Meet the Bridging the Gaps Chairs Prof. Dr. Gustav Holzegel and Prof. Dr. Hendrik Weber.
This programme attracts high-profile mathematicians working in areas with high potential for connecting established research groups at Mathematics Münster.
Hendrik Weber works on the analysis of stochastic partial differential equations from mathematical physics and data science using methods from stochastic analysis and the analysis of PDEs. Specific tools include the theory of regularity structures, rough path theory, Gaussian analysis and regularity estimates for PDEs.
His research contributes to the topics Singularities and PDEs (T6), Field theory and randomness (T7) and Deep learning and surrogate methods (T10).
Hendrik Weber graduated in Mathematics at the University of Heidelberg and took his PhD in 2010 at the University of Bonn. He subsequently conducted research at the University of Warwick and the University of Bath, where he was appointed professor in 2018. Since September 2022 he has held a Bridging the Gaps professorship at the University of Münster. For his contributions to stochastic analysis and stochastic partial differential equations, Hendrik Weber was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize (2016), a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2016), the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2017), an ERC Consolidator Grant (2022), and the Clay Senior Scholar Award (2025).
Recording of Hendrik Weber's mini course at SLMath in Berkeley (Sep. 2025)
Clay Senior Scholar Award for Hendrik Weber (Jan. 2025)
Press release from European Research Council (ERC) on Consolidator Grants 2022 (Jan. 2023)
Gustav Holzegel works on non-linear partial differential equations with a focus on the Einstein equations of general relativity. He is particularly interested in the global dynamics of hyperbolic equations in curved geometries and in the stability and rigidity of black hole solutions.
His research contributes to the research topics Singularities and PDEs (T6) and Field theory and randomness (T7).
Gustav Holzegel graduated in Physics at the University of Kaiserslautern. He took his PhD in 2008 at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge and subsequently undertook research at Princeton University in the USA. From 2012 he was at Imperial College London, where he was appointed professor in 2018. Since November 2020 he has held a Bridging the Gaps professorship at the University of Münster. For his pioneering contributions to the mathematical understanding of black holes, Gustav Holzegel was awarded the Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society (2016), the Adams Prize by the University of Cambridge (2018), the Blavatnik Award (2019) and was awarded a Humboldt professorship (2020).
Invitation to ICM 2022 (July 2022), Special lecture "Recent Progress in General Relativity"
Mathematician Gustav Holzegel awarded a Humboldt professorship (Nov. 2020)