Dominik Meidner

Dominik Meidner is a Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Optimal Control at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), part of the School of Computation, Information and Technology. He leads the Department of Mathematics as Department Manager since 2025. His research focuses on optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs), numerical methods for PDE-constrained optimization, adaptive finite element methods, and software development for scientific computing. He has authored numerous publications and contributed to software like Gascoigne and RoDoBo. His academic roles include teaching Analysis courses and supervising over 30 theses since 2009. Key awards include the 2019 Dozentenpreis and the Felix-Klein-Lehrpreis 2010. His work bridges theoretical developments with practical applications in fluid-structure interaction, fractional diffusion, and error estimation.

• Education: PhD (2008, Heidelberg University), Diplom (2003, Heidelberg University).
• Research Interests: Optimal control, numerical analysis, finite elements, PDE-constrained optimization, adaptive discretization.
• Software Contributions: Gascoigne (finite element toolkit), RoDoBo (optimization library).
• Key Activities: Co-organizer of OCIP workshops, member of the TUM-MCLQST cluster, and contributor to academic infrastructure projects.