Algebraic and Differential Topology, Riemannian Geometry.

I am a member of the DFG Priority Programme 2026 ’’Geometry at Infinity’’.

Masoumeh Zarei, Ph.D., (DFG)

• Konferenz “Spaces, structures, symmetries”, Bari, August 2022: The topology of symmetric spaces and the secrets it harbours on subspaces
• Konferenz “Manifolds with Symmetries”, Universit¨at Stuttgart, March 2022: Fibrations with torus fibres and the Toral Rank Conjecture
• Forschungsseminar “Differentialgeometrie und Analysis”, Universit¨at Marburg, Dezember 2021: Formality is all around
• Konferenz “Symmetry and Shape”, Santiago de Compostela, Oktober 2021: Maximal antipodal sets and the topology of generalised symmetric spaces
• Konferenz “Geometry in the Large”, St. Petersburg, August 2021: Maximal antipodal sets and the topology of generalised symmetric spaces
• Seminar “Geometry, Topology and their Applications”, Novosibirsk/Moskau, Januar 2021: Fibrations with torus fibres and the toral rank conjecture
• Konferenz ''Sub-Riemannian Geometry and Beyond, III'', Pisa, May 2020, postponed due to Covid-19: t.b.a.
• Workshop ''Rational homotopy theory and Geometry'', Munich, March 2020, postponed due to Covid-19: Non-negatively curved vector bundles over cohomogeneity one manifolds
• Konferenz ''Higher homotopy algebras in topology 2'', Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, March 2020: The toral rank conjecture and variants of equivariant formality
• IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, February 2020: Non-negatively curved vector bundles over cohomogeneity one manifolds
• Geometry Seminar, Aarhus, Denmark, December 2019: Non-negatively curved vector bundles over cohomogeneity one manifolds
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Universität Münster, December 2019: Non-negatively curved vector bundles over cohomogeneity one manifolds
• Konferenz ''Symmetry and Shape'', Santiago de Compostela, Spain, October 2019: On the topology of transitive and cohomogeneity one actions
• Oberseminar Globale Analysis, Universität Regensburg, May 2019: On the topology of transitive and cohomogeneity one actions
• SPP Konferenz Münster, April 2019: On the topology of transitive and cohomogeneity one actions
• ''Topology & Málaga Meeting'', Malaga, Spain, January 2019: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Kolloquium Hamburg, December 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Forschungsseminar Differentialgeometrie, Hamburg, December 2018: On the topology of transitive and cohomogeneity one actions
• Tagung DMV und KMS, Seoul, South Korea, October 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Workshop ''New trends and open problems in Geometry'', Rauischholzhausen, August 2018: On Besse orbifolds
• Konferenz GeToPhyMa, Universität Rabat, Marokko, July 2018: 6x1 hour minicourse, Curvature and Topology
• 40. Süddeutsches Kolloquium über Differentialgeometrie, Heidelberg, Mai 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Münster, Mai 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Stuttgart, April 2018: Orbifaltigkeiten mit nur geschlossenen Geodätischen
• UNAM Mexiko Stadt, April 2018: Orbidades con todas las geodésicas cerradas
• UNAM Cuernavaca, Mexiko, April 2018: Orbidades con todas las geodésicas cerradas
• Research Seminar ''Prospectos en Topología'', UNAM Morelia, Michoacán, Mexiko, March 2018:  Sobre grupos de Lie nilpotentes y casi-isometricos
• Research Seminar ''Prospectos en Topología'', UNAM Morelia, Michoacán, Mexiko, March 2018: Orbidades con todas las geodésicas cerradas
• DMV Jahrestagung, Sektion Topologie, Paderborn, March 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, Maynooth, Ireland, February 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Geometry and Toplogy Seminar, Poznan, January 2018: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Universität Fribourg, December 2017: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Universität Regensburg, December 2017: Krümmung? Positiv!
• Bavarian Geometry and Topology Meeting, Augsburg, December 2017: Orbifolds with all geodesics closed
• Kolloquium Augsburg, Umhabilitation, November 2017: Aspekte Riemannscher Topologie – Krümmung, Holonomie, Symmetrie
• Universität Chemnitz, June 2017: Krümmung? Positiv!
• Mathematisches Kolloquium, Universität Augsburg, June 2017: A story of positive curvature and topology
• Oberseminar Globale Analysis, Regensburg, June 2016: A story of positive curvature and topology
• Forschungsseminar Mathematische Physik, Marburg, May 2016: Positive curvature in high and low dimensions
• Hauptseminar Geometrie, Heidelberg, January 2016: Positive curvature in high and low dimensions
• Chinese-German Workshop on Metric Riemannian Geometry, Shanghai, October 2015: On the Hopf conjectures
• Jahrestagung der DMV, Saarbrücken, Sektionsvortrag, September 2015: Geometrically formal homogeneous metrics of positive curvature
• Modern Tools in Riemannian Geometry II, UNAM Mexico City, lecture series, September 2015: The topology and geometry of torus actions
