Sebastian Halbig
1. About me
Currently, I am a research assistant in the team of Istvan Heckenberger at the Philipps-Universität Marburg. Prior to that, I was a PhD student of Ulrich Krähmer at the TU Dresden.
My research lives at the intersection of three areas:
- Hopf algebras and their representation theory,
- the theory of monoidal categories in its various flavours, and (to a lesser extend)
- low-dimensional topology.
You can reach me via mail: Sebastian.Halbig@uni-marburg.de
2. Publications
Preprints of articles by my coauthors and me can be found on the arXiv. Reviews and an overview of all published articles are on zbMATH.
2.1. Preprints
- U. Krähmer and S. Halbig. A non-semisimple Kitaev lattice model. (2025).
- S. Halbig and T.Zorman. Duality in Monoidal Categories. (2024).
2.2. Published articles
- B. Femić and S. Halbig. Categorical centers and Yetter–Drinfel`d-modules as 2-categorical (bi)lax structures. Publ. Inst. Math., Nouv. Sér. (2025).
- S. Halbig and T.Zorman. Diagrammatics for Comodule Monads. Appl. Categ. Struct. (2023).
- S. Halbig and T.Zorman. Pivotality, twisted centres and the anti-double of a Hopf monad. Theory Appl. Categ. (2024).
- S. Halbig. Generalized Taft algebras and pairs in involution. Commun. Algebra. (2021).
- S. Halbig and U. Krähmer A Hopf algebra without a modular pair in involution. Geom. Methods in Physics XXXVII. (2019).
2.3. Other publications
A digital version of my PhD thesis can be found here.
3. (Co-)organised workshops
- Workshop on "Factorisation homology" in Kleinwalsertal, Austria (30.10–03.11.2024)
- Workshop on "Mackey functors" in Dresden, Germany (14.07–17.07.2023)
- Workshop "Hopf Algebras and Tensor Categories" in Marburg, Germany (22.05.–26.05.2023)
- Seminar "Geometric methods in mathematics" in Dresden, Germany (2020-2022)
- Seminar "Algebra–Geometrie–Kombinatorik" in Dresden, Germany (summer term 2022)
4. Research visits
4.1. 2025
- 27.02 - 13.03.2025 visiting Ivan Angiono in Cordoba, Argentina as part of the DFG-project "Lie-Theorie in Geometrie, Algebra und Analysis" (541920696)
4.2. 2024
- 30.09 - 02.10.2024 visiting Jennifer Brown in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 29.04 - 03.05.2024 visiting Catharina Stroppel in Bonn, Germany
- 26.02 - 27.02.2024 visiting Ulrich Krähmer in Dresden, Germany
- 19.02 - 23.02.2024 visiting John Bourke in Brno, Czech Republic
4.3. 2023
- 27.11- 01.12.2023 visiting Ulrich Krähmer in Dresden, Germany
4.4. 2022
- 05.12 - 08.12.2022 visiting Catherine Meusburger in Erlangen, Germany
- 03.01 - 24.01.2022 as teaching assistant of Ulrich Krähmer visiting AIMS Ghana in Accra, Ghana
4.5. 2021
- 06.12 - 10.12.2021 visiting Martin Markl in Prague, Czech Republic
4.6. 2019
- 24.09 - 02.10.2019 visiting Robert Yuncken in Clermont-Ferrand, France
5. Talks
5.1. 2025
- 03.06.2025 Noncommutative geometry and topology seminar in Prague, Czech Republic “A non-semisimple version of the Kitaev lattice model”
- 19.05 - 20.05.2025 Higher structures for Hopf algebras in Dresden, Germany
- 20.05 Talk “A non-semisimple version of the Kitaev lattice model”
- 22.04. - 26.04.2025 Hopf25 in Brussels, Belgium
- 24.04 Talk "A non-semisimple version of the Kitaev model" (Plenary speaker)
- 11.03.2025 Seminario del Grupo de Lie in Córdoba, Argentina "A non-semisimple Kitaev lattice model"
- 05.03. - 11.03.2025 Lie Theory in Geometry, Algebra and Analysis in Córdoba, Argentina
- 10.03 Talk "Topological aspects of representation theory"
5.2. 2024
- 02.10.2024 Algebra Seminar in Edinburgh, Scotland, "A non-semisimple variant of the Kitaev lattice model"
- 03.05.2024 Oberseminar Darstellungstheorie in Bonn, Germany "Pivotality and twisted centres"
- 21.02.2024 Brno Algebra seminar: in Brno, Czech Republic, "Dualities in monoidal functor categories"
- 28.01. - 02.02.2024 Oberwolfach Mini-workshop: "Bridging Number Theory and Nichols Algebras via Deformations" in Oberwolfach, Germany
- 02.02.2024 Talk: "Dualities in abelian monoidal functor categories"
5.3. 2023
- 23.11. - 26.11.2023 Factorisation homology seminar in Dresden, Germany
- 24.11 Talk "The Goldman bracket via ribbon graphs (Part I)"
- 25.11 Talk "The Goldman bracket via ribbon graphs (Part II)"
- 04.09. - 06.09.2023 Hopf days in Brussels, Belgium
- 04.09 Talk "Duality in monoidal categories"
- 22.05. - 26.05.2023 Workshop Hopf Algebras and Tensor Categories in Marburg, Germany
- 23.05 Talk "Pairs in involution – From Hopf algebras to monoidal categories and back"
5.4. 2022
- 08.12. - 11.12.2022 Seminar on Operads in Bonn, Germany
- 08.12 Talk "A-infinity algebras"
