Prof. Dr. Michael Westdickenberg

Contact Information


Postal Address

RWTH Aachen University

Institute for Mathematics

Prof. Dr. Michael Westdickenberg

Im Süsterfeld 2

52072 Aachen

Germany


Office

Room 359, Im Süsterfeld 2


Contact me by

Phone +49 241 80-94569

Phone +49 241 80-94921 (secr.)

E-mail mwest@instmath.rwth-aachen.de


Office Hours

By appointment.


Research Interests

Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

Curves of Maximal Slope and Optimal Transport

Fluid Dynamics and Geophysical Flows

Partial Differential Equations


Teaching

In WS2025/26 I am teaching the course Introduction to Mathematics.


Activities

07/2022 - present
Project leader SFB 1481 "Sparsity and Singular Structures"
Speaker 09/2023 - present

10/2020 - 2009/2024
Chairman of the Mathematics Department

10/2017 - present
Project leader RTG 2326 "Energy, Entropy, and Dissipative Dynamics"
Speaker 10/2017 - 09/2023




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