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1 Anna Ijjas Center for Theore cal Physics Columbia University in the City of New York 538 West 120 Street, 904 Pupin Hall, New York, NY (609) date of birth: 01/19/1985 ci zenship: Hungarian, US permanent resident academic appointments Columbia University, New York, NY 2017 present Associate Research Scien st. Princeton Center for Theore cal Science, Princeton, NJ John A. Wheeler Postdoctoral Fellow. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Research Associate, Rutgers Columbia NYU Philosophy and Cosmology Ini a ve. Ins tute for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany Wissenscha liche Mitarbeiterin, (assistant-professor equivalent). educa on Max Planck Ins tute for Gravita onal Physics & Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 2014 PhD, Theore cal Physics thesis tle: Observa onal and Theore cal Issues in Early Universe Cosmology advisors: Hermann Nicolai (Max Planck Ins tute), Avi Loeb (Harvard) Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ departmental visitor Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Ins tute for Theory and Computa on, Cambridge, MA visi ng Fritz Thyssen research fellow Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 2010 PhD, Philosophy of Physics thesis tle: The Old One with the Dice: On the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics awarded with the Doctoral Disserta on Prize of Munich University (2011) & the Research Prize of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (2012) Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 2009 Staatsexamen in Physics (combined BA+MA equivalent) 2008 Staatsexamen in Mathema cs and Philosophy (combined BA+MA equivalent) Miklós Radnó School of the Loránd Eotvos University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary 2003 Ére ségi (high-school leaving examina on) grants Simons Founda on, New York, NY $ 931,258 Principal Inves gator, Cosmological Bounces and Bouncing Cosmologies, as part of the Origins of the Universe Ini a ve Fritz Thyssen Founda on, Cologne, Germany $ 40,000 Principal Inves gator, Fine-tuning of Ini al Condi ons in Cosmic Infla on, including support to spend academic year abroad at Harvard University 1/5

2 awards, scholarships John A. Wheeler Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Princeton Center for Theore cal Science first to hold the posi on Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Princeton Center for Theore cal Science Rutgers Philosophy & Cosmology Research Fellowship 2012 Research Prize of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology one prize awarded every two years 2011 Doctoral Disserta on Award of Munich University six prizes awarded annually at Munich University 2009 Scholarship of Munich University for outstanding academic achievement awarded to the top 3% of graduates at Munich University 2003 Szechenyi Award for best school leaving exam in Hungary service to the profession/outreach lecturer, online course Introduc on to Cosmology as part of the World Science Fes val program for gi ed high-school students chair, Gravity Group Lunch Seminar, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ lecturer, Summer Ins tute in Philosophy and Cosmology including lectures for the public [joint project of Rutgers, Columbia, and UC Santa Cruz], Santa Cruz, CA. conference and workshop organiza on: Simons-PCTS Program Gravity in the Early Universe, including a series of monthly seminars and a winter workshop in Princeton, NJ and a summer workshop in Salzburg (Austria) Bangs, bounces, black holes and bubbles: where General Rela vity meets Cosmology. PCTS Program in collabora on with the Max-Planck Ins tute for Gravita onal Physics including a a Winter Conference at Schloss Ringberg in the Bavarian Alps and a Spring Conference in Princeton, NJ PCTS Program Rethinking Cosmology. including a series of monthly mee ngs, a lecture for the public, and a Summer Conference in Princeton, NJ Analy c Philosophy Cluster Ini a ve, joint project of Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich & Munich School of Philosophy including a Summer Workshop, an Interna onal Lecture Series, and an Interdisciplinary Master Class. Spring 2014 Spring 2014 Winter 2011 Summer 2011 teaching experience Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Introduc on to Cosmic Infla on: Principles and Challenges [invited lectures as part of the graduate class Topics in Contemporary Astrophysics ] Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick: Philosophy of Science & Founda ons of Cosmology for Non-Scien sts [Undergraduate Course] Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich: Introduc on to the Scien fic Method [Undergraduate Course] The Mind-Body-Problem [Graduate Course] Religion and Science: An Introduc on [Graduate course] Founda onal Problems of Quantum Mechanics [Graduate Course] graduate student mentoring Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: Roman Kolevatov, Nicolai Sukhov, Jus n Ripley, Aaron Levy 2/5

