Martin J. Gander

Martin J. Gander is Full Professor of Mathematics at the University of Geneva (Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics) and heads the Digital Analysis research group. His career has included positions at ETH Zürich, Stanford, École Polytechnique and McGill University before he moved to Geneva in 2004.

Education

• ETH Zürich
• Stanford University
• École Polytechnique, Paris

Research Interests

Prof. Gander’s work lies at the intersection of numerical analysis and scientific computing, with particular emphasis on:

• Iterative solvers and preconditioning for large linear systems
• Domain-decomposition and parallel-in-time methods
• Absorbing boundary conditions and perfectly matched layers
• Waveform relaxation and multigrid techniques
• Geometric integration and mathematical biology

Industrial Collaboration

He has consulted for companies and institutions such as Venyo, Meteo Suisse, Meteorological Service of Canada, Alcan, Pratt & Whitney and Volvo.

Advising & Team

Prof. Gander has supervised more than twenty-five doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows, currently including Teilo Wahl, Ausra Pogozelskyte, Si-Wei Liao, Yafei Sun and Liudi Lu.