Published about 250 papers in proceedings and journals; member of the German Association for Computational Mechanics (GACM), the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) General Council, the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), the German Society for Maritime Technology (STG), and vice chairman of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kontinuumsmechanik e.V.; GAMM representative at TUHH since 2023; elected member of the GAMM managing board since 2025; Managing Editor of the international journal ‘Computers and Mathematics with Applications’.
Research Experience
Worked as a research assistant on adaptive nonlinear finite element methods at the University of Dortmund and TU München after 1996; led a research group on simulation methods in applied mechanics as a post-doc at TU München from 2001 to 2009; visited the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, as a J.T. Oden Research Faculty Fellowship recipient in 2004 and 2006; joined TU Hamburg in 2009, where he became Professor for Numerical Structural Analysis with Application in Ship Technology.
Education
Received a diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kassel in 1996; obtained his doctoral degree from TU München in 2001.
Background
Research interests include nonlinear finite element methods, coupled problems, numerical homogenization procedures, and fictitious domain methods. Published about 250 related works in proceedings and journals.