Research Areas

The Department of Mathematics at Saarland University has 7 research areas with 19 professors, including 2 joint professorships with Computer Science (marked with * below).

Algebra and Geometry

Prof. Dr. Simon Brandhorst

Simon Brandhorst

Algebraic geometry, irreducible holomorphic symplectic varieties, quadratic and Hermitian forms

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Lazić

Vladimir Lazić

Algebraic and complex geometry

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Weitze-Schmithüsen

Gabriela Weitze-Schmithüsen

Algebra, Geometry, Number theory

Applied Analysis

Prof. Dr. Michael Bildhauer

Michael Bildhauer

Partial Differential Equations, Calculus of Variations, Geometric Analysis

Prof. Dr. Mark Groves

Mark Groves

Partial Differential Equations, nonlinear waves

Mathematical Data Analysis

Prof. Dr. Per Ochs

Peter Ochs*

Mathematical Optimization

Prof. Dr. Joachim Weickert

Joachim Weickert*

Mathematical Image Analysis

Dr. Pascal Peter

Pascal Peter

Mathematical Image Analysis

Funktional Analysis

Prof. Dr. Michael Hartz

Michael Hartz

Operator Theory, Operator Algebras, and Complex Analysis

[Translate to Englisch:] Prof. Dr. Roland Speicher

Roland Speicher

Free Probability Theory, Random Matrices

Prof. Dr. Moritz Weber

Moritz Weber

Free Probability Theory, Quantum Groups

Mathematics Education (in German)

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Burgeth

Bernhard Burgeth

Sekundarstufe I, Mathematische Modellierung in Praxis, Lehre und Unterricht

Prof. Dr. Anselm Lambert

Anselm Lambert

Sekundarstufe I und II: Individuelle Zugänge zur Mathematik, Geschichte des MU

Prof. Dr. Melanie Platz

Melanie Platz

Primarstufe, Entwicklung von substanziellen Lernumgebungen für den Mathematikunterricht mit digitalen Technologien

Prof.in Dr. von der Bank

Marie-Christine von der Bank

Fundamentale Ideen und nicht-kognitive Ziele im MU, Geschichte des MU

Numerical Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Andreas Rupp

Andreas Rupp

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 3D Printing, Machine Learning

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schuster

Thomas Schuster

Inverse problems, damage detection in elastic materials, vector tomography, industrial applications

Stochastics

Prof. Dr. Christian Bender

Christian Bender

Stochastic Processes, Financial Mathematics, Monte Carlo Methods

Prof. Dr. Frederik Herzberg

Frederik Herzberg

Mathematical Economic Theory, Stochastic Processes, Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Henryk Zähle

Henryk Zähle

Mathematical Statistics, Actuarial Science, Stochastic Processes