Seminar of Professor Jerzy Kijowski | December 5th
We kindly invite you
to a seminar of
prof. Jerzy Kijowski
(Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences),
which will take place on
December 5th (Friday) on 12:15,
in lecture hall D005.
Title of the seminar:
What a quantum physicist should know about gravity
Abstract: The modern description of micro-phenomena (i.e., quantum physics) and the description of macro-phenomena (i.e., general relativity) are contradictory: quantum physics in curved spacetimes does not exist, nor does "quantum gravity". Given this, we must delve into the very foundations of both theories. In my lecture, I will present a completely new formulation of the theory of gravity, along with its consequences. Perhaps this is the way forward…
Prof. Jerzy Kijowski is an eminent theoretical physicist and a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, where he received his PhD and habilitation. In 1982 he was awarded the title of professor of physical sciences. Over the course of his career, he served as the director of the CFT PAS and as the head of the Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics at the University of Warsaw.
His work covers key problems in general relativity, field theory, and quantum mechanics. Among his most important achievements are: introducing multisymplectic geometry to describe the canonical structure of field theory, constructing the ‘time-of-passage’ operator in quantum mechanics, a new interpretation of the uncertainty principle, the affine formulation of general relativity, and a new proof of the positivity of gravitational energy. Prof. Kijowski’s scientific output includes more than one hundred research publications. He is also a renowned educator: he has supervised 16 PhD students, several of whom later attained the title of professor.
The professor is also an active member of the international scientific community: he has completed numerous research stays at leading institutions around the world, co-founded the Journal of Geometry and Physics, and his work has been repeatedly recognized with awards and grants, including from the Humboldt Foundation and the Foundation for Polish Science.