Merlin Christ
I am a Professor (Bonn Junior Fellow, temporary W2) in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Bonn.
Contact information
Endenicher Allee 60 53115 Bonn Office 1.004 E-mail: christ (at) uni-bonn (dot) de
Research interests
Higher category theory, representation theory, noncommutative algebraic geometry.
Teaching
Winter 2025/2026: Seminar on cluster algebras.
Publications and preprints
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Induction in perverse schobers and cluster tilting theory
Preprint: arxiv:2509.01689. -
∞-categorical group quotients via skew group algebras
Preprint: arxiv:2501.13666. -
Perverse schobers, stability conditions and quadratic differentials II: relative graded Brauer graph algebras
(with Fabian Haiden and Yu Qiu)
Preprint: arxiv:2407.00154. Submitted. - Lax Addivity (with Tobias Dyckerhoff and Tashi Walde)
Preprint: arxiv:2402.12251. Submitted. -
Relative Calabi-Yau structures and perverse schobers on surfaces
Preprint: arXiv:2311.16597. Submitted. -
Perverse schobers, stability conditions and quadratic differentials I (with Fabian Haiden and Yu Qiu)
Preprint: arxiv:2303.18249. Submitted. -
Complexes of stable ∞-categories (with Tobias Dyckerhoff and Tashi Walde)
Preprint: arxiv:2301.02606. Submitted. -
Cluster theory of topological Fukaya categories
Preprint: arXiv:2209.06595. Submitted.
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Geometric models for the derived categories of Ginzburg algebras of n-angulated surfaces via local-to-global principles
Preprint: arXiv:2107.10091. Submitted. -
Ginzburg algebras of triangulated surfaces and perverse schobers
Forum Math. Sigma, 10:e8, 2022, doi:10.1017/fms.2022.1. arXiv:2101.01939. -
Spherical monadic adjunctions of stable infinity categories
Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN, 2023(15):13153–13213, 2022, doi:10.1093/imrn/rnac187. arXiv:2010.05294.
News
Gerd Faltings awarded Abel Prize 2026
Tingxiang Zou to lead a new Emmy Noether group
Tasho Kaletha awarded Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory 2026
Christoph Thiele awarded Brouwer Medal 2026
Christoph Thiele and Floris van Doorn awarded ERC Synergy Grant
Henning Heller receives Montucla Prize 2025
Thoralf Räsch receives Fakultät teaching award