Hannes Knötzele

Hannes Knötzele is a Researcher and Ph.D. student under Prof. Sven Möller at the University of Hamburg's Department of Mathematics. His affiliation lies within the Algebra and Number Theory work group. He is based at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Natural Sciences, located at Bundesstraße 55 in Hamburg.

Research Interests:

• Algebra: Vertex algebras, tensor categories (e.g., crossed modular categories).
• Mathematical Physics: Conformal field theories and their categorical structures.
• Category Theory: Monoidal bicategories, 2-groups, extension theory, and categorical Morita theory.
• Number Theory: Galois symmetries and their connections to modular tensor categories.

Academic Activities:

• Organizer of the Young Algebraist Seminar for Ph.D. students and Postdocs in Hamburg.
• Presented talks at institutions like RIMS Kyoto (2023), University of Zagreb (2023), and conferences such as the Joint Meeting of the Unione Matematica Italiana and AMS (2024).

Key Publications:

His work includes the 2024 paper Twisted Drinfeld centers and framed string-nets in Quantum Topology, exploring categorical and algebraic structures in mathematical physics.