Dietmar Gallistl

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Gallistl is a faculty member at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, holding the Professorship for Numerical Mathematics within the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. His research focuses on numerical methods for partial differential equations, including mixed finite elements, multiscale methods, adaptive algorithms, and computational homogenization. He teaches courses such as Theory and Numerics of Partial Differential Equations and Iterative Solvers for Partial Differential Equations.

His research interests span various areas including discretization techniques for nonlinear PDEs, error analysis, and computational methods for wave propagation. He has contributed to software tools for finite element mesh refinement and numerical simulations. Recent work includes publications on the Gross-Pitaevskii eigenvalue problem, Monge-Ampère equations, and time-harmonic Maxwell equations.

Prof. Gallistl's academic work emphasizes rigorous mathematical analysis alongside practical numerical implementation. His teaching materials include lecture notes on computational PDEs and finite element methods available on his university webpage.