Members of the MathOpt Team
Head of Group
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Address:

Building 02, Room 224
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
  • Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
  • Simultaneous Methods for Constrained Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems
  • Numerical Methods for Optimum Experimental Design
  • Machine Learning and Optimization
  • Optimization under Uncertainty

  • Applications in Mobility, Energy, Clinical Decision Support
Secretary
Susanne Heß
 Susanne Heß
Susanne Heß
Address:

Building 2, Room 205
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Senior Staff
Dr. Florian Kehrle
Dr. Florian Kehrle
Dr. Florian Kehrle
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mathematical Optimization in Medicine
  • Electrocardiac signals and Tachycardia
  • Mixed Reality in Medical Training and Education
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Dr. Jeremi Mizerski
Dr. Jeremi Mizerski
Dr. Jeremi Mizerski
Address:

Building 2, Room 212
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Cardiology
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Medical Applications
PhD Students
Sarah Feldmann
 Sarah Feldmann
Sarah Feldmann
Address:

Building 2, Room 207B
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Inverse simulation and source detection in graphs

  • Applications in Medicine
Anna Gebhard
 Anna Gebhard
Anna Gebhard
Address:

Building 2, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Receding Horizon Optimal Control
  • Real-Time Optimization
  • Modeling and Parameter Estimation
  • Applications in Medicine
Mirko Hahn
 Mirko Hahn
Mirko Hahn
Address:

Building 02, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mixed-integer Nonlinear Optimization
  • Optimization with PDE Constraints
  • Optimization with Set-Valued Variables

  • Application Gas and Power Networks
Veronica Haritonova
 Veronica Haritonova
Veronica Haritonova
Address:

Building 2, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Inverse Optimization
  • Optimal Control
  • Modeling and Parameter Estimation
  • Applications in Medicine
Timon Klein
 Timon Klein
Timon Klein
Address:

Building 2, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Machine Learning (Transformer)
  • Applications in Medicine
Robert Lampel
 Robert Lampel
Robert Lampel
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Lifting
  • Optimization
Do Duc Le
 Do Duc Le
Do Duc Le
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mathematical Optimization in Traffic
  • Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
Patrick Lilienthal
 Patrick Lilienthal
Patrick Lilienthal
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mathematical modeling with applications in medicine
  • Focus on hematopoiesis
  • Parameter estimation
  • Optimum experimental design
Carl Julius Martensen
 Carl Julius Martensen
Carl Julius Martensen
Address:

Building 2, Room 205
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Scientific Machine Learning
  • Data-Driven System Estimation
Carsten Matke
 Carsten Matke
Carsten Matke
Address:

Building EWE-Forschungszentrum für Energietechnologie e.V.
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 15
D-26129 Oldenburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Optimization under Uncertainty
  • Application to Electricity Transmission Grid
Christoph Plate
 Christoph Plate
Christoph Plate
Address:

Building 02, Room 207a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
  • Optimal Control
  • Applications in Chemical Engineering
Adrian Reimann
 Adrian Reimann
Adrian Reimann
Address:

Building 2, Room 207a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
  • Modeling and Parameter Estimation
  • Applications in Medicine
Daria Shaydurova
 Daria Shaydurova
Daria Shaydurova
Address:

Building 02, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Advanced Topics in Monomial Patterns for Polynomial Optimization
Manuel Tetschke
 Manuel Tetschke
Manuel Tetschke
Address:

Building 2, Room 221a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
  • Real-Time Online Optimization

  • Applications in Automotive Engineering Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Reinhold Wittmann
 Reinhold Wittmann
Reinhold Wittmann
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimal control of P2chem/P2X processes
  • Structure exploiting optimal control
Associated PhD Students (second supervisor)
Shaimaa Monem
 Shaimaa Monem
Shaimaa Monem
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Master students and Hiwis
Denis Dietze
 Denis Dietze
Denis Dietze
Address:

Building 02, Room 207a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Former Members
Felix Bernhardt
 Felix Bernhardt
Felix Bernhardt
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Dr. Anamaria Bodea
Dr. Anamaria Bodea
Dr. Anamaria Bodea
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Dr. Alexander Buchner
Dr. Alexander Buchner
Dr. Alexander Buchner
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Hendrik Burgdörfer
 Hendrik Burgdörfer
Hendrik Burgdörfer
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Dr. Holger Diedam
Dr. Holger Diedam
Dr. Holger Diedam
Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
  • Real-Time Online Optimization
  • Automated Modelling

  • Applications in Economics
  • Applications in Psychology
  • Applications in Robotics
Dr. Michael Engelhart
Dr. Michael Engelhart
Dr. Michael Engelhart
Address:

Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

  • Applications in Cancer Chemotherapy
  • Applications in Psychology
Dr. Janick Frasch
Dr. Janick Frasch
Dr. Janick Frasch
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Felix Gnettner
 Felix Gnettner
Felix Gnettner
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Dr. Kathrin Hatz
Dr. Kathrin Hatz
Dr. Kathrin Hatz
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Dr. Andreas Himmel
Dr. Andreas Himmel
Dr. Andreas Himmel
Address:

