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Academic Curriculum Vitae

  • 04/2020 - 03/2022: Interim Professor (W2) for Numerical Analysis at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
  • 01/2020: Positive (intermediate) evaluation of the junior professorship
  • Since 03/2017: Assistant Professor (“Juniorprofessor”) for Numerics at RUB,
    Faculty of Mathematics
  • 10/2016 - 02/2017: Senior Lecturer (“Akademischer Oberrat auf Zeit”) at University of Siegen,
    Department of Mathematics, Applied Analysis and Numerics Section
  • 04/2015 - 09/2016: Interim Professor (“Lehrstuhlvertretung”, W3) for Numerics at University of Siegen,
    Department of Mathematics, Workgroup Numerics
  • 05/2013 - 09/2016: Postdoctoral Researcher (“Wiss. Mitarbeiter”) at Philipps-University Marburg,
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Workgroup Numerics and Optimization (Prof. Dr. Stephan Dahlke)
    D-A-CH project Adaptive Wavelet and Frame Techniques for Acoustic BEM
  • 04/2010 - 04/2013: Research Associate (“Wiss. Mitarbeiter”, 50%) at Friedrich-Schiller-University (FSU) Jena,
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematical Institute,
    Chair for Theoretical Numerical Analysis (Prof. Dr. Erich Novak)
  • 12/2009 - 05/2013: Ph.D. Student (Dr. rer. nat.) at FSU Jena
    Focus on Information-Based Complexity and Theoretical Numerical Analysis
    Thesis: Several Approaches to Break the Curse of Dimensionality (final grade: summa cum laude)
    supervised by Prof. Dr. Erich Novak
  • WS 2009/'10: Graduate Teaching Assistant at FSU Jena,
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematical Institute
  • WS 2004/'05 - SS 2009: Study of Mathematics (Dipl.-Math.) at FSU Jena
    Focus on Analysis and Applied Computer Sciences
    Thesis: Das Haar'sche System in Funktionenräumen vom Typ Asp,q(IR) (final grade: 1.1)
    supervised by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Schmeißer
    Partially supported by German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”)
  • 03/2005 - 09/2005: Alternative Civilian Service (“Zivildienst”) at LebenshilfewerkWeimar/Apolda e.V.
  • 07/2004 - 09/2004: Basic Military Service (“Grundwehrdienst”) in Hammelburg
  • 05/2004: Abitur at Staatl. Gymnasium 'Bergschule' Apolda (final grade: 1.5)
  • Born on 28/02/1986 in Weimar


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Research stays

as well as several shorter stays.

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Talks (Selection)

