Thomas Leistner

Associate Professor Thomas Leistner holds a position in Pure Mathematics at the University of Adelaide, within the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences under the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. He earned his PhD from Humboldt-University Berlin, followed by postdoctoral roles at Berlin and Adelaide before becoming an Assistant Professor at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on differential geometry, particularly Lorentzian and conformal geometries, holonomy groups, and their applications in mathematical physics, general relativity, and string theory.

His work explores curved spaces and spacetimes, their geometric properties, symmetries, and connections to differential equations. Notable areas include conformal transformations, holonomy classifications, and geometric structures like Walker metrics and Cahen-Wallach spaces. Recent publications emphasize Lorentzian homogeneous spaces, conformal Killing tensors, and completeness properties of compact manifolds.

Leistner is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students in Pure Mathematics, specializing in geometry and related fields. Though no specific grants or awards are listed, his research maintains an active focus on foundational geometric problems with interdisciplinary relevance.