Prof. Dr. Gaëtan Borot
Institute for Mathematics
& Institute for Physics
Chair in Mathematical Physics
+ Research group webpage
+ Recent publications
(c) Own collection.
Interests: enumerative geometry, quantum algebra/topology/geometry, topological recursion, integrability, moduli spaces, algebraic structures, random matrix theory, combinatorics, science outreach.
Email: vorname.name at hu strich berlin punkt de
Location: Johann-von-Neumann-Haus, Rudower Chaussee 25, 12489 Berlin
but postal address is different:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Mathematik
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Office: Office 1.333 (Haus 1, 3rd floor, right corridor)
Phone: (030) 2093 45479
Secretary: Kristina Schulze, schulze at hu strich berlin punkt de
IMP-Bachelor: Prüfungsauschuss- und KLS-Vorsitz, Studienberatung.
Research initiatives :
- RTG: Rethinking QFT (Berlin, 2019-2029)
- RTG: From geometry to numbers (Berlin/Hannover, 2024-2029)
- Kolleg Mathematik Physik Berlin (2020-2029)
Teaching and seminars
WiSe 25/26
♦ Lineare Algebra I*
♦ Mathematical physics seminar
SoSe 26
♦ Funktionentheorie
♦ Master reading group: Geometric structures in mathematical physics
News
♦ I explained the role of physics in enumerative geometry in an outreach video in the "Non-standard models" channel of the physics RTG (produced by Davide Scazzuso, Allison Pinto, Giulia Peveri, and Matthias Driesse)
♦ Giacomo Umer has successfully defended his PhD thesis Algebraic structures in enumerative geometry from topological recursion, on 16th May 2025.
♦ Silvia Ragni (Padova Uni) will start her PhD within the RTG "From geometry to numbers" in Fall 2025
♦ Lasse Merkens (ETH Zürich) will start his PhD within the RTG "Rethinking QFT" in Fall 2025.
♦ Demian Goos, mathematician and science journalist, will join our group in October 2025 and be active in science communication. He has received the 2025 Medienpreis of the Deutschen-Mathematiker-Vereinigung for his former outreach projects.
♦ I will teach Algebraic Topology at IMM Algiers @NHSM in the summer semester 2026.
Upcoming conferences / talks
Mathematical physics seminar, HU Berlin: Mini-course in 3 parts: Panorama of matrix models and topological recursion
MFO workshop, Enumerative combinatorics, 12-16 Januar 2026
ICTP-SAIFR school on theoretical physics, Sao Paulo, 17-28 August 2026: Mini-course on topological recursion