Professor David BermanProfessor of Theoretical PhysicsEmail: d.s.berman@qmul.ac.ukRoom Number: G. O. Jones Building, Room 607Website: http://www.strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~dsbProfileTeachingResearchPublicationsSupervisionPublic EngagementPerformanceGrantsProfileAbout Me After graduating from Manchester I completed a PhD at Durham University. Following a couple of postdoctoral research positions in Holland and Israel, I became an advanced research fellow at the university of Cambridge. My work has been focussed around string theory and ideas in fundamental theoretical physics. This has included various geometric things like non-commutative geometry and its extensions, black hole physics and quantum gravity. I am most known for something called exceptional geometry and its possible role in M-theory. Recently I have become interested in the interface between machine learning and ideas for machine learning from theoretical physics. Apart from my research work I have a strong interest in public engagement and have been a frequent contributor to radio 4 and various other media. I am also well known for my collaboration with artists, including working with Turner Prize winner Grenville Davey. My collaborators Over the years I have worked with lots of people from around the world. Here is a list (ordered in terms of number of joint publications): D.C.Thompson (Brussels), M.J.Perry (Cambridge), P.Sundell (Chile) , E.A.Bergshoeff (Groningen), F.J.Rudolph (Queen Mary), J.P.van.der.Schaar (Amsterdam), M.Cederwall (Goteborg), N.B.Copland (Cambridge), H.Godazgar (Cambridge), B.E.W.Nilsson (Goteborg), C.D.A.Blair (Brussels), E.Malek (Munich), E.T.Musaev (Moscow), H.Larsson (Gotebrog), J.Berkeley (Queen Mary), L.C.Tadrowski (Queen Mary), M.K.Parikh (Arizona), M.Nielsen (Goteborg), U.Gran (Gotebrog), A.Kleinschmidt (Potsdam), B.Pioline (CERN), E.Rabinovici (Jerusalem), E.Sezgin (Texas), I.Bakhmatov (Kazan), J.A.Harvey (Chicago), J.Bedford (Queen Mary), K.H.Lee (KIAS, Seoul), M.Godazgar (Cambridge), P.C.West (Kings London) and V.L.Campos (Goteborg).TeachingMy teaching I currently teach Classical Physics for 1st year undergraduates and used to teach the third year course Spacetime and Gravity. I also supervise various theoretical projects for 3rd and 4th year students. Over the years, I have been nominated for numerous teaching awards and won the most inspirational lecturer award by the student physics society in 2013.ResearchResearch Interests:My research interests My main research interests are in M-theory, the nonperturbative version of string theory. The extended objects in M-theory are membranes and five-branes. They are related to strings and D-branes in string theory via dimensional reduction. Over the last few years, my research has been devoted to understanding the interactions of these branes. My other interests over the years have been varied and include: Holography and the AdS/CFT correspondence; noncommutative geometry; and S-duality in gauge theories. Since 2010, I have been interested in applying and extending the ideas of generalised geometry to M-theory. This has produced a duality manifest description of M-theory and has led to a reworking of many ideas in relativity to take into account duality symmetries in string and M-theory. This is still on going research and has many applications in terms of potentially reformulating what string theory is. I have also recently taken a strong interest in Machine Learning and how ideas from physics can be used in that context. PublicationsA full and up-to-date publication list is available from the Inspires database linked to here. Berman D (publicationYear). Protein Language Models in Directed Evolution. ICML DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.20.608752 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Klinger MS (publicationYear). The Inverse of Exact Renormalization Group Flows as Statistical Inference. nameOfConference DOI: 10.3390/e26050389 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/96723 Berman D (2023). Augmenting Screening of Histopathological Images for Breast Tumor Classification with Machine Learning and Limited Labeled Data. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS 2023 DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Klinger MS, Stapleton AG (2023). Bayesian renormalization. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ad0102 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/95022 Berman DS, Gherardini TS (2023). Twisted self-duality. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x23500859 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/95025 Berman DS, Heckman JJ, Klinger M (2023). On the Dynamics of Inference and Learning. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/9781800613706_0002 QMRO: qmroHref Berman D, Fischbacher T, Inverso G et al. (2022). Vacua of ω-deformed SO(8) supergravity. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep06(2022)133 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/95023 Berman DS, Cardoso G (2022). Geometric quantization: Particles, fields and strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x22300022 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/95024 Berman D, Fischbacher T, Inverso G (2022). New N = 1 AdS4 solutions of type IIB supergravity. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep03(2022)097 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78089 Berman DS, He Y-H, Hirst E (2022). Machine learning Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.066002 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/78088 Alawadhi R, Berman DS, White CD et al. (2021). The single copy of the gravitational holonomy. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep10(2021)229 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/75328 Berman D (2021). A physics duet. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Alfonsi L, Berman DS (2021). Double field theory and geometric quantisation. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2021)059 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/72957 Berman DS, Kim K, Lee K (2021). The classical double copy for M-theory from a Kerr-Schild ansatz for exceptional field theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2021)071 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/72185 Berman DS, Blair C (2020). The geometry, branes and applications of exceptional field theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X20300148 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/72179 Spence W, Berman D, Alawadhi R (2020). Weyl doubling. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2020)127 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/66551 Berman DS, Otsuki R (2020). Reductions of exceptional field theories. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2020)066 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63542 Alawadhi R, Berman DS, Spence B et al. (2020). S-duality and the double copy. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2020)059 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63541 Berman D, Otsuki R, Musaev E (2019). Exotic Branes in M-Theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.22323/1.347.0138 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/61800 Berman DS, Blair CDA, Otsuki R (2019). Non-Riemannian geometry of M-theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2019)175 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/59257 Berman DS, Chacón E, Luna A et al. (2019). The self-dual classical double copy, and the Eguchi-Hanson instanton. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2019)107 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/55494 Berman DS (2019). A Kaluza–Klein Approach to Double and Exceptional Field Theory: LMS/EPSRC Durham Symposium on Higher Structures in M-Theory. Durham Symposium on Higher Structures in M-Theory DOI: 10.1002/prop.201910002 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/57560 Berman DS, Musaev ET, Otsuki R (2018). Exotic branes in Exceptional Field Theory: E 7(7) and beyond. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2018)053 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/54132 Bakhmatov I, Berman DS, Kleinschmidt A et al. (2018). Exotic branes in Exceptional Field Theory: the SL(5) duality group. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2018)021 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/44787 BERMAN DS, Rudolph F, Blair C et al. (2016). An Action for F-theory: SL(2)×R+SL(2)×R+ Exceptional Field Theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/33/19/195009 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/15937 Berman DS, Rudolph FJ (2015). Strings, branes and the self-dual solutions of Exceptional Field Theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep05(2015)130 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7757 Berman DS, Rudolph FJ (2015). Branes are waves and monopoles. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep05(2015)015 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/12832 Berman DS, Thompson DC (2015). Duality symmetric string and M-theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2014.11.007 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13261 Berman DS, Blair CDA, Malek E et al. (2014). The OD, D geometry of string theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X14500808 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13256 Berman DS, Cederwall M, Perry MJ (2014). Global aspects of double geometry. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2014)066 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13002 Berkeley J, Berman DS, Rudolph FJ (2014). Strings and branes are waves. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2014)006 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/13001 Berman DS, Lee K (2014). Supersymmetry for gauged double field theory and generalised Scherk-Schwarz reductions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2014.02.015 QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/12834 Berkeley J, Berman DS (2013). The Navier-Stokes equation and solution generating symmetries from holography. