Henrik Kalisch

Henrik Kalisch is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, where he also serves as Deputy Head of Department. His research focuses on mathematical modeling of nearshore processes, wave breaking, surfzone circulation, and wave hazards in coastal zones.

Dr. Kalisch received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Texas at Austin. His academic career has established him as a leading researcher in fluid mechanics, partial differential equations, and numerical analysis, with over one hundred scientific publications to his name.

Professor Kalisch's research spans several key areas in applied mathematics and fluid dynamics. His work on surface water waves investigates fluid particle motion, wave breaking mechanisms, wave shoaling processes, and the influence of vorticity on wave dynamics. In the domain of wave-ice interaction, he studies moving loads on ice sheets, marginal ice zone dynamics, and interactions with internal waves. His contributions to hyperbolic conservation laws include work on singular solutions and their physical interpretation, while his research on mathematical properties of model equations examines existence, uniqueness, and stability of traveling waves and soliton interactions. His research has practical applications in wave energy devices, tidal energy, carbon storage, and ice road safety.

His recent publications reveal a strong focus on developing and analyzing mathematical models for wave phenomena, particularly Boussinesq-type models, KdV equations, and their variants. The research shows increasing integration of computational methods with theoretical analysis, and growing attention to practical applications in coastal engineering and polar science. There's also a notable trend toward interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly with oceanographers and engineers working on real-world wave problems.

Professor Kalisch serves as co-editor-in-chief for "Water Waves: An interdisciplinary journal," published by Birkhäuser-Springer-Nature, demonstrating his leadership in the field.

• Methods for real-time wave forecasting and phase control of wave energy converters (Bergen Universitetsfond, 2021-2022)
• MegaRoller (European Commission Horizon 2020 grant)
• Norwegian Research Network in Mathematical Models in Geophysical Flows (Research Council of Norway, 2016-2019)
• Internal Waves in the Marginal Ice Zone (Hydralab grant from European Commission)
• Nonlinear PDE in Spaces of Analytic Functions (Research Council of Norway, 2012-2017)
• Wavemaker (Research Council of Norway, 2006-2010)

Professor Kalisch has supervised numerous graduate students, including current PhD candidates Enrique Martinez, Olufemi Ige, and Anders Norevik, as well as several Master's students. His former PhD students include Maria Bjørnestad (2021), Evgueni Dinvay (2019), Vincent Teyekpiti (2018), and others who have gone on to careers in academia, industry, and research institutions worldwide. He has chaired curriculum committees and developed courses in applied mathematics, fluid mechanics, and numerics at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

His research group at the University of Bergen includes postdoctoral researchers like Bashar Khorbatly, adjunct professors like Francesco Lagona, PhD students, and Master's students working collaboratively on various aspects of wave dynamics and mathematical modeling.