About the Authors
Martin Doubek graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the
Charles University in Prague. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of
Martin Markl at the Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and
defended it in 2011. The promising career of this talented young mathematician
was terminated in 2016 by his tragic death in a traffic accident.
Branislav Jurˇ co graduated from the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical
Engineering of the Czech Technical University. He defended his Ph.D. thesis,
supervised by Jiˇ rí Tolar, in 1991. He was a Humboldt Fellow at TU in Clausthal
and MPIM in Bonn. His postdoctoral experience also includes stays at CERN,
CRM in Montreal, and LMU in Munich. He is currently an Associate Professor at
the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. His
research focuses on applications of higher algebraic and geometric structures in
theoretical and mathematical physics.
Martin Markl graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the
Charles University in 1983 and defended his Ph.D. thesis, written under the
supervision of Vojtˇ ech Bartík, in 1987. He was influenced at the early stage of
his research career by Jim Stasheff during his repeated visits at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently a senior research fellow of the
Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. His research
is focused on homological algebra, geometry, and applications to mathematical
physics.
Ivo Sachs graduated in 1991 from the faculty of physics of the ETH in Zurich and
defended his Ph.D. in 1994 under the supervision of Andreas Wipf. In 2001, he
became a lecturer at the School of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin and, later
on, was awarded a professorship in theoretical physics at the Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity in Munich in 2003. His main achievements are in quantum field theory,
the structure of black holes, and string field theory.
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Martin Doubek graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the
Charles University in Prague. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of
Martin Markl at the Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and
defended it in 2011. The promising career of this talented young mathematician
was terminated in 2016 by his tragic death in a traffic accident.
Branislav Jurˇ co graduated from the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical
Engineering of the Czech Technical University. He defended his Ph.D. thesis,
supervised by Jiˇ rí Tolar, in 1991. He was a Humboldt Fellow at TU in Clausthal
and MPIM in Bonn. His postdoctoral experience also includes stays at CERN,
CRM in Montreal, and LMU in Munich. He is currently an Associate Professor at
the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. His
research focuses on applications of higher algebraic and geometric structures in
theoretical and mathematical physics.
Martin Markl graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the
Charles University in 1983 and defended his Ph.D. thesis, written under the
supervision of Vojtˇ ech Bartík, in 1987. He was influenced at the early stage of
his research career by Jim Stasheff during his repeated visits at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently a senior research fellow of the
Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. His research
is focused on homological algebra, geometry, and applications to mathematical
physics.
Ivo Sachs graduated in 1991 from the faculty of physics of the ETH in Zurich and
defended his Ph.D. in 1994 under the supervision of Andreas Wipf. In 2001, he
became a lecturer at the School of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin and, later
on, was awarded a professorship in theoretical physics at the Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity in Munich in 2003. His main achievements are in quantum field theory,
the structure of black holes, and string field theory.
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