Appointments
- 2025 –Senior ScientistDepartment of Quantum Computing, JKU Linz (50%)
- 2019 –Senior ScientistInstitute of Analysis, JKU Linz
- 2020 – 22Associated researcherMoscow Center for Fundamental & Applied Math., Lomonosov MSU
- 2018 – 19Visiting Professor (W3)Theoretical Numerics, FSU Jena
- 2015 – 19PostdocInstitute of Analysis, JKU Linz
- 2013 – 15PostdocFSU Jena
- 2012Postdoctoral fellowUniversità Roma Tre (ERC Advanced Grant)
Education
- 2023Habilitation venia docendi in Mathematics, JKU Linz. “Random vs. optimal data for high-dimensional approximation.”
- 2012Dr. rer. nat. summa cum laude, FSU Jena (advisor: Erich Novak). “Rapid mixing of Swendsen–Wang dynamics in two dimensions.”
- 2009Dipl.-Math. FSU Jena.
Awards & honors
- 2026Invited author, Acta Numericavol. 35: “Approximation of functions: optimal sampling and complexity”
- 2023Kepler Award for Excellence in Digital Teachingfor “Mathematics for AI 1–3”
- 2023Ars Docendi nominationAustrian national award for teaching excellence
- 2021Joseph F. Traub Prizefor Achievement in Information-Based Complexity
- 2019Journal of Complexity Best Paper Award
- 2015IBC Young Researcher Award
- 2013Promotionspreis des DekansFSU Jena
Plenary & invited talks
- 2026FoCM 2026, Vienna two invited talks (IBC; Foundations of Data Science & ML)
- 2026BIRS-IMAG workshop, Granada Multivariate Splines for Inferential Data Science
- 2026Quantum Harmonic Analysis 2026, Växjö
- 2026Plenary, CSASC 2026 conference, Pilsen nominated by the Austrian Math. Society
- 2025Keynote, Nonlinear Approximation for High-Dimensional Problems (Cohen 60), Paris
- 2024Keynote, SIGMA'2024, CIRM Marseille
- 2024Plenary, Georgian Mathematical Union annual meeting, Batumi
- 2024Invited talk (long), Newton Institute programme, Cambridge
- 2024Plenary, Function Spaces, Analysis & Approximation, Astana
- 2022Plenary, Function Spaces and Applications conference, Apolda
- 2022BIRS-CMO workshop “Applied Functional Analysis”, Oaxaca
- 2022MASCOT-NUM “Optimal Sampling for Approximation”, IHP Paris
- 2020Plenary, MCQMC 2020 conference, Oxford
- 2017Semi-plenary, IBC workshop at FoCM 2017, Barcelona
- 2016Invited speaker, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, Berkeley