Niels Benedikter

Current Group Members

My research group currently comprises:

I am also funding collaborations with:

Umberto Morellini, postdoc at University of Pisa (since 2025)
Qiyun Yang, postdoc at Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao (since 2026)

Funded by the European Union My group is funded by the ERC Starting Grant "FermiMath: The Mathematics of Interacting Fermions", nr. 101040991.

The picture shows the group members in June 2025.

Former group members:

Sascha Lill, postdoc (2022 - 2025), moved to a postdoc position at University of Copenhagen
Cornelia Vogel, postdoc (2025), moved to a postdoc position at LMU München
Ngoc Nhi Nguyen, postdoc (2022 - 2025), moved as Maîtresse de conférence to University of Lille

Bachelor and Master students

Current students:

Former students:

Xiangyuan Li (University of Zurich), Master thesis in mathematics (2024-2025), co-advised with Chiara Boccato (University of Pisa)
Davide Desio, Master thesis in physics (2023-2024)
Alessandro Marchesini, Bachelor thesis in physics (2023-2024)
Ravish Mehta (IISER Pune), Master thesis in physics (2023-2024), co-advised with Phan Thành Nam (LMU München)
Xiangyuan Li (University of Zurich), semester thesis in mathematics (2023), co-advised with Chiara Boccato
Gregorio Casadei, Bachelor thesis in physics (2023)
Andrea Nigri, Bachelor thesis in physics (2023)
Francesco Toschi, Bachelor thesis in physics (2023)
Gabriele Francesco Sala, Master thesis in physics (2022-2023)
Davide Desio, Bachelor thesis in physics (2022)

Thesis Writing Tips

For writing your thesis:

Install a LaTeX editor on your computer. More comfortable and faster than Overleaf. Example: kile.
Use Zotero (with browser extension) and BibLaTeX/BibTeX for literature management. Takes a moment to learn, saves a lot of time later.
Use \bibliographystyle{alphadin}. Cite keys of the form [BD22] immediately remind you what paper they are refering to without requiring the reader to look it up in the bibliography.
Use \newcommand* or instead of \def (where necessary \renewcommand*).
\usepackage{todonotes}
Use automatic spell checking.
You are not writing poetry. One mathematical object can always be denoted by the same word, no need for synonyms. Keep your sentences simple. "Let us consider the function..." has no advantage over "Consider the function...".
Instead of "Let $m,n$ be natural numbers" write "Let $m$, $n$ be natural numbers".
Have mercy on the reader. Present results as simple as possible. Avoid additional notation that makes things look more complicated - good notation makes things simpler and more intuitive.

ERC Open Access Policy

All papers based on research funded by ERC grants must comply with the ERC's open access policy. Best practices for compliance:

Before submission, check the policy of the journal, for example using Open Policy Finder or Journal Checker). The journal must allow one of the following options:
- green open access: the author can upload the accepted author manuscript (AAM) of the article on arxiv with an embargo period not longer than 6 months;
- gold open access: the published version of the article is openly accessible to the public, which typically requires the payment of an Open Access fee. Several publishers have agreements with the university, allowing for Gold Open Access publication without fees. More information is provided by University of Milan's library service.
after the article is accepted, update arXiv with the accepted version (wait for the embargo period if necessary). Provide the DOI link when available.
after the article is published, update arXiv with the full journal reference and upload the publication to IRIS-AIR, the university's preprint server, linking it with the ERC project.