3 in prepara on pre-prints refereed journal ar cles other publica ons books refereed ar cles publica ons A. Ijjas, V. Paschalidis, P. J. Steinhardt. Applica ons of numerical general rela vity to early universe cosmology. Invited review ar cle for Class. Quantum Grav. focus issue Computa onal Issues in Mathema cal Cosmology. A. Ijjas, F. Pretorius, P. J. Steinhardt. Complete numerical analysis of fully stable, non-singular cosmological bounces. A. Ijjas. Cyclic comple on of the anamorphic universe,, submi ed for review to Class. Quantum Grav. A. Ijjas. Space- me slicing in Horndeski theories and its implica ons for non-singular bouncing solu ons, accepted for publica on in JCAP,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. Fully stable cosmological solu ons with a non-singular classical bounce, Phys. Le. B 764 (2017) ,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. Classically stable non-singular cosmological bounces, Phys. Rev. Le. 117 (2016) ,. A. Ijjas, J. Ripley, P. J. Steinhardt. NEC viola on in mime c cosmology revisited, Phys. Le. B 760 (2016) ,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. Implica ons of Planck2015 for infla onary, ekpyro c and anamorphic bouncing cosmologies, Class. Quantum Grav. 33 (2016) ,. [invited contribu on] A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt. The anamorphic universe, JCAP 10 (2015) 001,. A. Levy, A. Ijjas, and P. J. Steinhardt. Scale-invariant perturba ons in ekpyro c cosmologies without finetuning of ini al condi ons, Phys. Rev. D. 92 (2015) ,. A. Ijjas, J.-L. Lehners, and P. J. Steinhardt. A general mechanism for producing scale-invariant perturba ons and small non-gaussianity in ekpyro c models, Phys. Rev. D. 89 (2014) ,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Infla onary schism, Phys. Le. B 736 (2014), pp ,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Scale-free primordial cosmology, Phys. Rev. D 89 (2014) ,. A. Ijjas, P. J. Steinhardt, and A. Loeb. Infla onary paradigm in trouble a er Planck2013, Phys. Le. B 723 (2013) [featured in New Scien st 2937 (2013) and Quanta Magazine January 30, 2015.] A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt, A. Loeb. Pop goes the universe, Scien fic American, February [invited feature ar cle] A. Ijjas, P.J. Steinhardt. Do we live in an anamorphic universe? PBS NOVA: The Nature of Reality 01/2016. [invited feature ar cle] Philosophy of Science: A. Ijjas & B. Loewer (eds). Introduc on to the Philosophy of Cosmology (under contract with Oxford University Press to appear in 2018) A. Ijjas. Der Alte mit dem Wuerfel. Ein Beitrag zur Metaphysik der Quantenmechanik, Goe ngen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011, pp [in German, English tle: The old one with the dice: a contribu on to the metaphysics of quantum mechanics] A. Ijjas. A-Time Beats No Time: A Response to Brian Le ow, in: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 5 (2013) pp A. Ijjas, J. Groessl, and L. Jaskolla. Theis c Mul verse and Slippery Slopes: A Response to Klaas Kraay, in: Theology and Science 11 (2013) pp A. Ijjas. Quantum metaphysics yet another never-ending story? A brief review of current tendencies, in: ESSSAT News and Reviews 22:3 (2012) pp /5

