Prof. Sakura Schafer-Nameki
PhD (Cantab)
Status
Academic Faculty
Professor of Mathematical Physics (RSIV)
Senior Research Fellow, Wadham College
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Recent publications
Anomalies of Generalized Symmetries from Solitonic Defects
Bhardwaj, L Bullimore, M Ferrari, A Schafer-Nameki, S (30 May 2022) http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.15330v1 Non-Invertible Higher-Categorical Symmetries
Bhardwaj, L Bottini, L Schafer-Nameki, S Tiwari, A (13 Apr 2022) http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.06564v1 Generalized Symmetries in F-theory and the Topology of Elliptic
Fibrations
Hubner, M Morrison, D Schafer-Nameki, S Wang, Y (18 Mar 2022) http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.10022v3 Fibrations
2-Group Symmetries and M-Theory
Zotto, M Etxebarria, I Schafer-Nameki, S (18 Mar 2022) http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.10097v1 Snowmass Whitepaper: Physical Mathematics 2021
Bah, I Freed, D Moore, G Nekrasov, N Razamat, S Schäfer-Nameki, S (09 Mar 2022) http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.05078v1 Research interests
Geometric Aspects of String theory and Quantum Field Theory.
Higher and generalized global symmetries.
Teaching
Strings Theory II (MMathPhys)
RG (MMathPhys)
Major / recent publications
Research Grants:
- ERC Consolidator Grant Team Webpage
- Simons Collaboration on Special Holonomy in Geometry, Analysis, and Physics
Recent Conference Organization:
- Generalized Global Symmetry, Quantum Field Theory and Geometry, 9/2022
- Higher Symmetry and Quantum Field Theory
- Symmetry Seminar Series
- QFT and Geometry Seminar Series
- QFT and Geometry Summer School 2020
- Geometry and Strings 2019
Recent Plenary Talks, Online Seminars:
- Strings 2021 Plenary Talk
- String Pheno 2021 Plenary Talk
- Harvard CMSA Seminar 2021
- Western Hemisphere Colloquium on Geometry and Physics (WHCGP), 2020
- Italian Strings Web Seminar 2020