Mathias Schäffner

Dr. Mathias Schäffner holds a tenured professorial position in the Department of Mathematics at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, within the Faculty of Natural Sciences II. His research focuses on applied analysis, particularly homogenization theory, nonlinear elasticity, elliptic regularity, and stochastic processes. Prior to this, he served as a Junior Professor at TU Dortmund (2020–2022) and held postdoctoral positions at Leipzig University/MPI (2018–2020) and TU Dresden (2015–2018). He earned his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Würzburg in 2015.

His work emphasizes the mathematical analysis of composite materials, stochastic homogenization, and the derivation of effective theories for heterogeneous media. Notable contributions include studies on Gamma-convergence, corrector estimates in nonlinear elasticity, and domain truncation methods for wave equations. His research bridges pure and applied mathematics, with applications in continuum mechanics and material science.

Publications span topics like homogenization of random laminates, Lavrentiev gaps in vectorial functionals, and Lipschitz regularity for non-uniformly elliptic systems. Collaborators include prominent mathematicians such as Stefan Neukamm, Peter Bella, and Anja Schlömerkemper. His personal website provides further details on ongoing projects and preprints.