Tim Laux | CV

Positions

9/2023
- present
  Full Professor of Mathematics, University of Regensburg
W3 Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics
1/2020
- 8/2023
  Bonn Junior Fellow, University of Bonn
W2 Professor at Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and Institute for Applied Mathematics
8/2017
 - 12/2019
  Morrey Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Visiting faculty hosted by Prof. L. Craig Evans
4/2017
 - 7/2017
  Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Felix Otto

Education

10/2013
 - 4/2017
  Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
PhD in Mathematics
  • Advisor: Prof. Felix Otto
  • Title of thesis: Convergence of phase-field models and thresholding schemes via the gradient-flow structure of multi-phase mean-curvature flow
  • Grade: summa cum laude; awarded Otto Hahn Medal
10/2011
 -9/2013
  RWTH Aachen University
Master of Science in Mathematics
  • Advisor: Prof. Christof Melcher
  • Title of thesis: Dynamics of magnetic phase transitions
  • Grade: 1.0 (excellent); awarded Springorum Denkmünze
10/2008
 -9/2011
  RWTH Aachen University
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
  • Advisor: Prof. Josef Bemelmans
  • Title of thesis: Maximum principles in differential inequalities and monotonicity of solutions
  • Grade: 1.1 (excellent); awarded Schöneborn Preis

Honors and Awards

2019   US Junior Oberwolfach Fellowship
NSF Grant, Workshop on Surface, Bulk, and Geometric PDEs: Interfacial, Stochastic, Non-Local and Discrete Structures
2018   Otto Hahn Medal
Awarded for “a highly original convergence proof of a numerical scheme for grain growth”; this is an annual award of the Max Planck Society for the best PhD theses of the past year in Germany among all scientific disciplines.
2016   Oberwolfach Leibniz Graduate Student (OWLG)
Workshop on Calculus of Variations
2013
-2017
  IMPRS Graduate School and Stipend
Member of the International Max Planck Research School; scholarship provided by the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
2014   Springorum Denkmünze
Award for an excellent master's degree
2012
-2013
  Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation; awarded to approximately 1/4% of the German university student population
2012   Schöneborn Preis
Award for excellent bachelor's degree
2010
-2012
  Bildungsfonds
Scholarship provided jointly by the German government and the Aachen-Münchener Insurance
2009
-2013
  Dean's List
Among the best 5% of the students at RWTH Aachen University

Organization of Conferences, Workshops & Schools

7/2023   Workshop “Nonlinear PDEs: Recent Trends in the Analysis of Continuum Mechanics”
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn, July 17-21, 2023; co-organized with Sebastian Hensel and Kerrek Stinson
7/2023   Hausdorff School “Analysis of PDEs: Variational and Geometric Perspectives”
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn, July 10-14, 2023; co-organized with Sebastian Hensel and Kerrek Stinson
2/2023   Minisymposium at SIAM CSE23
Minisymposium on Variational Methods in Machine Learning held at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE23), Amsterdam, Netherlands; co-organized with Jona Lelmi and Yves van Gennip.
11/2022   YAM Symposium
Inauguration event of the Young African Mathematicians (YAM) program; co-organized with Franca Hoffmann.
8/2022   Hausdorff School “Geometric Analysis and Nonlinear PDEs”
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn, August 8-12, 2022;
confirmed speakers: L. Craig Evans, Inwon Kim, Felix Otto, Maria G. Westdickenberg; co-organized with Theresa M. Simon (website).
4/2022   Master’s studies information event
Co-organization, together with Jan Schroer (Algebra) and Margherita Disertori (Mathematical Physics), of first faculty-wide information event aimed at finishing bachelor’s students.
7/2021   Workshop on Geometric and Applied Analysis
Organized workshop at Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn, July 12-16, 2021 (website), originally planned for summer 2020.

