Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Basel
Spiegelgasse 1
4051 Basel
Switzerland
Email: (first name)(dot)(last name)(at symbol)unibas(.)ch
MR Author ID: 774657
Official University of Basel site

Research

My research is in number theory, more precisely diophantine geometry touching on topics like: rational points on varieties, heights, elliptic curves, unlikely intersections and connections to o-minimal geometry.

A list of my publications.

Research Group Members

• Tobias Bisang, PhD student
• Alessio Cangini, PhD student (SNF Project)
• Dr. Simone Coccia, Postdoc (SNF Project)
• Dr. Hang Fu, Postdoc (SNF Project)
• Dr. Seoyoung Kim, Postdoc

Former members

Teaching

My teaching activities at the University of Basel.

Recent Grants

• SNSF Grant "Rational points, Arithmetic dynamics, and heights" (Nr. 200020_219397/1) 2023 - 2027 (ongoing)

• SNSF Grant "Diophantine Equations: Special Points, Integrality, and Beyond" (Nr. 200020_184623) 2019 - 2023 (done)

Administrative Responsibilities

• August 2021 - July 2025: Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Science.

• 2016 - present: Representative of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in the Dissertation Committee.

Number Theory Web Seminar

Together with Michael Bennett (UBC) and Alina Ostafe (UNSW) and since 2020, I organize the online weekly Number Theory Web Seminar.

Basel Number Theory seminar

The Basel Number Theory seminar is currently running.

Upcoming Workshops, Seminars, etc. that I co-organize

I am involved in the organization of the following upcoming event:

• 8th Rhine Seminar on Transcendence Basel-Freiburg-Strasbourg in Basel, November 7, 2025, co-organized with Giuseppe Ancona (Strasbourg), Amador Martin-Pizarro and Annette Huber (Freiburg)

• Luminy Conference: Diophantine Approximation and Transcendence (3367) at CIRM, France, November 10 - 14, 2025, co-organized with Yann Bugeaud (Strabourg), Laura DeMarco (Harvard), and Eric Gaudron (Clermont-Ferrand)

• Oberwolfach Workshop Model Theory and Arithmetic (2604) in Germany, January 18 - 23, 2026, co-organized together with Matthias Aschenbrenner (Univ. Vienna), Annette Huber (Freiburg), Thomas Scanlon (UC Berkeley)

Past events that I co-organized.