Anna-Karin Tornberg

Anna-Karin Tornberg is a Professor in Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She holds positions as Vice Chair of the Department of Mathematics and previously served as Head of the Numerical Analysis division (2011–2023). Her research focuses on numerical methods for PDEs, particularly boundary integral methods for fluid flows involving particles and drops. She is active in the Linne FLOW Centre and Swedish e-Science Research Center (SeRC). Key roles include membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Royal Academy of Sciences, and receipt of awards like the Göran Gustafsson Prize (Mathematics, 2014). She has advised numerous PhD students and postdocs, including current supervisees Anna Broms, David Krantz, and Emanuel Ström. Her work spans theoretical, computational, and applied fluid dynamics with emphasis on microfluidics and high-accuracy numerical techniques.

Education includes a PhD in Numerical Analysis from KTH (2000) followed by postdoctoral positions at NYU’s Courant Institute. Promoted to Full Professor at KTH in 2012. Service roles include membership in KTH’s University Board, Faculty Council, and editorial roles at Advances in Computational Mathematics and BIT Numerical Mathematics. Active in international conferences, delivering plenary/invited lectures at ICIAM, ECM, and ICM.

Research group projects include development of fast numerical methods for microfluidics and molecular dynamics simulations. Current openings for PhD candidates in numerical methods for non-elliptic PDEs in time-dependent domains. Her lab collaborates on high-performance computing and fluid-structure interaction problems.