CV — Dr. Blitz

Employment & Education

Postdoctoral Researcher

2022–2025

Masaryk University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Brno, Czech Republic

Supervisor: Prof. Josef Šilhan

Doctor of Philosophy, Physics

Received: 06/2022

University of California, Davis · Cumulative GPA: 3.95

Supervisor: Prof. Andrew Waldron

Master of Science, Physics

Received: 12/2017

University of California, Davis · Cumulative GPA: 3.95

Publications & Eprints

Potential Carroll structures and special Carrollian manifolds

2026

S. Blitz, G. Herczeg, D. McNutt · arXiv:2601.20068

Einstein and Yang-Mills implies conformal Yang-Mills

2026

S. Blitz, A. R. Gover, J. Kopiński, A. Waldron · arXiv:2601.09975

Conformal hypersurface invariants and Bach-type boundary problems

2025

S. Blitz, A. R. Gover · arXiv:2511.02072

Non-existence of higher-order conformal fundamental forms in odd dimensions

2025

S. Blitz · arXiv:2509.20554

A breathing universe is consistent

2025

S. Blitz · arXiv:2507.06385

Asymptotia of Kerr-de Sitter black holes

2025

S. Blitz, J. Kopiński · Accepted in Class. Quantum Grav. · arXiv:2506.18169

Unique Carrollian manifolds emerging from Einstein spacetimes

2025

S. Blitz, D. McNutt, P. Nurowski · Class. Quantum Grav. 42: 075006

Quantum curvature fluctuations and the cosmological constant in a single plaquette quantum gravity model

2025

S. Blitz, S. Majid · Class. Quantum Grav. 42: 04LT01

Holography of higher codimension submanifolds: Riemannian and conformal

2025

S. Blitz, J. Šilhan · SIGMA 21: 002

Higher fundamental forms and warped product hypersurfaces

2025

S. Blitz, J. Šilhan · arXiv:2410.06706

The long freeze: an asymptotically static universe from holographic dark energy

2025

S. Blitz, R. Scherrer, O. Trivedi · J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 063

Horizons that gyre and gimble: a differential characterization of null hypersurfaces

2024

S. Blitz, D. McNutt · Eur. Phys. J. C 84: 561

Generalized Willmore energies, Q-curvatures, extrinsic Paneitz operators, and extrinsic Laplacian powers

2024

S. Blitz, A. R. Gover, A. Waldron · Commun. Contemp. Math. 26(5):2350014

The Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for Poincaré–Einstein fillings

2025

S. Blitz, A. R. Gover, J. Kopiński, A. Waldron · Accepted in Rev. Mat. Iberoam.

Toward a classification of conformal hypersurface invariants

2023

S. Blitz · J. Math. Phys. 64: 082504

A sharp characterization of the Willmore invariant

2023

S. Blitz · Int. J. Math. 34: 2350054

Conformal fundamental forms and the asymptotically Poincaré–Einstein condition

2023

S. Blitz, A. R. Gover, A. Waldron · Ind. Univ. Math. J. 72(6):2215-2284

Holographic entropy cone measures

2017

N. Bao, S. Blitz, B. Stoica · Technical note · arXiv:1701.03498

Tetraquark cusp effects from diquark pair production

2015

S. Blitz, R. F. Lebed · Phys. Rev. D 91: 094025 · arXiv:1503.04802

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Presentations & Talks

I Think Black Holes Are Cool and You Should Too

08/2025

Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, Phoenix

Conformal Geometry and Submanifolds Workshop — Organizer

03/2025

Brno, Czech Republic

Extrinsic Geometry of Higher Codimension Submanifolds

10/2024

American Mathematical Society · Riverside, CA

Extrinsic Geometry of Higher Codimension Submanifolds

05/2024

International Congress on Mathematical Physics 2024 · Strasbourg

Asymptotically Kerr-de Sitter Spacetimes: Necessary Conditions

02/2024

At the Interface of Geometry and Analysis · University of Auckland

Conformal Submanifold Geometry

01/2024

44th Winter School Geometry and Physics · Srní

Conformal Submanifold Geometry

09/2023

Sophus Lie Seminar at UiT · Tromsø, Norway

Conformal Submanifold Geometry

06/2023

Central European Seminar · Brno

A Classification of Conformal Hypersurface Invariants

01/2023

43rd Winter School Geometry and Physics · Srní

Conformal Fundamental Forms

06/2022

Conformal Geometry, Analysis, and Physics · University of Washington

Conformal Fundamental Forms

12/2021

Mathematical Physics Days 2021 · Koç University

Conformal Fundamental Forms

10/2021

Analysis Seminar Fall 2021 · Oklahoma State University

Conformal Fundamental Forms

10/2021

QMAP Seminar · University of California, Davis

Grants & Awards

COST Action CaLISTA Short Term Scientific Mission Grant

09/2023

Amount: $1,455 · Duration: 6 days · Location: Tromsø, Norway

Operational Programme Research, Development and Education Project

05/2023

Amount: $130,000 · Duration: 24 months · Location: Brno, Czechia

Referee For Journals

Differential Geometry and its Applications

Classical and Quantum Gravity

New Zealand Journal of Mathematics

Teaching & Outreach

Vice Science Communication Coordinator — COST Action CaLISTA

2023–2025

Initiated broader public outreach for the CaLISTA Action via social media. Participated in semiannual Core Group meetings.

Online Science Communicator — @blitzphd

2022–present

Communicating challenging physics and mathematics concepts without skimping on details. ~600,000 followers across platforms.

Associate Instructor — University of California, Davis (Physics)

2018–2022

Lecturer for introductory physics courses for 80–180 students. Courses: PHY 9A, 9B, 9C.

Teaching Assistant — UC Davis (Mathematics)

2017–2018

Courses: MAT 17A, MAT 17B

Teaching Assistant — UC Davis (Physics)

2015–2020

Led discussion sections. Courses: PHY 7A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D.

Sam Blitz

Employment & Education

Publications & Eprints

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Referee For Journals

Teaching & Outreach