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I am a postdoctoral fellow working with Jason Lotay at the University of Oxford. Before, I was a postdoctoral researcher working with Andriy Haydys. Before that, I was a PhD at University College London under the supervision of Lorenzo Focolo. My research interest include geometric analysis, gauge theory and special holonomy. I study Z/2-harmonic 1-forms using techniques from pure mathematics and machine learning.

N.B. Due to the Dutch naming system, my official name is Willem Adriaan Salm..

Work experiences

Postdoctoral fellow

2026 - present
University of Oxford

Postdoctoral researcher

2023 - 2026
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Software Engineer

2010 - 2018
Minded Digitaal Kantoor B.V

Education

PhD in Mathematics

2018 - 2023
University College London

MSc (Hons) in Mathematical Sciences

2015 - 2018
Utrecht University

MSc (Hons) in Theoretical Physics

2015 - 2018
Utrecht University

BSc in Mathematics

2012 - 2015
Utrecht University

BSc in Physics

2012 - 2015
Utrecht University

Awarded Grants

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship

2026 - 2028
University of Oxford

Publications

  • Elliptic analysis on collapsing gravitational instantons modelled using the Gibbons-Hawking ansatz
  • Willem Adriaan Salm

    Journal of Geometric Analysis 35, 295 (2025).

  • Deformation rigidity for Z/2 eigensections
  • Andriy Haydys, Siqi he, Willem Adriaan Salm

    Selected Talks and presentations

    Conferences

    ShanghaiTech University & Feishu, Shanghai
    June 5 2026
    University of Münster
    March 23 2026

    Departmental seminars

    Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing
    June 9 2026
    Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (Online)
    April 15 2026
    Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing
    March 5 2025
    Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
    November 7 2024
    Université Libre de Bruxelles
    October 21 2024
    Morningside Center of Mathematics, Beijing
    Augustus 28 2024
    Universiteit van Antwerpen
    May. 22 2024
    University of York (Online)
    April 16 2024
    Université Libre de Bruxelles
    November 8 2022

    Poster Presentations

    IMPA, Rio de Janeiro
    March 14 2024
    University of Montreal
    October 14 2021
    Oxford-London Gauge Assembly (Online)
    Augustus 20 2020

    Reading groups at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Atiyah-Singer Index Theory
    October 7 2025
    News on Geometry, Topology, and Analysis
    June 13 2025
    Homological Mirror Symmetry
    Februari 14 2025

    Teaching

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Teaching Assistant - Algebraic Topology
    Spring 2026
    Teaching Assistant - Riemann Surfaces
    Fall 2025
    Teaching Assistant - Algebraic Topology
    Fall 2024
    Teaching Assistant - Riemann Surfaces
    Spring 2024
    Teaching Assistant - Algebraic Topology
    Fall 2023

    University College London

    Demonstrator - Algebra 3
    Fall 2022
    Developer - Automated marking of assessments
    Spring 2022
    Demonstrator - Algebra 3
    Fall 2021
    Developer - Automated marking of assessments
    Spring 2021
    Demonstrator - Algebra 3
    Fall 2020
    Teaching Assistant - Algebra 2
    Spring 2020

    Heriot Watt University

    Teaching Assistant - Discrete Mathematics
    Fall 2019
    Teaching Training program
    2018/2019

    Miscellaneous

    Peer review

    Crelle
    2026
    Geometry and Topology
    2025
    La Mathematica
    2024

    Conference organisation

    Early Career Researchers in Mathematics
    June 21 - 24, 2022

    Research Collaboration

    Morningside center of Mathematics, Bejing
    June 2026
    Morningside center of Mathematics, Bejing
    Februari 2025