Head of Group
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Building 02, Room 224
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- 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
Building 2, Room 205
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
Senior Staff
Dr. Hu Mirko
Dr. Hu Mirko
- Graph Theory
- Population Dynamics
- Optimal Control
PhD Students
Sarah Feldmann
Sarah Feldmann
Building 2, Room 207B
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Combinatorial Optimization
- Inverse simulation and source detection in graphs
- Applications in Medicine
Anna Gebhard
Anna Gebhard
Building 2, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Receding Horizon Optimal Control
- Real-Time Optimization
- Modeling and Parameter Estimation
- Applications in Medicine
Mirko Hahn
Mirko Hahn
Building 02, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Mixed-integer Nonlinear Optimization
- Optimization with ODE and PDE Constraints
- Optimization with Set-Valued Variables
- Applications in Gas and Power Networks
- Applications in Topology Optimization
Veronica Haritonova
Veronica Haritonova
Building 2, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Inverse Optimization
- Optimal Control
- Modeling and Parameter Estimation
- Applications in Medicine
Timon Klein
Timon Klein
Building 2, Room 204
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Machine Learning (Transformer)
- Applications in Medicine
Robert Lampel
Robert Lampel
Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Lifting
- Optimization
Do Duc Le
Do Duc Le
- Mathematical Optimization in Traffic
- Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
Carl Julius Martensen
Carl Julius Martensen
Building 2, Room 205
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Scientific Machine Learning
- Data-Driven System Estimation
Christoph Plate
Christoph Plate
Building 02, Room 207a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
- Optimal Control
- Applications in Chemical Engineering
Adrian Reimann
Adrian Reimann
Building 2, Room 207a
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
- Modeling and Parameter Estimation
- Applications in Medicine
Daria Shaydurova
Daria Shaydurova
Building 02, Room 222
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
- Advanced Topics in Monomial Patterns for Polynomial Optimization
Manuel Tetschke
Manuel Tetschke
- 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
Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Optimal control of P2chem/P2X processes
- Structure exploiting direct optimal control
Associated PhD Students (second supervisor)
Shaimaa Monem
Shaimaa Monem
Former Members
Felix Bernhardt
Felix Bernhardt
Dr. Anamaria Bodea
Dr. Anamaria Bodea
Dr. Alexander Buchner
Dr. Alexander Buchner
Hendrik Burgdörfer
Hendrik Burgdörfer
Dr. Holger Diedam
Dr. Holger Diedam
- 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
Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
- Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
- Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
- Applications in Cancer Chemotherapy
- Applications in Psychology
Dr. Janick Frasch
Dr. Janick Frasch
Felix Gnettner
Felix Gnettner
Dr. Kathrin Hatz
Dr. Kathrin Hatz
Dr. Andreas Himmel
Dr. Andreas Himmel
Building Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Room S 3.15
Sandtorstraße 1
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Parameter estimation
- Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
- Optimization under Uncertainty
- Applications in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Tony Huschto
Dr. Tony Huschto
Dr. Dennis Janka
Dr. Dennis Janka
Room 402
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
- Numerical Methods for Optimum Experimental Design
- Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems
- Applications in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Felix Jost
Dr. Felix Jost
- Modelling of hematopoietic processes
- Parameter estimation
- Optimum experimental design
- Dual control
- Applications in robotics and medicine
Dr. Michael Jung
Dr. Michael Jung
Dr. Florian Kehrle
Dr. Florian Kehrle
- Mathematical Optimization in Medicine
- Electrocardiac signals and Tachycardia
- Mixed Reality in Medical Training and Education
- Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Dr. Sabrina Kellner
Dr. Sabrina Kellner
Dr. Christian Kirches
Dr. Lilian Kramer
Dr. Lilian Kramer
Jeanny Langer
Jeanny Langer
Christian Laus
Christian Laus
Patrick Lilienthal
Patrick Lilienthal
Building 2, Room 223
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg
Germany
- Mathematical modeling with applications in medicine
- Focus on hematopoiesis
- Parameter estimation
- Optimum experimental design
Sarah Lorenz
Sarah Lorenz
Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Dr. Stephan Ludwig
Carsten Matke
Carsten Matke
Building EWE-Forschungszentrum für Energietechnologie e.V.
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 15
D-26129 Oldenburg
Germany
- Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
- Optimization under Uncertainty
- Application to Electricity Transmission Grid
Dr. Maximilian Merkert
Dr. Maximilian Merkert
- Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
- Network Optimization & Applications
- Polyhedral Combinatorics
- Graph Theory
- Game Theory
Dr. Jeremi Mizerski
Dr. Jeremi Mizerski
- Cardiology
- Mathematical Modeling
- Medical Applications
Mark Mueller
Mark Mueller
Dr. Kai-Friederike Oelbermann
Dr. Kai-Friederike Oelbermann
Dr. Benjamin Peters
Dr. Benjamin Peters
- SDPs
- Polynomial optimization
Dr. Jonas Rauch
Dr. Jonas Rauch
Room 404
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
- Optimal Control Policies in Airline Revenue Management
- Airline Demand ForecastingNonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Kristine Rinke
Kristine Rinke
- 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
Paul Scharnhorst
Paul Scharnhorst
Susanne Scholl
Susanne Scholl
Jonas Schulze
Jonas Schulze
Dr. Stephan Sorgatz
Dr. Stephan Sorgatz
- 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
Dr. Anna Thünen
Dr. Anna Thünen
Dr. Le Thi Thien Thuy
Dr. Le Thi Thien Thuy
Dr. Jennifer Uebbing
Dr. Jennifer Uebbing
Building Max-Plank Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme, Room N 3.15
Sandtorstraße 1
39106 Magdeburg, Germany
Germany
- Parameter estimation
- Optimal control
- Finite element method
Tobias Weber
Tobias Weber
- Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
- Electrocardiac signals and Tachycardia
- Source detection in graphs
Sören Weniger
Sören Weniger
Dr. Leonard Wirsching
Dr. Leonard Wirsching
Room 411
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
- 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
- Mathematical Optimization in Medicine