Leadership Roles & Mathematical Engagement

since 10/2022   Young African Mathematicians (YAM) program, Academic Coordinator, Bonn
Since 2021, the YAM program annually supports 3 master’s students for an extended research stay at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn. The selection process happens in several stages in coordination with all Centers of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Selected students are then matched with faculty at Bonn for suitable research projects. In addition to the research project, YAM fellows can follow classes and work on a research project.
11/2021   Ally Day Bonn, Speaker
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
since 2/2021   Equal opportunities committee, Member
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bonn.
since 10/2020   CRC seminar
I am co-organizing the joint seminar of the Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich) 1060 “The Mathematics of Emergent Effects” (together with Martin Rumpf and Stefan Müller).
6/2014
-6/2017
    PhD Representative
I represented the students of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences within the Max Planck Society

Invited Seminar and Colloquium Talks

5/2023   University of Regensburg, Germany
IntComSin Colloquium
5/2023   Technical University Delft, The Netherlands
Partial Differential Equations & Applications Seminar
4/2023   Heidelberg University, Germany
Jour Fixe of the Cluster of Excellence STRUCTURES
4/2023   La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
Analysis Seminar
2/2023   Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS), Berlin, Germany
Seminar on Modern Methods in Applied Stochastics and Nonparametric Statistics
2/2023   University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Joint Analysis Seminar and Seminar on PDE and Applications
2/2023   TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
CASA Colloquium
1/2023   Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
Seminar of the trimester program "Mathematics for Complex Materials"
11/2022   University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis
11/2022   Bielefeld University, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis
10/2022   Heidelberg University, Germany
HGS MathComp Lecture
6/2022   SISSA Trieste, Italy
Geometric Structures Seminar
6/2022   Online Seminar "Geometric Analysis", div.
co-hosted by U Freiburg, U Halle, U Pittsburgh, and U Salzburg (video)
5/2022   Centro de Investigación en Matemática Pura y Aplicada (CIMPA), Universidad de Costa Rica
Seminario de Investigación
3/2022   University of Freiburg, Germany
Kolloquium Reine Mathematik
2/2022   University of Regensburg, Germany
1/2022   Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis and Probability
11/2021   FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
11/2021   University of Münster, Germany
11/2021   SISSA Trieste, Italy
Analysis Seminar
11/2021   Technical University Dortmund, Germany
Oberseminar Angewandte Mathematik
10/2021   Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Geometry Seminar
3/2021     University of Pisa, Italy
Seminario di Calcolo delle Variazioni
1/2021     Ulm University, Germany
Mathematisches Kolloquium
1/2021     Virtual Analysis and PDE Seminar, div.
co-hosted by Brown U, Columbia U, Georgia Tech, U Wisconsin at Madison, Purdue U, UCLA, UCSD, and UT Austin (video)
5/2020     University of Regensburg, Germany
IntComSin Colloquium
3/2020     Institut de Mathámatiques de Toulouse, France
Séminaire de Calcul des Variations
12/2019     Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Analysis Seminar (video)
4/2019     University of California, Davis, CA
PDE and Applied Mathematics Seminar
2/2019     University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Probability Seminar
1/2019     Institute of Science and Technology (IST), Austria
Mathematics and CS Seminar
12/2018     Centro de Investigación en Matemática Pura y Aplicada (CIMPA), Universidad de Costa Rica
Seminario de Investigación
11/2018     Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
SFB Seminar
8/2018     RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis
4/2018     University of California, Los Angeles, CA
The Level Set Collective Seminar at IPAM
1/2018     University of Münster, Germany
Oberseminar at the Institute for Analysis and Numerics
11/2017     Brown University, Providence, RI
Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems Seminar
11/2016     Courant Institute, New York, NY
Analysis Seminar
11/2016     Purdue University, West-Lafayette, IN
PDE Seminar
11/2016     University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar
12/2015     RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis
10/2015     University of Regensburg, Germany
Oberseminar Analysis
10/2015     University of Pisa, Italy
Seminario di Calcolo delle Variazioni
7/2013   Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Analysis Seminar

Selected Seminar Talks at Home Institutions

5/2019     Berkeley-Bonn-Paris-Zürich Video Seminar
University of California, Berkeley, CA
4/2019     Student Harmonic Analysis and PDE Seminar
University of California, Berkeley, CA
2/2019     Mathematics Undergraduate Student Association: Math Monday
University of California, Berkeley, CA
10/2017     Differential Geometry Seminar
University of California, Berkeley, CA
9/2017     Analysis and PDE Seminar
University of California, Berkeley, CA
6/2016     Analysis AG Seminar
Max Planck Insitute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Invited Talks at Conferences

