About me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Berlin in the research group Differential Equations, headed by Prof. Dr. Etienne Emmrich.

From March through September 2026, I am a Distinguished Fellow at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA, USA), hosted by Prof. Dr. Harbir Antil.

Previously, I held a postdoctoral position at the University of Freiburg, where I also completed my PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Růžička. From July 2023 to April 2024, I was a Walter Benjamin Fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG), conducting research on numerical methods for so-called smart fluids in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Luigi C. Berselli at the University of Pisa.

My research lies at the intersection of numerical analysis, partial differential equations, and convex variational methods. I develop mathematically rigorous and computationally reliable methods for nonlinear, nonsmooth, and constrained problems. My current work combines convex duality, primal-dual error identities, and prox-based semi-smooth Newton methods with finite element and discontinuous Galerkin discretizations. Recent projects include pressure approximation for unsteady (p)-Stokes equations with slip boundary conditions, pulsatile flows of variable-exponent smart fluids, and optimal insulation under convective heat transfer.

Research interests

• Numerical analysis of nonlinear, nonsmooth, and constrained partial differential equations
• Convex duality, primal-dual error identities, a posteriori error estimation, and adaptive methods
• Proximal and semi-smooth Newton methods for convex variational problems
• Finite element and discontinuous Galerkin methods, including structure-preserving and fully discrete schemes
• Non-Newtonian and smart-fluid flows: variable-exponent rheology, slip boundary conditions, and pressure approximation
• PDE-constrained modeling and optimization, including optimal insulation and convective heat transfer