter Institute, November 14^th
2017	Columbia University, seminar, November 13^th
2017	Princeton University, gravity group seminar, November 10^th
2017	DESY Theory workshop, Hamburg, September 28^th
2017	Bouncing scenarios in cosmology, Perimeter Institute, June 28^th
2017	Bangs, Bounces, Black Holes and Bubbles, Princeton University, May 11^th
2017	MIT, joint Tufts/MIT seminar, March 14^th
2016	Keynote talk, Communicability and Cosmology, Humboldt University, July 7^th
2016	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics, Perimeter Institute, June 15^th
2016	PCTS@10 workshop, Princeton University, May 6^th
2015	Selected Topics in Theoretical High Energy Physics, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, September 23^rd
2015	1^st Erlangen Workshop on Cosmology and Quantum Gravity, February 11^th
2014	The Primordial Universe After Planck, Paris, December 18^th
2014	Keynote talk, Planck 2014 conference, Ferrara, Italy, December 3^rd
2014	Colloquium, MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, November 17^th
2014	Searching for Simplicity, Princeton University, May 15^th
2014	The Particle Physics and Cosmology of Supersymmetry and String Theory, New York City, March 20^th
2014	Colloquium, Virginia Tech, February 17^th
2014	Cosmology after Planck, DESY, Hamburg, January 28^th
2013	The Particle Physics and Cosmology of Supersymmetry and String Theory, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, March 21^st
2013	Colloquium, DESY, Hamburg, January 30^th
2012	Colloquium, York University, Toronto, October 10^th
2012	Corfu summer institute, Workshop on String Theory, September 24^th
2012	New Ideas in Cosmology, University of Pennsylvania, March 17^th
2011	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics, Paris, June 17^th
2011	AAAS meeting, Washington D.C., February 19^th

Popular Science Talks and Outreach Activities (selected)

2023	Bibliothèque Nationale Luxembourg, February 23^rd
2022	Evangelische Grundschule Potsdam, November 22^nd
2022	Podcast Nachgefragt! (children ask questions to scientists) July 15^th
2022	Kulturverein Ellwangen, May 5^th
2022	Rotary Club Potsdam (online talk), January 5^th
2021	„Knowember“ der Wissenschaft, Albert Einstein Institute (online talk), November 1^st
2021	7 Sachen, Inselbühne Potsdam, August 24^th
2021	Radio interview Corax (youth radio), recorded March 23^rd
2021	Radio interview SWR2, March 21^st
2020	Haus der Astronomie (online talk), October 8^th
2020	Science2Go, Potsdam Science Park (online talk), May 7^th
2019	Keynote Speech, Ph.D. Graduation ceremony, University of Luxembourg, December 13^th
2019	Grundschule im Bornstedter Feld, Potsdam, November 13^th
2019	“LTPS goes space”, Lycée Technique pour Professions de Santé, Luxembourg, June 24^th
2019	Schroeder Award, Schroeder & Associés, Luxembourg, June 21^st
2019	Bruno-H.-Bürgel Sternwarte, Berlin, March 22^nd
2018	Presentation of my children’s book “Die Erde ist mein Raumschiff”, Science Center Differdange, Luxembourg, November 23^rd
2018	ARD alpha Campus Talks, Wissenschaft auf den Punkt gebracht, recorded May 22^nd and broadcasted October 23^rd
2018	Inner Wheel Club Potsdam, May 8^th
2018	Athénée, Luxembourg, April 30^th
2018	Olbers-Gesellschaft Bremen, April 17^th
2017	Foundation for Young Scientists Luxembourg, October 5^th
2017	Editorial on the big bang for “Newsweek”, www.newsweek.com, June 19^th
2017	Grundschule im Bornstedter Feld, Potsdam, March 23^rd
2016	Astronomy club Vega, summer camp, St Andreasberg, August 12^th
2016	Montessori Primary School, Potsdam, July 4^th
2015	Lunchpaket, science and dance performance, with choreographer/dancer Dr. Linda Gieres, Bildungsforum Potsdam, November 11^th
2015	Primary school, Koerich, Luxembourg, September 28^th
2014	Aboagora conference “Chaos and Cosmos”, with choreographer/dancer Dr. Linda Gieres, Turku, Finland, August 14^th
2014	Planetarium Nürnberg, May 28^th
2013	MPI for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, July 26^th
2012	25 Years of Public Research in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, keynote speaker, November 26^th
2012	Luxemburg ist Groß Festival, Berlin, May 11^th
2011	Luxembourgish Amateur Astronomers, 40 Years Celebration, Luxembourg, December 16^th
2011	Falling Walls conference, Berlin, November 9^th
2010	SES, commercial satellite company, Princeton, board meeting, October 1^st
2009	International Year of Astronomy, opening lecture, Luxembourg, March 3^rd