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Robert C. Penner, mathematician
René Thom Chair
Robert C. Penner is Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, Centre Distinguished Professor, Centre for the Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces, Aarhus University.
His main research interests are: geometry, especially interfaces between geometry and physics involving algebraic number theory; string theory – an attempt to reconcile the theories of quantum gravity and quantum mechanics with general relativity; theoretical high-energy physics mathematical physics (especially quantum physics); low-dimensional topology.
Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology
In December 2015 a meeting was held at the IHES to explore the consequences of the newest developments in cellular and molecular biotechnology, comprising 29 invited speakers from seven countries and attended by about a hundred participants.
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