Janusz Ginster

Janusz Ginster is a postdoctoral researcher in the Partial Differential Equations group at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) since September 2024. He has held postdoctoral positions at Humboldt University of Berlin (2019-2024), Technical University Berlin (2019), and Carnegie Mellon University (2016-2018). His research focuses on variational methods for non-convex minimization problems, energy scaling laws, and geometric rigidity in materials science and continuum mechanics.

• Research Interests: Gamma-convergence, scaling laws, elasticity, plasticity, fracture mechanics, micromagnetism, phase transitions, and geometric rigidity.
• Teaching: Lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin (2020-2024) and Carnegie Mellon University (2016-2018), covering courses like Functions of Bounded Variation, Nonlinear Functional Analysis, and Continuum Mechanics.
• Education: PhD from the University of Bonn (2013-2016) under Stefan Müller; MSc in Mathematics (2011-2013) and BSc (2007-2010) at the University of Bonn.

Publications span nonlinear elasticity, phase transitions, dislocation models, and pattern formation, with recent work on biomembranes, martensitic transformations, and frustrated spin systems. No scientific awards or honors are explicitly documented in the provided materials.