Michal Heller

Michal Heller is a Full Professor at Ghent University's Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy. His research spans theoretical high energy physics, quantum field theory, and holography, with a focus on hydrodynamics, complexity, and non-equilibrium phenomena.

• Research Interests: Theoretical high energy physics, quantum field theory, string theory, quantum information, and relativistic hydrodynamics.
• Advising: Supervises doctoral researchers including Matisse De Lescluze, Meng-Ting Wang, Tim Schuhmann, Fabio Ori, Qifeng Wu, Francesca Mariani, Andreas Belaey, Christopher Ekman, and Thomas Tappeiner.
• Grants: Leads projects funded by the European Framework Programme and the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), including the BOF-ZAP professorship for theoretical high energy physics.
• Publications: Recent work explores geometric entanglement, holographic complexity, causal transport constraints, and hydrodynamic attractors in de Sitter space.
• Awards: Recipient of the BOF-ZAP professorship, a prestigious regional research fellowship.