Nikita Safonkin

safonkin.nik at gmail.com

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institute of Mathematics

Leipzig University




Research interests: algebra motivated by noncommutative Poisson geometry, mainly around double Poisson brackets.

Bio

I began my postdoctoral position at Leipzig University in November 2023. The month prior, in October 2023, I defended my PhD thesis under the supervision of Grigori Olshanski at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, where I spent six months as part of the PAUSE program.

Before that, I conducted my PhD research, which focused on harmonic functions on branching graphs, combining concepts from probability, combinatorics, and algebra, at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) from 2019 to 2023.

Prior to my PhD, I pursued a Master’s degree in Mathematics from 2017 to 2019 at both the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and Skoltech.

My studies began in 2013 at Moscow State University, where I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Physics in 2017.