Chairs and research groups

Chair of Geometry
Prof. Dr. Andreas Thom
Research areas:
geometric group theory, non-commutative geometry, functional analysis / operator algebras, ergodic theory of group operations, algebraic K-theory, real algebraic geometr

Chair of Geometric Methods in Mathematics
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krähmer
Research areas:
homological algebra, noncommutative geometry, Hopf algebras and related structures

Chair of Non-linear Analysis
Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schuricht
Research areas:
non-linear elasticity theory, geometric analysis, calculus of variations

Chair of Partial Differential Equations
Prof. Dr. Peter Hornung
Research areas:
calculus of variations, partial differential equations, theory of critical points, non-linear elasticity theory and contact problems, mathematical foundations of continuum mechanics, numerics of non-smooth problems

Chair in real algebraic geometry
Jun.-Prof. Mario Kummer
Research areas:  
Real algebra, algebraic geometry, convex geometry

Team Geometric Modeling and Visualization
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Lordick
Research areas: 
thin-walled concrete components with ruled surface geometry, architectural geometry and architectural representation, parametric modeling, digital archive of mathematical models, rapid prototyping and digital model construction, mathematics and art