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)092 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Cederwall M, Kleinschmidt A et al. (2013). The gauge structure of generalised diffeomorphisms. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)064 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Musaev ET, Thompson DC (2012). Duality invariant M-theory: Gauged supergravities and Scherk-Schwarz reductions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)174 QMRO: qmroHref BERMAN DS (2006). ASPECTS OF M5-BRANE DYNAMICS. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/9789812704030_0330 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Godazgar H, Perry MJ et al. (2012). Duality invariant actions and generalised geometry. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2012)108 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Godazgar H, Godazgar M et al. (2012). The local symmetries of M-theory and their formulation in generalised geometry. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)012 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Perry MJ (2011). Generalized geometry and M theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)074 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Godazgar H, Perry MJ (2011). SO(5,5) duality in M-theory and generalized geometry. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.04.046 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Musaev ET, Perry MJ (2011). Boundary terms in generalized geometry and doubled field theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.11.019 QMRO: qmroHref Bakhmatov I, Berman DS (2010). Exploring fermionic T-duality. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.01.026 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS (2010). Tales from the front line The Scientist. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0262-4079(10)61153-0 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Perry MJ, Sezgin E et al. (2010). Boundary conditions for interacting membranes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)025 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Perry MJ, Sezgin E et al. (2010). Boundary conditions for interacting membranes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)025 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Thompson DC (2009). Membranes with a boundary. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.06.004 QMRO: qmroHref Berman D, Thompson DC (2009). Interacting membranes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1002/prop.200900041 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Tadrowski LC, Thompson DC (2008). Aspects of multiple membranes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.05.006 QMRO: qmroHref Bedford J, Berman D (2008). A note on quantum aspects of multiple membranes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/i.physletb.2008.08.021 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Tadrowski LC (2008). M-theory brane deformations. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.016 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Thompson DC (2008). Duality symmetric strings, dilatons and O(d, d) effective actions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.03.012 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Copland NB, Thompson DC (2008). Background field equations for the duality symmetric string. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.09.021 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS (2008). M-theory branes and their interactions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2007.10.002 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Copland NB (2007). The string partition function in Hull's doubled formalism. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.03.007 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Copland NB (2006). A note on the M2-M5 brane system and fuzzy spheres. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.06.060 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Perry MJ (2006). M-theory and the string genus expansion. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.02.038 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Copland NB (2005). Five-brane calibrations and fuzzy funnels. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.06.015 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Harvey JA (2004). The self-dual string and anomalies in the M5-brane. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/015 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Pioline B (2004). Open membranes, ribbons, and deformed Schild strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.045007 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Pioline B (2004). Open membranes, ribbons, and deformed Schild strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.045007 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS (2003). Aspects of M-5 brane world volume dynamics. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.07.085 QMRO: qmroHref BERMAN DS, Rabinovici E (2003). Lectures on Supersymmetric Gauge Theories. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Sundell P (2002). AdS(3) OM theory and the self-dual string or membranes ending on the five-brane. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(02)01249-2 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Cederwall M, Gran U et al. (2002). Deformation independent open brane metrics and generalized theta parameters. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/012 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Rabinovici E (2002). Supersymmetric gauge theories. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36245-2_2 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Campos VL, Cederwall M et al. (2001). Holographie noncommutativity. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Bergshoeff E, Berman D, van der Schaar JP et al. (2001). The M5-brane and non-commutative loop space. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/18/16/317 QMRO: qmroHref Bergshoeff E, Berman DS, van der Schaar JP et al. (2001). The M5-brane and non-commutative open strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/18/16/316 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Campos VL, Cederwall M et al. (2001). Holographic noncommutativity. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/05/002 QMRO: qmroHref Bergshoeff E, Berman DS, van der Schaar JP et al. (2000). A noncommutative M-theory five-brane. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(00)00476-4 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Sundell P (2000). Flowing from a non-commutative (OM) five brane via its supergravity dual. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Bergshoeff E, Berman DS, van der Schaar JP et al. (2000). Critical fields on the M5-brane and noncommutative open strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(00)01081-9 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Sundell P (2000). Flowing from a non-commutative (OM) five brane via its supergravity dual. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/10/014 QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Parikh MK (2000). Confinement and the AdS/CFT correspondence. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(00)00592-x QMRO: qmroHref Berman DS, Parikh MK (1999). Holography and rotating AdS black holes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00974-0 QMRO: qmroHref Berman D (1999). Aspects of holography and rotating AdS black holes. nameOfConference DOI: doi QMRO: qmroHref Berman D (1998). M5 on a torus and the 3-brane. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(98)80009-6 QMRO: qmroHref Berman D (1997). SL(2,Z) duality of Born-Infeld theory from non-linear self-dual electrodynamics in 6 dimensions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00919-2 QMRO: qmroHref Berman D (1997). Classical duality from dimensional reduction of self-dual 4-form Maxwell theory in 10 dimensions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00553-4 QMRO: qmroHref SupervisionI would be happy to discuss various PhD project possibilities and ideas. Below are specifically those in M-theory. I am also interested in ideas at the interface of machine learning and theoretical physics. Project Title Applications and Extensions of Exceptional Field Theory Generalised Geometry in M-theory Public EngagementFor a general, non-technical introduction to my research see my Youtube video here and here. A list of my Public Engagement Activities Talks and articles for the general public I am regularly invited to give public talks and am asked to write articles. A representative list of my activities: Radio 4 “In our Time: Dirac” (2020); Guardian Science PodCast “String Theory” (2020); New Scientist Event, “Hidden Dimensions” (2019); IoP “Time tries all things”, panel discussion (2019); Radio 4 “In Our Time: Noether” (2019); CODEX talk- “Creativity in Science”(2018); Radio 4 “Great Lives: Feynman” programme (2018); “Pinocchio”, Saddlers Wells Theatre (2018); “Time” at Mass Interaction, Airspace (2017); Twofold Symposium Birkbeck (2017); Pint of Science (2017); “Gravitational Waves” (2016) at IoP London, Sussex and Kent; Article for book “One culture not two” (2016); Consultant at the College of St George, Windsor castle on incorporating arts and sciences (2015); Article for the White Rainbow gallery (2014); Opening event for the Inside Out festival (2013); Radio 4, “Great lives” programme (2013); Eureka magazine (2013); “Roswell invited lecture” at Wimbledon Girls Grammar (2012); The Ivory Tower Society Cambridge(2012); The Hay festival WTLGI (2012); The Isaac Newton Institute (2012); The Science Museum, Dublin December (2011), part of Ignite Dublin Series; The Dana Centre “String theory and unification" November (2011); Discussion Panel for Stephen Hawking Evening at Texas A & M University with an audience of 2500, April (2011); Article for Plus+, a magazine for schools, “String Theory" (2007); Invited