Helga Baum, born in Berlin in 1954, focuses her mathematical research on differential geometry and global analysis. A career academic rooted in the German university system, she maintains a long-standing professional connection to the Humboldt University of Berlin, where she transitioned from a doctoral student into a professor of mathematics.
Academic Foundations
The early academic trajectory of Baum centered on the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1980, she completed her doctorate, earning the Dr. sc. nat. degree. Her doctoral dissertation, titled Spin-Strukturen und Dirac-Operatoren über Pseudoriemannschen Mannigfaltigkeiten, was written under the supervision of Thomas Friedrich. This work established her initial research interests in spin structures and Dirac operators, subjects that would define her later scholarly output.
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Baum has spent her career as a mathematician and teacher within the framework of the Humboldt University of Berlin. As a professor for differential geometry and global analysis, she contributes to the university's Institute for Mathematics. Her professional life remains centered in Berlin, where she instructs students and conducts research within the fields of gauge theory and conformal differential geometry.
Published Contributions
Her academic output includes several books that explore the intersection of geometry and theoretical physics. In 1981, she published her dissertation, Spin-Strukturen und Dirac-Operatoren über pseudoriemannschen Mannigfaltigkeiten. This was followed by a 1991 collaboration with Thomas Friedrich, Ralf Grunewald, and Ines Kath titled Twistor and Killing spinors on Riemannian manifolds. Her later work includes Eichfeldtheorie: Eine Einführung in die Differentialgeometrie auf Faserbündeln, published by Springer in 2009 with a second edition in 2014, and the 2010 book Conformal differential geometry: Q-curvature and conformal holonomy, coauthored with Andreas Juhl.
Fast facts
- Born: 1954, Berlin, Germany
- Citizenship: Germany
- Alma Mater: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Academic Title: Professor
- Primary Fields: Differential geometry, global analysis
- Dissertation Year: 1980
Questions readers ask
What subjects does Helga Baum teach?
She is a professor for differential geometry and global analysis.
Where has Baum conducted her professional work?
She has worked as a teacher and researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Achievements
- Held posts at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
