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Prof. Dr. Tim Laux Curriculum Vitae

Positions

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04/2025 - present
Full Professor of Mathematics, Heidelberg University
W3 Professor at the Institute of Mathematics
09/2023 - 03/2025
Full Professor of Mathematics, University of Regensburg
W3 Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics
01/2020 - 08/2023
Bonn Junior Fellow, University of Bonn
W2 Professor at Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and Institute for Applied Mathematics
08/2017 - 12/2019
Morrey Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Visiting faculty hosted by Prof. L. Craig Evans
04/2017 - 07/2017
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Felix Otto

Education

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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

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2019
US Junior Oberwolfach Fellowship
NSF Grant, Workshop on Surface, Bulk, and Geometric PDEs: Interfacial, Stochastic, Non-Local and Discrete Structures
20218
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

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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 (

https://www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/geometric-analysis-2022/

).
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 (

https://www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/events/eventpages/2021/gaa-2021/

), originally planned for summer 2020.