- 30.05.2022 Quantum groups seminar (online) "Pivotality, twisted centres and the anti-double of a Hopf monad"
- 14.05-15.05.2022 PSSL Brno in Brno, Czech Republic
- 15.05 Talk "Pivotality, twisted centres and the anti-double of a Hopf monad"
- 12.05.2022 Czech academy of sciences, in Prague, Czech Republic "Pivotality, twisted centres and the anti-double of a Hopf monad"
- 12.04.2022 Universität Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany "Pivotality, twisted centres and the anti-double of a Hopf monad"
- 18.01.2022 AIMS Ghana, in Accra, Ghana "Coxeter groups and beyond"
5.5. 2021
- 09.12.2021 Czech academy of sciences in Prague, Czech Republic "Exploring the Kitaev lattice model"
- 18.10.2021 Geometric methods seminar Dresden in Dresden, Germany "Higher-dimensional Algebra and Topological Quantum Field Theory"
- 28.01.2021 Promotionen und Postdocs in Darstellungstheorie (online) "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
5.6. 2020
- 09.11.2020 Geometric methods seminar Dresden in Dresden, Germany "Reconstruction of fusion categories"
- 20.01.2020 RWTH Aachen in Aachen, Germany "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
5.7. 2019
- 16.12.2019 Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen in Erlangen, Germany "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
- 30.09.2019 Univerité Blaise–Pascal Clermont–Ferrand in Clermont-Ferrand, France "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
- 08.07.2019 Phillips–Universität Marburg in Marburg, Germany "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
5.8. 2018
- 19.11.2018 Institute of mathematics of the Polish academy of sciences in Warsaw, Poland "Generalised Taft algebras and pairs in involution"
- 13.11.2018 Geometry seminar in Dresden, Germany "Hopf algebras with and without modular pairs in involution"
6. Attended conferences without own talk
6.1. 2025
- 08.09 - 12.09.2025 Workshop on higher structures: recent developments and applications Hamburg, Germany
- 30.06 - 11.07.2025 Quantum Field Theory and Topological Phases via Homotopy Theory and Operator Algebras in Bonn, Germany
- 23.06 - 26.06.2025 Factorisation homology seminar in Bonn, Germany
- 14.02 - 15.02.2025 Algebra and Representation Theory in Germany in Bonn, Germany
6.2. 2024
- 08.10 - 11.10.2024 Higher Structures in Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Algebra in Lille, France
- 23.09 - 27.09.2024 Scottish Talbot on Algebra and Topology: Higher tensor categories and their extensions in Glenmore, Scotland
- 03.09 - 06.09.2024 Hopf Algebras and Monoidal Categories in Ferrara, Germany
- 14.06 - 15.06.2024 Algebra and Representation Theory in Germany in Aachen, Germany
- 11.06 - 14.06.2024 Factorisation homology seminar in Bonn, Germany
6.3. 2023
- 20.10. - 22.10.2023 Factorisation homology seminar in Bonn, Germany
- 02.07 - 08.07.2023 Category Theory 2023 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
6.4. 2022
- 13.06 - 17.06.2022 Summer school and workshop: Representation theory and flag or quiver varieties in Paris, Germany
6.5. 2020
- 16.03 - 20.03.2020 Tensor categories and topological quantum field theories in SLMath, Berkley, USA (moved online due to Covid-19)
6.6. 2019
- 26.08 - 30.08.2019 Algebraic structures in quantum field theory in Hamburg, Germany
6.7. 2018
- 22.01 - 26.01.2018 Tensor categories, Hopf algebras and quantum groups in Marburg, Germany
7. Teaching
7.1. 2025
- winter term:
- Abstract algebra (teaching assistant)
- summer term:
- Linear algebra II (teaching assistant)
- Matrix methods in data analysis (teaching assistant)
- Hopf algebras (tutor)
7.2. 2024
- winter term:
- Linear algebra I (teaching assistant)
- Lie groups and lie algebras (tutor)
- summer term:
- Representation theory of finite groups (lecturer)
7.3. 2023
- winter term:
- Basic concepts of linear algebra (teaching assistant),
- Algebra (teaching assistant)
- summer term:
- Representation theory of algebras (teaching assistant),
- Linear algebra II (teaching assistant)
7.4. 2022
- winter term:
- linear algebra I (teaching assistant)
- summer term:
- geometry for civil engineers (tutor)
7.5. 2021
- winter term:
- mathematics for industrial engineers (teaching assistant)
- summer term:
- linear algebra for teachers (tutors)
7.6. 2020
- winter term:
- linear algebra (tutor)
- summer term:
- Galois theory (teaching assistant)
7.7. 2019
- winter term:
- mathematics for industrial engineers (tutor)
- summer term:
- mathematics for engineers (tutor)
7.8. 2018
- winter term:
- mathematics for industrial engineers (tutor)