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 geometry

Chair of Geometric Methods in Mathematics
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krähmer
Research areas:
Homological algebra, non-commutative geometry, Hopf algebras and related structures

Chair of Non-Linear Analysis
Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schuricht
Research areas:
Calculus of variations, partial differential equations, theory of critical points, nonlinear elasticity theory and contact problems, mathematical foundations of continuum mechanics, numerics of nonsmooth problems

Chair of Partial Differential Equations
Prof. Dr. Peter Hornung
Research areas:
Nonlinear elasticity theory, geometric analysis, calculus of variations

Professorship for Real Algebraic Geometry
Professor Dr. Mario Kummer
Research areas:
Real algebra, algebraic geometry, convex geometry

Adjunct Chair of Analytic and Geometric Group Theory
Prof. Dr. Vadim Alekseev
Research areas:
Analytic, geometric and measurable group theory, operator algebras, rough geometry, non-commutative geometry

Geometric Modelling and Visualization Group
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 building, mathematics and art