• Bielefeld Geometry and Topology days, July 2015: Positive Curvature and Topology
• Differentialgeometrie im Großen, Oberwolfach, July 2015: On the Hopf conjectures
• Antrittsvorlesung, Karlsruhe, June 2015: Komplexe Topologie
• Mathematisches Kolloquium, LMU München, June 2015: Positive Curvature and Topology
• Wichita State University, Kolloquium, March 2015: Positive Curvature and Topology
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Topology Seminar, March 2015: Complex topology
• University of Freiburg, Januar 2015: Positive Krümmung
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Augsburg, December 2014: Positive curvature and topology
• Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spanien, November 2014: Positive curvature and topology
• Applied Algebraic Topology, Castro Urdiales, Spain, July 2014: Computational complexity of topological invariants
• Forschungsseminar Differentialgeometrie, Hamburg, June 2014: Positive curvature and topology
• Oberseminar Topologie, Münster, April 2014: Positive curvature, rational ellipticity and symmetry
• Heidelberg-Karlsruhe-Strasbourg Geometry Day, Heidelberg, January 2014: Topological properties of positively curved manifolds with symmetry
• Mini-Workshop: Quaternion Kähler Structures in Riemannian and Algebraic Geometry, Oberwolfach, November 2013, Formality of Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Curvature and Global Shape, Münster, July 2013: Topological properties of positively curved manifolds with symmetry
• AG Seminar Topologie, Karlsruhe, June 2013: Zur Topologie von positiv gekrümmten Mannigfaltigkeiten mit Symmetrien
• Topology Seminar, Bonn, June 2013: Topological properties of positively curved manifolds with symmetry
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Münster, April 2013: Topological properties of positively curved manifolds with symmetry
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Stuttgart, January 2013: On the Betti numbers of positively curved manifolds with symmetry
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Analysis, LMU München, December 2012: Cohomological consequences of (almost) free torus actions
• DMV-Jahrestagung, Sektion Geometrie und Topologie, Saarbrücken, September 2012: Special holonomy, rational formality and fibrations
• IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, June 2012: Special holonomy, rational formality and fibrations
• Geometry and Topolgy Conference, Lehigh University, May 2012: Cohomological consequences of (almost) free torus actions
• Deformation Theory Seminar, University of Philadelphia, March 2012: Mapping degrees of self-maps of simply-connected manifolds
• Geometry and Topology Seminar, University of Philadelphia, February 2012: Special holonomy, rational formality and fibrations
• Geometry and Topology Seminar, McMaster University, Hamilton, September 2011: Mapping degrees of self-maps of simply-connected manifolds
• Geometry and Topology Seminar, Toronto, September 2011: Mapping degrees of self-maps of simply-connected manifolds
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Stuttgart, May 2011: Nicht-formale homogene Räume
• Geometry and Topology Day, Utrecht, May 2011: Non-formal homogeneous spaces
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Bonn, April 2011: Non-formal homogeneous spaces
• Oberseminar Globale Analysis, Regensburg, January 2011: Rational formality and special holonomy
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Augsburg, January 2011: Rationale Formalität und spezielle Holonomie
• Geometry and Topology Seminar, Toronto, November 2010: Rational formality and special holonomy
• Curvature and Global Shape, Münster, July 2009: Formality of Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Münster, July 2008: Gaining symmetry on 20-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Symmetries in Geometry and Topology, Fribourg, July 2008: An "all-round" view to Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Oberseminar Geometrie, Topologie und Analysis, Köln, June 2008: Gaining symmetry on 20-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Fribourg, May 2008: Gaining symmetry on 20-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Graduate Colloquium, ETH Zürich, December 2007: What is ... Quaternion Kähler Geometry?
• Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, Fribourg, May 2007: Low-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds and Rational Homotopy Theory
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Münster, December 2006: Low-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds and Rational Homotopy Theory
• Topological Problems in Geometry, Münster, October 2006: Formality of low-dimensional Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• kleines Seminar, Münster, April 2006: All the way to Positive Quaternion Kähler Manifolds
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie, Münster, January 2005: The homology of the double mapping cylinder
• Séminaire Topologie et Géométrie, Louvain la Neuve, December 2003: Isoparametric Hypersurfaces and Rational Homotopy