contribution to the Tech-Mac-Mayacom exhibition Book (2007); Article for Fusion magazine: “Unification in Science" (2006); For Trinity Science Society, “Unification in Theoretical Physics" (2005 and 2007); For Cambridge summer school in Science, “String theory and unification" (2007). Nicky Shaw Public Understanding of Science lectures, (typically an audience of 200): “From Newton to Einstein" (2003); ”Introducing strings" (2004). Talks organised by the Millennium Maths Project to schools or teacher groups:“An introduction to string theory" (2004); “From particles to strings" (2005); “What have mathematicians done for us?" (2005); “String theory for beginners" (2005);“Particles and Beyond" (2006); “Newton to Einstein" (2006); “String Theory and beyond" (2005, 2006 and 2007); Videoconference presentation to schools, organised by motivate, part of the Millenium Maths project. These link several schools around the country for a day covering a central topic: “Relativity for beginners" (2005, 2006 and 2008); “The mathematics of quantum mechanics" (2007). Artist Collaborations Outlook Gallery, Venice Biennale (2019); Grace Weir, large instillation for the Institute of Physics (2018); Livvy Fink, commissioned work for QM School of Physics and Astronomy (2017); Judge for SFX film festival (2017); Grenville Davey (1992 Turner Prize winner), £1,500, the Henry Moore Foundation (2012); Flow Motion (sound art group), the Dana Centre, £1000, EPSRC grant, £6000 (2011); Jordan Wolfson, in association with London Frieze and part of the Frieze arts festival in 2009, Cartier award winner (£10,000); An exhibition with Grenville Davey at Chelsea Space, gallery (2014); An exhibition at the Ruskin multi-media gallery in Cambridge (2014); A film event at Somerset house with Edward Frenkel (2014); My interaction with artists has now reached international recognition with invited talks on art related subjects at the Korean Institute for Advanced study (2012) and articles in the Japanese popular magazine, Parity (2013) as well as invitations to Canada and Romania to talk about my collaborations. Talks at art institutions include: Institute of Contemporary Art (2008), Royal College of Art (2006), Tate Modern (2010), Testbed gallery (2012), Core Gallery (2012), Espacio Gallery (2013), Splice symposium (2013), the London Arts Club (2013) and the White Rainbow gallery (2014). This work has also appeared in the media such as the Guardian, the BBC 2 Culture Show, Wired magazine and an invited article for New Scientist.Outreach I am director of outreach for the School of Physics and Astronomy. I have a long standing interest in public engagement in many different forms and have over the years built up a variety of activities at the boundary between science and arts. A list of my outreach activities is available here [PDF 54KB]. For a general, non-technical introduction to my research, see my Youtube videos here and here. PerformanceFor the Public: I have some YouTube appearances here. And my Radio 4 appearances discussing: Emmy Noether Paul Dirac Richard Feynman Galileo My talks (2020 updated) Invited plenary talks: Abu Dhabi M-theory Meeting (2020) Simons Workshop on Machine Learning (2020) Santiago workshop on Non-Abelian T-duality (2019) Cooks Branch workshop, Texas (2019) Cape Town workshop on Cosmology and DFT (2019) Singapore workshop on M-theory and geometry (2018) Brinsop House meeting (2018) Durham LMS workshop on Higher Structures in M-theory (2018) Korean Institute of Basic Science Symposium (2018) Bariloche conference on Double and Exceptional Field Theory (2018) Zagreb workshop on dualities and generalised geometry (2017) Banff workshop on Duality manifest Formalisms (2017) Brinsop House meeting (2017) German Physical Society Meeting in Bad Honef (2017) YETI meeting, Durham (2017) Simons Institute Workshop on Generalized Geometry and Non-Abelian T-duality (2016) Zurich ETH workshop (2016), “Cosmology and extended geometries” APCTP meeting on extended geometries (2016) “Extended geometries” Brinsop House meeting (2016) String Field Theory, Sao Paulo (2016) F-theory at the 20th conference, CalTech (2016) "An action for F-theory". CERN, Recent Developments in M-Theory (2016) "F-theory from EFT". Schrodinger Institute workshop on higher gauge symmetries (2015) “Higher structures in extended geometries” Korean conference on “Developments in M-theory” (2015) “Branes in extended geometry” Frontiers in String Phenomenology, Schloss Ringberg (2014), “Extended geometry” Kyoto workshop on generalised geometry (2014), “Extended geometry and quantization" Banff, M-theory conference (2014), “The origin of extended geometry" Great Brampton meeting (2014), “Branes in extended geometries” Strings2013- 2013-Korea (2013), “M-theory and extended geometries" Cooks Branch meeting (2013): “Scherk-Schwarz reductions in extended geometry” Durham workshop on strings and branes (2013) “U-duality and geometry" Cooks Branch meeting (2012), “Local symmetries in generalised geometry” Spanish Winter conference, Madrid (2012) “A survey of M-theory and generalised