Simon Brain

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Education

2000-2004 St Cross College, University of Oxford, GBR (DPhil)
Dissertation: The Noncommutative Penrose-Ward Transform and Self-Dual Yang-Mills Fields
Supervised by Dr K.C. Hannabuss
1996-2000 Somerville College, University of Oxford, GBR (MMath, First Class Honours)
1989-1996 Radyr Comprehensive School, Cardiff, GBR
1983-1989 Pentyrch Primary School, Cardiff, GBR

Employment

Dec 2013-presentNWO Research Fellow, Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Dec 2012-Nov 13 INdAM-Marie-Curie COFUND Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Trieste, ITA
Dec 10-Nov 12 FNR-Marie-Curie COFUND Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Luxembourg, LUX
June-Dec 2010 NWO Visiting Researcher, Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Apr-May 2010 COFIN Visiting Researcher, University of Trieste, ITA
Mar 2010 ESF Visiting Researcher, IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, FRA
Jan-Feb 2010 INdAM Visiting Researcher, University of Trieste, ITA
Dec 2009 PRIN Visitor, SISSA, Trieste, ITA; GQT Visitor, Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Oct-Nov 2009 ESF Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford, GBR
Sept 07-Sept 09 PRIN Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SISSA, Trieste, ITA
Mar 07-Jun 07 Visiting Researcher, IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, FRA
Jan 05-Mar 07 Stipendiary Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, GBR
Jan 03-Sept 04 Non-Stipendiary Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, GBR
Sept 00-Dec 04 Class Tutor and Teaching Assistant, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, GBR

Organizational Activity

Apr 4-8 2016 Co-organizer of the conference Gauge Theory and Noncommutative Geometry, Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Feb 26-28 2016 Co-organizer of the workshop on Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Spaces in Interaction, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, GER
Aug 26-28 2014 Co-organizer of the workshop on K-Homology and Graph Algebras, University of Trieste, ITA
Jan 14-Jun-15 Main organizer of the seminar series of the Mathematical Physics group, Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Feb 14 Organizer of "KK-day", Radboud University Nijmegen, NLD
Sept 11-Nov-12 Main organizer of the seminar series of the Working Group in Algebra, Geometry and Quantization, University of Luxembourg, LUX
June 19-21 2012 Co-organizer of the workshop on Gauge Theory and Noncommutative Geometry, University of Luxembourg, LUX

Grant Awards

April 2016 EU COST action conference grant
Gauge Theory and Noncommutative Geometry
Feb 2016 MF Oberwolfach workshop grant
Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Spaces in Interaction
August 2014 Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INdAM) workshop
K-Homology and Graph Algebras
Dec 2013- NWO "Free Competition" Research Fellowship, Radboud University Nijmegen
Invariants of Noncommutative Manifolds
Dec 2012-Nov 13 Marie Curie COFUND - Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INdAM), University of Trieste
Geometric Invariants of Noncommutative Manifolds
June 2012 Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR), AM3 Workshop Grant, University of Luxembourg
Gauge Theory and Noncommutative Geometry
Dec 2010-Dec 2012 Marie Curie COFUND - Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR), University of Luxembourg
Noncommutative Complex Geometry and Twistor Theory
June-Dec 2010 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Visiting Research Grant, Radboud University Nijmegen
Moduli Spaces of Noncommutative Instantons
Mar 2010 European Science Foundation (ESF) Short Visit Grant, IHES
The Construction of Instantons on Noncommutative Spaces
Jan-Feb 2010 Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INdAM) Visiting Research Grant, University of Trieste
Differential Geometry of Noncommutative Spheres
Oct-Nov 2009 European Science Foundation (ESF) Exchange Grant, University of Oxford
The Penrose-Ward Transform for Noncommutative Instantons
Sept 2000-Sept 2003 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), PhD Studentship, University of Oxford
Noncommutative Geometry and Integrable Systems