Ulrich Langer

Ulrich Langer is a Full Professor of Numerical Mathematics at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria. He has held academic positions since 1980, including roles as Scientific Director of the Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (2003–2020) and leader of its PDE computational methods research group. He specializes in numerical methods for PDEs, computational mechanics, and parallel computing.

Education:

• Born 1952 in Germany, studied Mathematics at Technical University Karl-Marx-Stadt (Diploma 1975)
• PhD in Numerical Mathematics from Leningrad University (1980)
• Habilitation and professorships at Technical Universities of Chemnitz and Linz

His research focuses on domain decomposition methods, multigrid techniques, and isogeometric analysis. Key contributions include projects funded by FWF and NSF, such as 'Discontinuous Galerkin Domain Decomposition Methods in Isogeometric Analysis' and 'Goal-Oriented Error Control for Phase-Field Fracture.'

Professional Roles:

• Editorial Board Member of journals like Computing, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, and ZAMM
• ERC Panel Member for Mathematics (2008–2025)
• Organized international conferences, e.g., 17th Domain Decomposition Methods (2006)

Awards: Multi-Grid Prize (2025). Extensive supervision of 29 PhD students and 24 diploma theses.