geometry" Banff on Generalized Geometry (2012), “U-duality manifest theories" Korean Institute for Advanced Studies Fall conference on strings and Branes (2012) “Generalized geometry for M-theory" Songang University EU meeting on double field theory, integrability and M-branes (2012), “Extended geometries" Palencia strings meeting (2012), “Membranes and Generalized geometry" Stockhom workshop on Quantum Geometry (2011) “M-theory geometry". Niels Bohr Institute workshop (2011), “Duality and generalised geometry". Cooks Branch Meeting, Texas (2011) “U-duality and generalized geometry” PICS meeting (2010), “M-theory and generalised geometry". Cooks Branch Meeting, Texas, (2010), “Fermionic T-duality” Galileo Institute Florence (2010), “M-theory and generalised geometry". Cooks Branch Meeting, Texas (2009), “Boundaries of interacting membranes” Korean Institute for advanced study conference on string theory (2008), “Interacting membranes" Eurostrings08, RTN network meeting, Varna (2008), “Interacting membranes". Brussels Triangle one-day meeting (2008), “M-theory branes and their interactions". Noncommutative geometry and physics (2008), Shonan Kokusaimura in Kanagawa, “M- theory and noncommutative geometry". Ascona Strings Meeting (2007) “String theory in Doubled Formalism.". Eurostrings07, RTN meeting, Crete, “Fuzzy Geometries in M-theory". Conference on noncommutative geometry in physics, Isaac Newton Institute (2006), “Non-commutative geometry in string and M-theory". Niels Bohr Institute summer workshop (2006), “Fuzzy Geometries in M-theory". Eurostrings06, RTN network meeting, Cambridge (2006), “M-theory and the string genus expansion". Beyond the horizon, KITP Santa Barbara (2006), “M-theory origin of string perturbation theory". The Triangle meeting on Nonperturbative aspects in string and field theory, Copenhagen (2000) “Open membranes and noncommutative five branes". The Fradkin Memorial conference, Moscow (2000) “Critical fields on the five brane and non-commutative open strings". Quantum Aspects of Gauge theories, Supersymmetry and Unification, Paris (1999) “Holograpy and rotating black holes". Quantum Aspects of Gauge theories, Supersymmetry and Unification, Corfu (1998) “The M-five brane on a torus" Invited Seminars “Non-Riemannian Geometry in M-theory”: Swansea, Copenhagen (2019) “An introduction to EFT and DFT”: Stanford (2019) “EFT and exotic geometries”: Berkeley (2019) “EFT and DFT as a Kaluza-Klein Theory”: York (2018) “Branes in EFT and DFT”: Southampton (2018), City University of London (2018) “String Theory”, University of Leeds (2016) “Branes in Extended geometry”: Hannover (2015), Lyon (2014), Amsterdam (2014), and Edinburgh (2014) “Extended geometry in M-theory”: Buenos Aires (2014), Lisbon (2013), Imperial College (2013), Paris (2013), Sogang University, Soeul (2012) “M-theory and generalised geometry”: Brussels (2011); Oxford (2011); Amsterdam (2011); Kings College London (2011); Cambridge (2010). “Recent progress in String theory”: University of Kent (2010). “Aspects of interacting multiple membranes”: Perimeter institute, Canada (2009); Kings College London (2009); DAMTP, Cambridge (2008); Niels Bohr Institute (2008); Jerusalem (2008); Brussels (2008). “String Theory and the doubled formalism”: Tokyo (2008); Edinburgh (2008); Rome (2007); Texas A&M (2007). “Noncommutativity in string and M-theory”: Rome (2007); Texas A&M (2007); University of Oxford (Department of Mathematics) (2007). “M-theory and the string genus expansion”: University of Durham (2006); ICTP Trieste (2006); University of Cambridge (2006); University of Sussex (2005). “Self-dual string Anomalies”: CERN Theory division (2004); University of Amsterdam (2004); Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen (2004); Harvard University (2004); MIT (2004); University of Chicago (2004); University of Michigan (2004) “Membranes, Ribbons and Schild Strings”: Imperial College London (2004). “M five-brane dynamics”: Kings College, University of London (2004); University of Cambridge (2003); University of Durham (2003); University of Swansea (2003); University of Michigan (2003); University of Chicago (2003). “Open Membranes”: Humbolt University, Berlin (2002); University of Uppsala (2002) “AdS3 OM-theory”: Princeton University (2001); Columbia University, New York (2001); Les Houches School (2001); University of Utrecht (2001); University of Groningen (2001); Neve Shalom Centre of Excellence meeting, Israel (2001) “A noncommutative five-brane”: Humbolt University, Berlin (2001) Queen Mary College (2000); Landelijk meeting Amsterdam (2000); University of Goteborg (2000); University of Utrecht (2000); University of Cambridge (2000). “Black hole thermodynamics and AdS/CFT”: University of Leuven (2000) Landelijk Meeting Amsterdam (1999). “Branes and dualities”: University of Groningen (1998); University of Manchester (1998).GrantsMy grants I am currently supported by an STFC grant for my research in M-theory. I also hold a public understanding of science grant from STFC for a partnership with the Millennium Maths Project in Cambridge.