Building Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Room S 3.15
Sandtorstraße 1
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Parameter estimation
  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Optimization under Uncertainty
  • Applications in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Tony Huschto
Dr. Tony Huschto
Dr. Tony Huschto
Contact:
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Dr. Dennis Janka
Dr. Dennis Janka
Dr. Dennis Janka
Address:

Room 402
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Numerical Methods for Optimum Experimental Design
  • Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems

  • Applications in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Felix Jost
Dr. Felix Jost
Dr. Felix Jost
Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Modelling of hematopoietic processes
  • Parameter estimation
  • Optimum experimental design
  • Dual control

  • Applications in robotics and medicine
Dr. Michael Jung
Dr. Michael Jung
Dr. Michael Jung
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Dr. Sabrina Kellner
Dr. Sabrina Kellner
Dr. Sabrina Kellner
Dr. Christian Kirches
Dr. Christian Kirches
Dr. Christian Kirches
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Dr. Lilian Kramer
Dr. Lilian Kramer
Dr. Lilian Kramer
Jeanny Langer
 Jeanny Langer
Jeanny Langer
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Christian Laus
 Christian Laus
Christian Laus
Sarah Lorenz
 Sarah Lorenz
Sarah Lorenz
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Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Dr. Maximilian Merkert
Dr. Maximilian Merkert
Dr. Maximilian Merkert
Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
  • Network Optimization & Applications
  • Polyhedral Combinatorics
  • Graph Theory
  • Game Theory
Mark Mueller
 Mark Mueller
Mark Mueller
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Dr. Kai-Friederike Oelbermann
Dr. Kai-Friederike Oelbermann
Dr. Kai-Friederike Oelbermann
Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimal Design of Experiments
  • Proportional representation
Dr. Benjamin Peters
Dr. Benjamin Peters
Dr. Benjamin Peters
Address:

Building 2, Room 212
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • SDPs
  • Polynomial optimization
Dr. Jonas Rauch
Dr. Jonas Rauch
Dr. Jonas Rauch
Address:

Room 404
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimal Control Policies in Airline Revenue Management
  • Airline Demand ForecastingNonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Kristine Rinke
 Kristine Rinke
Kristine Rinke
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mathematical models in biology/ecology and medicine
  • Physiologically structured models
  • Parameter estimation
  • Optimal control of clinically relevant cancer chemotherapy schedules and optimal combination of different cancer therapies
Anja Schäfer
 Anja Schäfer
Anja Schäfer
Paul Scharnhorst
 Paul Scharnhorst
Paul Scharnhorst
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Susanne Scholl
 Susanne Scholl
Susanne Scholl
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Jonas Schulze
 Jonas Schulze
Jonas Schulze
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Dr. Stephan Sorgatz
Dr. Stephan Sorgatz
Dr. Stephan Sorgatz
Address:

Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Optimization of Vehicular Traffic at Traffic Light Intersections
  • Implementation of an Acceleration Controller using Model Predictive Control
Prof. Dr. Emily Speakman
Prof. Dr. Emily Speakman
Prof. Dr. Emily Speakman
Address:

Building 02, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Dr. Anna Thünen
Dr. Anna Thünen
Dr. Anna Thünen
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Dr. Le Thi Thien Thuy
Dr. Le Thi Thien Thuy
Dr. Le Thi Thien Thuy
Address:

Building 02, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Control theory
  • Numerical optimal control
  • Set-valued numerics
Dr. Jennifer Uebbing
Dr. Jennifer Uebbing
Dr. Jennifer Uebbing
Address:

Building Max-Plank Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Room N 3.15
Sandtorstraße 1
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Germany

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Expertise / Interests:
  • Parameter estimation
  • Optimal control
  • Finite element method
Tobias Weber
 Tobias Weber
Tobias Weber
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control

  • Electrocardiac signals and Tachycardia
  • Source detection in graphs
Sören Weniger
 Sören Weniger
Sören Weniger
Address:

Building 02, Room 205
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Dr. Leonard Wirsching
Dr. Leonard Wirsching
Dr. Leonard Wirsching
Address:

Room 411
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Nonlinear optimization
  • SQP methods
  • Numerics of optimal control and parameter estimation
  • Model predictive control
  • Moving horizon estimation
  • ODE modelling and simulation
  • Sensitivity generation
Dr. Clemens Zeile
Dr. Clemens Zeile
Dr. Clemens Zeile
Address:

Building 2, Room 221a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany

Contact:
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Expertise / Interests:
  • Mathematical Optimization in Medicine

Prof. Dr. rer.nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Head of MathOpt group
at the Institute of Mathematical Optimization
at the Faculty of Mathematics
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-224
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67 58745
: +49 391 67 11171
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Susanne Heß

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-205
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67-58756
: +49 391 67-11171
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Prof. Dr. rer.nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Head of MathOpt group
at the Institute of Mathematical Optimization
at the Faculty of Mathematics
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-224
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67 58745
: +49 391 67 11171
:

Susanne Heß

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-205
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67-58756
: +49 391 67-11171
: