Nils Thuerey

Prof. Nils Thuerey is a Professor of Physically Based Simulation at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), within the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology. He specializes in computer graphics, fluid dynamics, and machine learning applications in physics-based simulations. His work focuses on developing algorithms for fluid simulations, turbulence modeling, and differentiable physics solvers. He earned his doctorate in fluid simulations from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2006) and held positions at ETH Zurich, ScanlineVFX, before joining TUM in 2013.

Research Interests:

• Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Modeling
• Machine Learning for Physics Simulations
• Deep Learning in Computer Graphics
• Differentiable Simulations and Inverse Problems

Key Awards:

• Technical Oscar (2012) for contributions to fluid effects in films/games
• ERC Starting Grant (2014) for 'realFlow' research
• University of Erlangen Staedtler Graduation Award (2008)

His recent work emphasizes integrating deep learning with physical models, such as differentiable solvers for fluid dynamics and probabilistic methods for weather forecasting. He leads projects like WeatherBench and develops tools like φ-ML and phiflow for scientific computing.