Research
SNF Research projects (as main applicant)
- SNF Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant 81EZ-041767
p-harmonic flow and p-harmonic maps
Amount 40'180 CHF
January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1995
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 2100-063464
Topics in Partial Differential Equations
Amount 246'734 CHF
April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2003
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200020-100051
Topics in Partial Differential Equations
Amount 288'186 CHF
April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2005
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200020-107652
Topics in real and complex partial differential equations
Amount 275'213 CHF
April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2007
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200021-116165
Topics in real and complex analysis
Amount 421'294 CHF
April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2009
- SNF Conference Grant 20CO21-119628
Conference on Complex Analysis 2008
Amount 2'500 (total budget 50'000 CHF)
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200020-124668
Topics in real and complex analysis
Amount 441'050 CHF
April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2011
- Centro Stefano Franscini Conference Grant (co-applicant)
Conference Übergang Gymnasium-Universität 2010
Amount 18'000 (total budget 50'000 CHF)
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200020_134876
Topics in real and complex analysis
Amount 239'993 CHF
April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012
- SNF Independent Basic Research Grant 200021_140977
Partial differential equations pure and applied
Amount 113'277 CHF
April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2014
- SNF International Short Visit
Paul Bernays Philosophie der Mathematik
Amount 3'300 CHF
June 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017
- SNF Project funding in humanities and social sciences
Enhancing Mathematics Learning by means of cognitive activation: Classroom Intervention studies in advanced placement schools
Amount 854'611 CHF
April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2022
BNF Research projects
- Degenerate elliptic equations and applications
August 1, 2005 - May 31, 2006
- Usage of linear security codes for improving liability of systems
May 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
- Dynamical systems: renormalization operator and hopalong map
January 8, 2012 - July 8, 2012
- Mathematics and computer science
January 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013
- Vertically integrated moisture divergence
November 11, 2014 - May 11, 2015
- Blockchains
January 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
- Doubly stochastic Volterra integral equations
May 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
- Towards Robust Large Language Models for Mathematics
February 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Participation in other Research projects
- NCCR The Mathematics of Physics - SwissMAP
Amount 11.2 million CHF
July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2026
PhD students
- Fabien Augsburger 2004
Young measures and quasilinear systems in divergence form with weak monotonicity
- Beatrice Roost 2006
Soliton solutions of the mean curvature flow
- Gilles Angelsberg 2007 (co-advisor)
Biharmonic maps
- Thomas Mettler 2010
On the Weyl metrisability problem for projective surfaces & related topics
- Francesco Antognini 2014 (co-advisor)
On the dissipative spin-orbit problem
- Mario Gerwig 2014 (co-advisor)
Verstehen und Beweisen: Bildung durch Lehrkunst im Mathematikunterricht
- Micha Wasem 2016
Convex integration, isometric extensions & approximation of curves
- Katharina Kusejko 2016
Poncelet's theorem in finite projective planes and beyond
- Michal Berkowitz 2017 (co-advisor)
Cognitive profiles of STEM students and their predictive validity: Spatial ability, working memory and advanced mathematics
- Marc Lischka 2019 (co-advisor)
Cardinal characteristics of the continuum based on asymptotic density
- Robert Wengel 2020 (co-advisor)
Die Zyklografie Wilhelm Fiedlers
- Christian Beck 2020
Numerical approximation methods for high-dimensional partial differential equations of second order
- Salome Schumacher 2021 (co-advisor)
Sets of range uniqueness, magic sets and weak choice principles
- Simona Daguati 2022 (co-advisor)
Working Memory Requirements for Problem Solving in Advanced School Mathematics
- Thomas Braas 2022 (co-advisor)
Gender and Mathematics in Upper Secondary School: Sociocultural Stereotypes, Motivation, and Cognitive Activation
- Marion Zöggeler 2022 (co-advisor)
Die Bewegung im Räumlichen Denken: Eine Analyse im mathematisch-physikalischen Kontext
- Philipp Spindler 2023 (co-advisor)
Bildung im Mathematikunterricht - Lehrkunst im Dialog mit Heymann
- Vera Baumgartner 2023 (co-advisor)
Preparing to Learn Linear Algebra – Problem-Solving before Instruction in University Mathematics
- Parvaneh Babari 2024 (co-advisor)
Investigating instructions on rational number arithmetic in elementary school
- Chris Busenhart (current)
Investigation on circular point sets and their algebraic and geometric properties
Erdős number
My Erdős number is 2 via publications with Ernst Specker.