Prof. Dr. Manuel Torrilhon
Since 2010 professor and head of the Research Lab for Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACoM) at RWTH Aachen.
For the 2-year-term 2024-2026 I have been elected Speaker of the Department of Mathematics at RWTH Aachen.
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- Mathematical modeling in continuum physics
- Numerical methods for nonlinear hyperbolic systems
- Kinetic gas theory, Boltzmann equation, rarefied gases and micro-flows
- Magnetohydrodynamics for plasmas
- Multi-scale methods, especially time integrators.
Read more details in our research section.
| 1994 - 1999 | Diplom-Ingenieur, TU Berlin | |
| in "Engineering Physics (Physikalische Ingenieurwissenschaft)" | ||
| 2000 - 2004 | Research Assistant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland | |
| at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics | ||
| 2004 | PhD in Applied Mathematics, ETH Zurich | |
| 2004/05 | Post-Doc, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| as Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics | ||
| 2005/06 | Post-Doc, Princeton University | |
| at the Program of Applied and Computational Mathematics | ||
| 2006 | EURYI(Pre-ERC) Award/Grant of the European Science Foundation | |
| 2007 - 2010 | Research Assistant Professor, ETH Zurich | |
| at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics | ||
| 2009 | Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle | |
| in the Department for Applied Mathematics | ||
| since 2010 | Full Professor, RWTH Aachen | |
| in the Center for Computational Engineering Science | ||
| since 2019 | Head/Chair of new institute, RWTH Aachen | |
| Research Lab for Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACoM) |
An extensive and generally reliable list of my publications can be found under my Web of Science profile.
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