Universität Augsburg:

• Summer term 2022
  • Seminar "Topologische Datenanalyse"
• Winter term 2021
  • Online-Seminar "Rational Homotopy Theory" setting foundations for MAMII
• Summer term 2021
  • Seminar "Rationale Homotopietheorie"
• Summer term 2020
• Seminar ’’Metric Geometry“
• Summer term 2019
• Riemannsche Geometrie
• Winter term 2018
• Seminar "Rational Homotopy Theory"

KIT Karlsruhe:

• Summer term 2017
• Rational Homotopy Theory
• Übungen zu Rational Homotopy Theory

Universität Bonn:

• Winter term 2016
• Advanced Geometry I
• Tutorials Advanced Geometry I
• Seminar on Differential Geometry –         Lie groups and their representations
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie
• Summer term 2016
• Geometrie I
• Tutorial Geometrie I
• Kähler Geometry
• Oberseminar Differentialgeometrie

KIT Karlsruhe:

• Winter term 2015
• Übungen zu "Algebraic Topology II"
• Summer term 2015
• Seminar "Differentialtopologie"
• AG-Seminar Topologie
• Summer term 2014
• Vorlesung "Knotentheorie"
• Übungen zu "Knotentheorie"
• AG-Seminar Topologie
• Winter term 2013
• Vorlesung "Rationale Homotopietheorie"
• Übungen zu "Rationale Homotopietheorie"
• Übungen zu "Lineare Algebra und Analytische Geometrie I"
• AG-Seminar Topologie
• Summer term 2013
• Seminar zur K-Theorie
• AG-Seminar Topologie
• Winter term 2012
• Proseminar Eulers Trickkiste
• AG-Seminar Topologie

University of Toronto:

• Fall term 2011
• Course ''Topics in Algebraic Topology: Rational Homotopy Theory''

WWU Münster:

• Summer term 2010
• Seminar zur Differentialgeometrie
• Summer term 2008
• Übungen zur Analysis II
• Winter term 2007/2008
• Übungen zur Analysis I
• Summer term 2007
• Übungen zur Differentialgeometrie II
• Winter term 2006/2007
• Übungen zur Differentialgeometrie I
• Seminar "Geometrie"
• Winter term 2005/2006
• Seminar zur Homotopietheorie
• Summer term 2005
• Übungen zur Differentialtopologie II (Introduction to Algebraic Topology)