Dr. Aleksas Mazeliauskas

DEI committee, Principal Investigator

Involved

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg a.mazeliauskas@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de +49-6221-54-5046 https://aleksas.eu

University Education and Academic Degrees

2012-2017	Stony Brook University, United States, Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Max Dresden Prize for outstanding theoretical thesis "Fluctuations in ultra−relativistic heavy ion collisions", advisor Prof. Derek Teaney
2011-2020	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Master of Mathematics (Part III Maths) graduated with distinction
2008-2011	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Bachelor of Arts (Mathematical Tripos) 1st class degree

Academic Positions

2022-present	Research group leader, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University
2019-2022	Senior research fellow, Theoretical Physics Department, CERN
2017-2019	Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University
2014-2017	Research assistant, Nuclear Theory Group, Stony Brook University

Selected Professional Activities, Awards, Honours

2022-2026	6-year junior research group leader grant from the Emmy Noether Programme of German Research Foundation (DFG) (accepted)
2021	6-year junior researcher position from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (declined)
2019	Nuclear Physics A Young Scientist Award for the best theory talk at Quark Matter 2019
2017	Max Dresden Prize for outstanding theoretical thesis
2016	APS FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
2013	David Fox award for the outstanding Teaching Assistant