General research interests

• Mathematical modelling and simulation
• Analysis of partial differential equations

Specific research areas

• Periodic homogenisation
• Physico–chemical mechanisms in multiscale media (e.g. porous media, biological cells)
• Microfluidics
• Materials Science
• Wave scattering and diffraction, water waves in particular (also see the Water Waves Website)

• Vice President for Innovation, Transfer and Alliances of the University of Augsburg
• Associate editor of the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
• Associate editor of Nature Scientific Reports
• Local representative of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
• Organiser of the programme Mathematical theory and applications of multiple wave scattering at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK
• Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK