Sascha Leonhardt

Sascha Leonhardt

Work Experience

Jul 2021 - now

Consultant at d-fine GmbH
Various IT projects in finance sector with focus on software development:
- agile software development in CI/CD environments
- data engineering and data processing
- refinement of business specifications in dialogue with clients

Nov 2017 - Nov 2020

Research as part of doctoral studies
Teaching various graduate courses in physics:
- Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity, Beyond the Standard Model

Apr 2015 - Oct 2017

Student assistant at Heidelberg University
Teaching various undergraduate courses in physics:
- Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Mathematics for Physicists

Education

Nov 2017 - Nov 2020

Dr. rer. nat. (magna cum laude), Physics, Heidelberg University

Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

M.Sc., Physics, Heidelberg University

Sep 2012 - Sep 2015

B.Sc., Physics, Heidelberg University

Publications

Dissertation: Testing and Extending Swampland Conjectures

Winding Uplifts and the Challenges of Weak and Strong SUSY Breaking in AdS

with A. Hebecker, JHEP 03 (2021) 284 [2012.00010]

Towards a Swampland Global Symmetry Conjecture using Weak Gravity

with T. Daus, A. Hebecker and J. March-Russell, Nucl. Phys. B 960 (2020) 115167 [2002.02456]

A Conjecture on the Minimal Size of Bound States

with B. Freivogel, T. Gasenzer and A. Hebecker, SciPost Phys. 8 (2020) 058 [1912.09485]

Thraxions: Ultralight Throat Axions

with A. Hebecker, J. Moritz and A. Westphal, JHEP 04 (2019) 158 [1812.03999]