  • Regularity of solutions to p-Laplace equations in Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, February 2022
  • Rate-optimal sparse approximation of compact break-of-scale embeddings, Bestwig, February 2022
  • Adaptive BEM and Besov-type spaces based on wavelet expansions, Reggio Calabria (Italy), November 2021
  • Higher order regularity shifts for the p-Poisson problem in Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces, Železná Ruda (Czech Republic), September 2021
  • Efficient numerical integration of permutation-invariant functions, Padova (Italy), September 2021
  • Adaptive Wavelet Boundary Elements on Computer-aided Geometric Designs (application presentation), Fulda University of Applied Sciences, June 2021
  • The universal approximation theorem (application presentation), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, April 2021
  • Approximation und Regularität von Operatorgleichungen, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, November 2020
  • Approximation und Regularität von Operatorgleichungen (application presentation), RUB, November 2020
  • New local higher order regularity shifts for the p-Poisson problem, Erlangen-Nürnberg, March 2020
  • Higher order regularity shifts for the p-Poisson problem, Egmond aan Zee (Netherlands), September/October 2019
  • Optimal recovery using wavelet trees, Cambridge (UK), February 2019
  • Approximation und Regularität von Operatorgleichungen, Chemnitz, November 2018
  • On the regularity of solutions to quasi-linear PDEs, Hasenwinkel, September 2018
  • On the regularity of solutions to quasi-linear PDEs, Prague (Czech Republic), July 2018
  • Explicit regularity estimates for solutions to quasi-linear PDEs, Voss (Norway), September 2017
  • Explicit regularity estimates for solutions to quasi-linear PDEs, Bedlewo (Poland), September 2017
  • Improved regularity estimates for solutions to the p-Poisson equation, Barcelona (Spain), July 2017
  • Bounds on optimal regularity indices, Marburg, November 2016
  • Improved regularity estimates for solutions to quasi-linear operator equations on Lipschitz domains, Bedlewo (Poland), August/September 2016
  • Approximation properties of wavelet trees, Basel (Switzerland), March 2016
  • Adaptive algorithms - theory and practice, Banff (Canada), September/October 2015
  • (s,t)-weak tractability, Dagstuhl, September 2015
  • Approximation of embeddings between spaces of Besov type (semi-plenary), Siegmundsburg, July 2015
  • (s,t)-weak tractability, Bedlewo (Poland), April/May 2015
  • On optimal wavelet approximations in spaces of Besov type, Hasenwinkel, March 2015
  • On optimal wavelet approximations in spaces of Besov type (semi-plenary), Kaiserslautern, February 2015
  • Regularity of boundary integral equations in Besov-type spaces based on wavelet expansions, Montevideo (Uruguay), December 2014
  • A refined classification of problems with (sub)exponential information complexity, Montevideo (Uruguay), December 2014
  • Besov-type function spaces on patchwise smooth manifolds and regularity analysis of operator equations in these scales (semi-plenary), Traunkirchen (Austria), August 2014
  • Integration of permutation-invariant functions, Leuven (Belgium), April 2014
  • Besov regularity for operator equations on patchwise smooth manifolds, Hasenwinkel, March 2014
  • Besov regularity for operator equations on patchwise smooth manifolds, Bestwig, January/February 2014
  • On lower bounds for integration of multivariate permutation-invariant functions, Oberwolfach, October 2013
  • Integration of permutation-invariant functions, Annecy (France), July 2013
  • Several Approaches to Break the Curse of Dimensionality (thesis defense), Jena, 13/05/2013
  • Probabilistic star discrepancy bounds for double infinite random matrices, Dagstuhl, September 2012
  • Probabilistic star discrepancy bounds for double infinite random matrices, Smolenice (Slovakia), June 2012
  • Linear tensor product problems in (anti-) symmetric Hilbert spaces, Sydney (Australia), February 2012
  • Tractability of L-approximation on weighted Banach spaces of smooth functions, Bonn, June 2011
  • Remarks on Lp-approximation of infinitely differentiable multivariate functions, Jena, December 2010
  • On error bounds for L-approximation of smooth functions, Oppurg, October 2010
  • Komplexität hochdimensionaler Probleme - Eine Einführung, Siegmundsburg, July 2010
  • Upper error bounds for L-approximation by means of embeddings, Jena, May 2010
  • Haar bases in function spaces from the type Asp,q(IR), Jena, December 2009


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Scholarships, Grants, Awards

  • Grant: Ruhr University Bochum, additional graduate teaching assistant to support digital lectures, 2020
  • Travel grant: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (UK) for attending the workshop on Challenges in optimal recovery and hyperbolic cross approximation, 2019
  • Scholarship / Travel grant: Global Young Faculty membership, Stiftung Mercator, 2017-2019
  • Travel grant: Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (Austria) for attending the program on Tractability of High Dimensional Problems and Discrepancy – not used due to schedule conflicts, 2017
  • Travel grant: Research Group of Computational Mathematics, University of Basel, for attending the workshop on Boundary Elements and Adaptivity, 2016
  • Travel grant: Ruhr University Bochum, 2015
  • Travel grant: Banff International Research Station, Canada, 2015
  • Travel grant: Polish Academy of Sciences for attending the Information-based Complexity conference, 2015
  • Travel grant: Research Group of Computational Mathematics, University of Basel, 2015
  • Travel grant: Adolf Haeuser Stiftung for attending the Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) Conference, 2014
  • Short-term scholarship: ICERM Semester Program on High-dimensional Approximation, 2014
  • Travel grant/Award: Oberwolfach Leibniz Graduate Student, 2013
  • Short-term scholarship: Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, 2013
  • Travel grant: Philipps-University Marburg, 2013
  • Short-term scholarship: Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, 2012
  • Scholarship: German National Academic Foundation ('Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes'), 2007-2009


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