The research group

Principal Investigators

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Aland

  • Professor for Numerical Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Sören Bartels

  • Professor for Applied Mathematics and its Foundations

Dr. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich

  • Group leader: Mechanics of active biomaterials

Dr. Hanne Hardering

  • Research Associate at Institute of Numerical Mathematics

Prof. Balázs Kovács

  • Professor for Numerical Mathematics
  • Heisenberg Position

Prof. Dr. Stefan Neukamm

  • Professor for Applied Analysis
  • Vice-Speaker of the research unit

Dr. Simon Praetorius

  • Research Associate at Institut of Scientific Computing

Prof. Dr. Arnold Reusken

  • Professor for Numerical Mathematics

Dr. Marco Salvalaglio

  • Emmy Noether Group Leader: Mesoscale Material Modeling and Simulations

Prof. Dr. Oliver Sander

  • Professor for Numerics for Partial Differential Equations

Prof. Dr. Ivo Sbalzarini

  • Professor for Scientific Computing for Systems Biology

Prof. Dr. Axel Voigt

  • Professor for Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics
  • Speaker of the research unit

External collaborators

  • Prof. Luiza Angheluta (University of Oslo)
  • Amin Doostmohammadi, PhD (University of Copenhagen, DK)
  • Prof. Marta Lewicka (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Prof. Chun Liu (Illinois Institute of Technology, US)
  • Prof. André Massing (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  • Prof. Ricardo Nochetto (University of Maryland, US)
  • Prof. Maxim Olshanskii (University of Houston, US)
  • Paul Plucinsky, PhD (University of Minnesota, US)
  • Prof. Mario Putti (University of Padua)
  • Prof. Takashi Sakajo (Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Dr. Guillaume Salbreux (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)
  • Prof. Julia Yeomans (Oxford University, UK)

Research associates

NameProjectContact
Dr. Elena Bachini*TP1-1: Numerical methods for surface fluids
elena.bachini@tu-dresden.de
Lucas Benoit--Maréchal*TP5-2: Ordering and defects on deformable surfaces
lucas.benoit-marechal@tu-dresden.de
Mirco Bonati*TP2-1: Active Rheology/Mechanics of active Biomaterials
Dr. Philip Brandner*TP1-1: Numerical methods for surface fluids
brandner@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
Klaus BöhnleinTP3-1: Heterogeneous thin structures with prestrain
TP3-2: Rate-independent evolution of prestrained plates
klaus.boehnlein@tu-dresden.de
Alejandra M. Foggia*TP5-1: Active gels on surfaces
foggia@mpi-cbg.de
Max Griehl*TP4-1: Bending plates of nematic liquid crystal elastomers
max.griehl@tu-dresden.de
Veit Krause*TP5-1: Active gels on surfaces
veit.krause@tu-dresden.de
Valentin V. NeumannTP6-2: Symmetry, length, and tangential constraints
valentin_vincent.neumann@tu-dresden.de
Ingo NitschkeTP5-2: Ordering and defects on deformable surfaces
ingo.nitschke@tu-dresden.de
Dr. David Padilla-Garza*TP3-1: Heterogeneous thin structures with prestrain
david.padilla-garza@tu-dresden.de
Christian PalusTP4-1: Bending plates of nematic liquid crystal elastomers
christian.palus@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
Maik PorrmannTP1-2: Numerical methods for surface fluids
maik.porrmann@tu-dresden.de
Kai RichterTP3-2: Rate-independent evolution of prestrained plates
kai.richter@tu-dresden.de
Dominik SchneiderTP4-2: Error estimates for elastic flows
dominik.schneider@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de
Paul SchweringTP1-1: Numerical methods for surface fluids
TP1-2: Numerical methods for surface fluids
schwering@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
Jan SischkaTP5-2: Ordering and defects on deformable surfaces
jan.sischka@tu-dresden.de
Eloy de Kinkelder*TP2-1: Active Rheology/Mechanics of active Biomaterials
eloymerlijn.dekinkelder@htw-dresden.de
(* ... former member of the research unit)