Madeleine Jotz

Madeleine Jotz is a W2 Professor of Geometry at the University of Würzburg since August 2021, holding the Chair of Mathematics X (Geometry) at Emil-Fischer-Straße 31. Her academic career includes positions as acting professor and junior professor in Göttingen (2016-2021), Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in Sheffield (2013-2017), Swiss NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley (2012-2013), and doctoral studies at EPFL (2008-2011).

Her research focuses on differential geometry and geometric mechanics, with particular expertise in Poisson geometry and higher structures. Key research areas include Courant algebroids, Lie n-groupoids and Lie n-algebroids, geometric structures on double vector bundles, representations up to homotopy, and characteristic classes. Her work bridges pure mathematics with applications in theoretical physics, particularly in understanding geometric structures underlying mechanical systems.

Analysis of her recent publications (2018-2024) reveals a strong focus on higher geometric structures, particularly N-manifolds, Lie n-algebroids, and their representations. Her work shows increasing sophistication in handling higher categorical structures while maintaining connections to classical geometric mechanics. The publications demonstrate consistent collaboration with researchers like Malte Heuer, Rajan Mehta, and Tudor Ratiu across multiple institutions.

Professor Jotz maintains an active research program with publications spanning prestigious journals including Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures, and Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry. Her office is located in Building 31 (Physics East), Room 00.011, with contact email madeleine.jotz@uni-wuerzburg.de.