Prof. Dr. Christian Lehn
Geometry
address:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Mathematik
Postfach IB 45
Universitätsstraße 150
D-44780 Bochum
room:
IB 3/115
phone:
(+49)(0)234 / 32-23247
email:
christian.lehn(at)rub.de

Career
- since 2023: Professor of Geometry (Ruhr University Bochum)
- 2021-2023: Professor of Theoretical Mathematics (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- 2016-2021: Assistant Professor of Theoretical Mathematics (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- 2014-2016: Research Assistant (Leibniz University Hannover)
- 2013-2014: DFG Research Fellowship (Jussieu, Paris)
- 2012-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow (IRMA, Strasbourg)
- 2011-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow (Institut Fourier, Grenoble)
- 2007-2011: PPh.D. (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)
Research Interests
My research interests lie primarily in the field of complex and algebraic geometry. Among other topics, I investigate:
- K-trivial varieties, in particular holomorphic symplectic varieties
- Hodge theory
- Deformation theory
- Singularities
Current Projects
- DFG Project: Hodge Theory of Toroidal Compactifications and Torelli Theorems — K3 Surfaces, Abelian Varieties, and IHSM
- DFG Project: Positivity on K-trivial Varieties