4 selected talks and presenta ons April 2018 Oct 2017 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 Jan 2017 Dec 2016 Sep 2016 Apr 2016 Mar 2016 Feb 2016 Dec 2015 Dec 2015 Oct 2015 June 2015 Dec 2014 Sept 2014 Aug 2014 May 2014 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 Jan 2014 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 Nov 2013 Jun 2013 Apr 2013 Sept 2012 TBA, High-Energy Theory/Cosmology Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Bal more, MD Towards a non-singular bouncing cosmology, BHI Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Not so) No-Goes in Bouncing Cosmologies, Theory Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY Bouncing, Physics Colloquium, University of Virginia, Charlo esville, VA Bouncing, Physics Colloquium, University of Washington, Sea le, WA Bouncing, Physics Colloquium, Perimeter Ins tute for Theore cal Physics, Waterloo, ON Fully stable cosmological solu ons with a non-singular classical bounce, Simplicity II Theory Workshop, Fermilab, Batavia, IL New direc ons in bouncing cosmologies, Par cle Astrophysics Seminar, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Rethinking cosmology, High-Energy Theory Seminar, The City College of New York, New York, NY New direc ons in bouncing cosmologies, High-Energy Physics Seminar, California Ins tute of Technology, Pasadena, CA How to bounce, Harvard-ITC Luncheon, Cambridge, MA Anamorphic cosmology, Harvard-ITC Colloquium, Cambridge, MA An Introduc on to Anamorphic Cosmology, Gravity Group Lunch Seminar, Princeton, NJ Introduc on to the anamorphic universe, Gravita on and Cosmology Seminar, Perimeter Ins tute for Theore cal Physics, Waterloo, ON Scale-invariant perturba ons in ekpyro c cosmologies without fine-tuning of ini al condi ons, Par cle Physics Seminar, University of California Berkeley, CA New ways of genera ng scale-invariant density perturba ons in the early universe, PCTS Annual Retreat, Princeton, NJ Primordial perturba ons around non-infla onary backgrounds, Infla onary Cosmology Workshop, University of Chicago, IL Issues in early universe cosmology, Cosmology Seminar, University of Oxford, UK Issues in early-universe cosmology, High-Energy Theory Seminar, U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Two tales of infla on, Cosmology Lunch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA Scale-invariant ekpyro c perturba ons with negligible non-gaussianity, Workshop on Primordial Non- Gaussianity, Princeton, NJ Scale-free primordial cosmology, Perimeter Ins tute for Theore cal Physics, Waterloo, ON Scale-free infla on, Texas Symposium on Rela vis c Astrophysics, Dallas, TX Scale-free primordial cosmology, Gravity Group Lunch Mee ng, Princeton, NJ Challenges for Infla on a er Planck2013, PCTS Workshop: Cosmology in the Planck Era, Princeton, NJ Not simple: infla onary paradigm in trouble a er Planck2013, Cosmology Lunch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA Infla on and the Quantum Measurement Problem, Cosmology Group Mee ng, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA languages Hungarian (na ve), English (fluent), German (fluent), La n (advanced reading skills), Classical Greek (advanced reading skills), Hebrew (basic knowledge) 4/5

5 references Paul J. Steinhardt Abraham Loeb Albert Einstein Professor in Science Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science Department of Physics Center for Astrophysics Princeton University Harvard University Princeton, NJ Cambridge, MA, Phone: +1-(609) Phone: +1-(617) Frans Pretorius Professor of Physics Department of Physics Princeton University Princeton, NJ Phone: +1-(609) New York, January 27, /5

CURRICULUM VITAE PhD in Mathematics, Columbia University Thesis: Quantum Algebras and Cyclic Quiver Varieties

CURRICULUM VITAE PhD in Mathematics, Columbia University Thesis: Quantum Algebras and Cyclic Quiver Varieties CURRICULUM VITAE Education and Employment: 2015 - ongoing Assistant Professor, MIT (tenure-track) 2012-2015 PhD in Mathematics, Columbia University Thesis: Quantum Algebras and Cyclic Quiver Varieties