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Abstract: In this talk I will give a broad overview of my research interests centering on the realization of symmetries in quantum field theories and quantum gravity. In particular, I will explain the appearance of generalized global symmetries in field theory setups and their fate after the inclusion of spacetime dynamics. This approach leads to universal consistency conditions, with consequences for string theory but also phenomenological setups.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Markus Dierigl carried out his PhD in DESY (Hamburg, Germany) under the supervision of Wilfried Buchmuller. He made postdoctoral stays at Utrecht University, UPenn, LMU Munich and CERN, and currently he is about to join UAM as a Ramon y Cajal fellow. His research interests comprise symmetries, anomalies, quantum gravity, and the interplay among them.