Nadja Ray

Professor Nadja Ray leads the Chair of Geomatics and Geomathematics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. She specializes in multiscale modeling of reactive flow and transport in porous media, with a focus on soil systems.

• Alumnus of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), where she earned her doctorate in 2013 and habilitation in 2020
• Key research areas: soil microstructure analysis, mathematical modeling for environmental applications, and computational geosciences

Her work addresses critical issues in energy sustainability, climate science, and environmental protection through mathematical frameworks that bridge pore-scale and macro-scale soil behavior. Recent publications emphasize 3D microstructure modeling, machine learning applications for soil physics, and DFG-funded projects on rhizosphere dynamics. Awards include the Dr.-Klaus-Körper Prize (GAMM), Faculty Women’s Award (FAU), and FAU Habilitation Prize. She actively collaborates with geoscientists and leads DFG projects on soil systems, while contributing to the newly established Mathematical Institute for Machine Learning and Data Science (MIDS).