11/2022   Discrete Systems and Calculus of Variations
Institute for Advanced Study, TU Munich, Germany
9/2022   Kick-off workshop for Collaborative Research Center Sparsity and Singular Structures
SFB 1481, RWTH Aachen, Germany
9/2022   Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications
TU Chemnitz, Germany
2/2022   Workshop on Free Boundary Problems and Related Evolution Equations
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics, University of Vienna, Austria (video)
11/2021   Workshop on New Trends in Geometric PDEs
University of Münster
10/2020     Annual Meeting of the GAMM Activity Group "Analysis of PDEs" (online)
Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
6/2019     International Conference on Interface Problems in Fluids and Solids
Center for Applied Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Studies (CAMIS), Guangzhou, China
6/2019     RIMS Workshop: Geometric Aspects of Solutions to Partial Differential Equations
Research Institute for Mathematical Science (RIMS), Kyoto University, Japan
6/2019     Luckhaustagung: Material Theories, Statistical Mechanics, and Geometric Analysis
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
1/2019     Oberwolfach Workshop on Surface, Bulk, and Geometric Partial Differential Equations: Interfacial, stochastic, non-local and discrete structures
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany
9/2018     Meeting in Applied Mathematics and Calculus of Variations
La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
6/2017     Workshop on Curves and Networks in Geometric Analysis
Centro De Giorgi, Pisa, Italy
7/2016     Analysis and Numerics in Curvature Energies Meeting
University of Freiburg, Germany

Contributed and Minisymposium Talks at Conferences

8/2022   GAMM Annual Meeting
Symposium on Applied Analysis, RWTH Aachen, Germany
7/2022   SIAM Annual Meeting
Minisymposium on Advances in Variational Methods and Applications to Materials and Machine Learning, Pittsburgh, PA
9/2021   DMV-ÖMG Jahrestagung
Minisymposium on PDE models for interfaces and complex structures, University of Passau, Germany (online)
9/2021   International Conference on Free Boundary Problems
Minisymposium on Free boundary problems in life sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (online)
8/2021   HCM Symposium
Minisymposium on Shape, pattern and partial differential equations, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
5/2021   SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science
Minisymposia on Geometric flows in problems from materials science; and Multiscale and stochastic effects in evolution of materials, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain (online)
3/2020   Current Trends in Applied Mathematics
A workshop to celebrate the 50th anniversary of applied mathematics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; Minisymposium on Interfaces and free boundaries
7/2018     SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science
Minisymposium on Coarsening in Microstructure, Portland, OR
7/2016     AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Partial Differential Equations and Applications
Special session on quantitative geometric and functional inequalities and new trends in nonlinear PDEs, Orlando, FL
5/2016     SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science
Minisymposium on recent developments in mathematical modeling of recrystallization, grain growth and related phenomena, Philadelphia, PA
7/2015     Hausdorff School on Nonlinear Evolutions: Kinetic Equations and Defect Dynamics
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany

Other Academic Activities

2016-present     Refereeing
I regularly serve as referee for various journals in pure and applied mathematics, including Inventiones mathematicae, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, Communications in Partial Differential Equations, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Nonlinear Science, Mathematics of Computation, Interfaces and Free Boundaries,...
2009 -2013,
2017-present
    Teaching
I am an enthusiastic teacher: I have been teaching university students with diverse backgrounds since the end of my first year at university as a teaching assistant, tutor and mentor. I took a break from teaching during my PhD; I was lecturing three upper division undergraduate classes at UC Berkeley per year; now I am lecturing graduate classes and organizing graduate seminars at the University of Bonn. Click here for more details.

