Tomislav Prokopec</a>
Welcome to the home page of
I am associate professor (UHD) at
the Institute for Theoretical Physics
and
Spinoza Institute at
the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
of
Utrecht University.
Research
My main research interest is in cosmology.
Cosmic inflation is an epoch of a rapid and accelerated expansion
of the very early Universe. The question that interests me most is,
in which ways can inflation influence formation of
large scale structures of the Universe?
I find it equally fascinating to ponder on the origins
of the dark matter, matter-antimatter asymmetry and the dark energy
of the Universe.
Here you will find a list of my
publications
(from SPIRES at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires).
Open positions: No.
Part of
the lecture on cosmic inflation
held on Aug 27 2009 at the Utrecht's Summer School.
The Cosmology Group of the ITP & Spinoza Institute
Shun-Pei Miao (postdoc from Sep 1 2007)
Tomas Janssen (Ph.D. student from Sep 1 2005)
Jurjen Ferdinand Koksma (Ph.D. student from Sep 15 2007)
Valentina Dellaca (master's student)
Jeroen G. Burgers (master's student)
Jan J. Weenink (master's student; will begin a Ph.D. in this Group in the Fall 2009)
Christiaan Mantz (a former master's student,
from Sep 1 2008 a Ph.D. student of Prof. Piet J.G. Mulders
at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Teaching
In the fall semester 2008 I teach
Student Seminar Theoretical Physics,
(ns-tp501m)
with topics in cosmology and astrophysics.
The course is primarily aimed for master's students.
Lectures begin on Sep 10 2008.
Lectures take place every Wed 13:15-15:00 in BBL 415 (until the end of Oct).
Tutorials (with Jurjen F. Koksma and Maarten van de Meent)
take place every second Wed 15:15-17 in BBL 415, starting on Sep 10.
Student Seminars take place every second
Wed 13:15-17:00 in BBL 415 starting Nov 5 2008.