I studied mathematics at the Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany) and obtained my PhD for my work on H(div)-discretizations of two-phase flows in July 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Gerhard Starke.
I then joined the University of Essen for a Post-Doc and started working on solid mechanics, especially as a PI of the projects numerical simulation of thermally induced crack propagation andapproximation and reconstruction of the stress tensor in the deformed configuration for hyperelastic materials.
October 2018, I joined the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as a W1-professor for Computational Mathematics. There, I broadened my area of expertise in eigenvalue problems.
December 2020, I obtained a permanent position at the University of Twente as a professor for mathematical theory of the finite element method, and since April 2023, I hold the chair of numerical analysis for PDEs at TU Chemnitz.
My work concentrates on advancing the finite element method to refine numerical techniques for solving partial differential equations, thereby enhancing the precision with which complex scientific and engineering phenomena are described.
In particular, I am the Co-Pi of the research project synthetic data-driven model reduction methods for modal analysis and I teach the scientific computing and finite element courses, as well as mathematics for physicists and electrical engineers.