Attended Summer Schools and Conferences

Have we met before? .... Here's an almost complete list of scientific events I've attended:

11/2022   Discrete Systems and Calculus of Variations
Institute for Advanced Study, TU Munich, Germany
9/2022   Kick-off workshop for Collaborative Research Center Sparsity and Singular Structures
SFB 1481, RWTH Aachen, Germany
9/2022   Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications
TU Chemnitz, Germany
8/2022   HCM Conference: From Dirichlet Forms to Wasserstein Geometry
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
8/2022   GAMM Annual Meeting
Symposium on Applied Analysis, RWTH Aachen, Germany
8/2022   Hausdorff School: Geometric Analysis & Nonlinear PDEs
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
7/2022   SIAM Annual Meeting
Minisymposium on Advances in Variational Methods and Applications to Materials and Machine Learning, Pittsburgh, PA
6/2022   Hausdorff School: Foundational Methods in Machine Learning
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
2/2022   Workshop on Free Boundary Problems and Related Evolution Equations
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
11/2021   Workshop on New Trends in Geometric PDEs
University of Münster
10/2021   Annual Meeting of GAMM Activity Group on "Analysis of PDEs"
University of Freiburg, Germany
9/2021   DMV-ÖMG Jahrestagung
Minisymposium on PDE models for interfaces and complex structures, University of Passau, Germany (online)
9/2021   International Conference on Free Boundary Problems
Minisymposium on Free boundary problems in life sciences, Humboldt University Berlin (online)
8/2021   HCM Symposium
Minisymposium on Shape, pattern and partial differential equations, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn
5/2021   SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science
Minisymposia on Geometric flows in problems from materials science; and Multiscale and stochastic effects in evolution of materials, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao (online)
10/2020     Annual Meeting of the GAMM Activity Group "Analysis of PDEs" (online)
Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
3/2020   Current Trends in Applied Mathematics
A workshop to celebrate the 50th anniversary of applied mathematics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg; Minisymposium on Interfaces and free boundaries
9/2019     Seventh Heidelberg Laureate Forum
University of Heidelberg, Germany
8-12/ 2019   MSRI Program Microlocal Analysis
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA
7/2019     Frontiers of Deep Learning
Simons Insitute, Berkeley, CA
6/2019     International Conference on Interface Problems in Fluids and Solids
Center for Applied Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Studies (CAMIS), Guangzhou, China
6/2019     RIMS Workshop: Geometric Aspects of Solutions to Partial Differential Equations
Research Institute for Mathematical Science (RIMS), Kyoto University, Japan
6/2019     Luckhaustagung: Material Theories, Statistical Mechanics, and Geometric Analysis
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
1/2019     Oberwolfach Workshop on Surface, Bulk, and Geometric Partial Differential Equations: Interfacial, stochastic, non-local and discrete structures
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany
9/2018     Meeting in Applied Mathematics and Calculus of Variations
La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
8-12/ 2018     MSRI Program Hamiltonian Systems, from Topology to Applications through Analysis
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA
6/2017     Workshop on Curves and Networks in Geometric Analysis
Centro De Giorgi, Pisa, Italy
6/2017     Ninth Summer School in Analysis and Applied Mathematics
La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
9/2016     CMI Workshop on Mean Curvature Flow
Clay Mathematics Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom
7/2016     Analysis and Numerics in Curvature Energies Meeting
University of Freiburg, Germany
7/2016     Oberwolfach Workshop on Calculus of Variations
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany
7/2016     AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Partial Differential Equations and Applications
Orlando, FL
2/2016     GK Winter School on Geometric Evolution Equations
University of Regensburg, Germany
Poster presentation
7/2015     PIRE Workshop: From Grain Boundaries to Stochastic Homogenization
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Poster presentation
7/2015     Hausdorff School on Nonlinear Evolutions: Kinetic Equations and Defect Dynamics
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
Poster presentation
7/2015     Conference on Geometric Analysis, Free Boundary Problems and Measure Theory
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
5/2015     Summer School and Conference on Calculus of Variations and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
University of Texas at Austin, TX
7/2014     PCMI Summer School on Mathematics and Materials
Park City, UT
6/2014     CIME Summer School on Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Measure Theory
Cetraro, Italy
2/2014     Winter School on Calculus of Variations in Physics and Materials Science
University of Würzburg, Germany
6/2013     CNA Summer School: Topics in Nonlinear PDEs and Calculus of Variations, and Applications in Materials Science
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Contact

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Chief Administrator: Dr. B. Doerffel
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Mailing address

Institute for Applied Mathematics
University of Bonn
Endenicher Allee 60
D-53115 Bonn / Germany