Dr. Michal P. Heller

Gravity, Quantum Fields and Information group leader

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
(Albert Einstein Institute)

Am Mühlenberg 1
D-14476 Potsdam

GERMANY

E-mail: michal.p.heller@aei.mpg.de

Professional History

2016-present	Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Leader of the independent research group on "Gravity, Quantum Fields and Information"
2014-2016	Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow
2010-2014	Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Postdoctoral Fellow
2010-present	National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland Research Associate

Education and Academic Degrees

2018	Leadership Academy for Poland Alumni of Class 2017 Website
2017	National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland - Habilitation Awarded for the publication series Quantum fields out of equilibrium: a holographic approach
2007-2010	Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland - Ph.D. in Physics Advisor: Professor R. A. Janik Thesis entitled Various aspects of non-pertubative dynamics of gauge theory and AdS/CFT correspondence Summa cum laude
2007	Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland - M. Sc. in Physics Advisor: Professor R. A. Janik Thesis entitled “Quark-gluon plasma and AdS/CFT correspondence” Summa cum laude

Selected Awards and Scholarships

2016	Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Awarded by the Humboldt Foundation Value: 1,65 million €
2013	Poles with Verve Finalist in the inaugural contest
2012	Veni Fellowship Awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Value: 218,000 €
2009, 2010	Start Fellowship Awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science
2009	Adam Krzyzanowski Fellowship Awarded to the best Jagiellonian University Ph.D. student