SALNIKOVA CHEKERES OLGA

Dr. Olga Salnikova Chekeres is a mathematical physicist specialising in gauge theories and mathematical structures underlying classical and quantum field theory, with a particular emphasis on symplectic and Poisson structures, super- and graded geometry. Her research focuses heavily on the theory of non-local observables and novel graded constructions. She employs this apparatus for the study of dissipative and coupled systems in continuum mechanics and physics, bridging advanced geometric methods, high-energy physics, and real-world mechanical systems. 

Dr. Salnikova Chekeres has held academic positions at the University of Geneva, the University of Connecticut, ITMP Lomonosov Moscow State University, the University of L’Aquila and La Rochelle University. She combines an active international research profile with extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

2015 – 2019  Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics — University of Geneva 

2012 – 2015  M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics — University of Geneva

2009 – 2012  B.Sc. in Physics — University of Geneva 

2024 — 2026 Visiting researcher, La Rochelle University, LaSIE 

2024 — 2025 Research fellow, University of L’Aquila, IRC MeMoCS 

2023 — 2024 Research fellow, ITMP, Lomonosov Moscow State University

2019 — 2023 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.

2015 — 2019 Research and teaching assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Geneva 

2011 — 2012 Research assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Geneva 

O. Salnikova Chekeres, V. Salnikov. Supergeometry and Dissipative Quantum Fields for Engineers. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids (accepted), [hal-05312532v2] (2026).

O. Chekeres, A. Kotov, V. Salnikov. Weird is not super. Part I. Preprint, hal-05576726 (2026).

A. Kotov, V. Salnikov, O. Salnikova Chekeres. Integration à la Harish-Chandra for bi-graded Lie algebras. Preprint, arXiv:2601.07803 (2026). 

O. Chekeres, V. Salnikov. From approximation of dissipative systems to semi-passive vibration damping and control. Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems 13 (2025), no. 4, DOI: 10.2140/memocs.2025.13.437.

O. Chekeres, V. Salnikov. Weird, Odd, Generalized. Proceedings of the XLI Workshop on Geometric Methods in Physics, Trends in Mathematics, Birkhäuser (2025).

O. Chekeres, V. Salnikov. De l'approximation des systèmes dissipatifs au volume élémentaire représentatif en espace-temps. 26e Congrès Français de Mécanique, LEM3 - UMR CNRS 7239, Metz, France (2025), hal-05312944.

O. Chekeres, S. Kandel, A. S. Losev, P. Mnev, K. Wernli, D. R. Youmans. On enumerative problems for maps and quasimaps: freckles and scars. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 29 (2025) 4, arXiv:2308.06844.

O. Chekeres, V. Salnikov, F. D’Annibale. From approximation of dissipative systems to representative spacetime volume elements for metamaterials. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics 36 (2024), DOI: 10.1007/s00161-024-01318-z.

O. Chekeres, V. Salnikov. Odd Wilson surfaces. Journal of Geometry and Physics 203 (2024), 105272, arXiv:2403.09820.

A. Alekseev, O. Chekeres, D. R Youmans. Towards Bosonization of Virasoro Coadjoint Orbits. Annales Henri Poincaré 25 (2024), DOI: 10.1007/s00023-023-01294-1, arXiv:2210.15233.

O. Chekeres, A. S. Losev, P. Mnev, D. R. Youmans. Two field-theoretic viewpoints on the Fukaya-Morse A∞ category. Letters in Mathematical Physics 112 (2022) 5, arXiv:2112.12756.

O. Chekeres, A. S. Losev, P. Mnev, D. R. Youmans. Theory of holomorphic maps of two-dimensional complex manifolds to toric manifolds and type A multi-string theory. JETP Letters 115 (2022) 1, arXiv:2111.06836.

O. Chekeres. Quantum Wilson surfaces and topological interactions. Journal of High Energy Physics 02 (2019), 030.

A. Alekseev, O. Chekeres, P. Mnev. Wilson surface observables from equivariant cohomology. Journal of High Energy Physics 11 (2015) 093, arXiv:1507.06343.