Institute for Applied Mathematics
Our aim is to develop mathematical techniques and ideas which are relevant for applications in the natural and social sciences, and to investigate their implications in selected case studies. Mathematically, we focus on nonlinear analysis (calculus of variations, partial differential equations), numerical mathematics, probability theory and stochastic analysis. Presently the main application areas are physics and mechanics.
Our institute is a founding member of the excellence cluster Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM) in Bonn and consists of the following research groups:
- Applied Analysis (S. Conti)
- Functional Analysis (J. López Velázquez)
- Interacting Random Systems (P. Ferrari)
- Partial Differential Equations and Inverse Problems (A. Rüland, Hausdorff Chair)
- PDE and Applications (B. Niethammer)
- Probabilistic Combinatorics (L. Sauermann, Hausdorff Chair)
- Probability Theory (A. Bovier, A. Eberle)
- Stochastic Analysis (T. Sturm)
- Variational Methods and Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (S. Müller, Hausdorff Chair; M. Disertori)
IRU Mathematics and Life Sciences
- Biomedical Imaging Processing and Modelling (A. Effland)
Bonn Research Chairs
Bonn Junior Fellows
- J. Alt
- C. Brennecke
- E. Peltola (former BJF with partial affiliation in Bonn)
Emmy Noether Junior Research Group
Heisenberg Fellow (Heisenberg-Stelleninhaber)
Emeriti
- S. Albeverio, H. W. Alt, J. Frehse, R. Leis, M. Schäl
News

Prof. Dr. Christian Brennecke, Bonn Junior Fellow at the HCM and Professor at the Institute for Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn, received the Frontiers of Science Award 2025, together with three co-authors. (23.07.2025)

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; DFG) has approved the new Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich; SFB) 1720 Analysis of Criticality: From Complex Phenomena to Models and Estimates at the University of Bonn. (02.06.2025)

Prof. Dr. Richard Höfer, Regensburg, has been awarded a Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for his work in the rigorous mathematical description of suspensions. Richard Höfer obtained his PhD at the Institute for Applied Mathematics and was awarded a Hausdorff Memorial Prize for his thesis. (22.04.2025)