Mathematics Münster

Prof. Dr. Andreas Thom (TU Dresden) will give the talk at this year's Hirzebruch Colloquium on 18 December 2025. He will explain how topological methods can be applied to solve equations over groups and also mention some recent advances in the study of identities for finite and infinite groups. The talk takes place at 2:15 pm in lecture hall M4.

Prof. Dr. Michael Dumbser (University of Trento) will give a talk entitled "A simple and general framework for the construction of exactly div-curl-grad compatible discontinuous Galerkin finite element schemes on unstructured simplex meshes" at the Colloquium Wilhelm Killing on 8 January 2026. The talk takes place at 2:15 pm in lecture hall M4. Tea time starts at 3:15 pm in the Cluster Common Room.

Due to a large number of common mathematical interests in very diverse fields of mathematics, we decided to introduce a themed meeting bringing together researchers from the two institutions in related areas. The main objective is to get an idea about research interests and projects in each others' department (specifically at the PhD and postdoc level) and to provide a forum for future collaborations.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together young European-based researchers under the broad umbrella of geometric structures. We aim to provide a place for interaction and sharing of research ideas across a range of disciplines: these include Spin geometry, special holonomy, almost Hermitian geometry, hypercomplex geometry, or Kähler and complex algebraic geometry and related topics.

How would you explain your research in one sentence or to a child? What fascinates you most about the field of your research? What advice would you give to young women entering research today? Dr. Amra Hasečić answers these and many other questions in a two-part interview with "WiRe - Women in Research". She was a WiRe Fellow this year in Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger's group at the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster.

The University of Münster's Rectorate has honoured the best doctoral theses of 2025. 122 young scientists received the best rating "summa cum laude" for their dissertation - including Dr. Lennart Machill, Dr. Bastian Müller, Dr. Simone Ramello, Dr. Konstantin Recke und Dr. Spyridon Petrakos, who have finished their doctorates at Mathematics Münster. Dr. Grigorios Kopsacheilis was also awarded a dissertation prize endowed with 3,500 euros. His topic was "Regularity properties of C*-diagonal pairs and topological dynamics". Congratulations!

The new holders of the full grant scholarships for excellent international master’s students have arrived: Zauri Bokelavadze, Adéla Heroudková, and Srijan Saha started their studies at the University of Münster in October 2025.

We welcome Dr Karol Bołbotowski as a new Young Research Fellow at our cluster. He has recently been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics and works in the field of calculus of variations, focusing on the optimal design of mechanical structures. During his stay until mid-December he will collaborate with Benedikt Wirth and his group.