Hannes Meinlschmidt

I work at the interface of the analysis of partial differential equations and optimal control. I am often motivated by optimal control problems subject to strongly nonlinear (coupled systems of) evolution equations, or by real-world applications with nonsmooth data. Dealing with these often requires new techniques in optimal control and in the associated functional analysis and PDE theory: regularity theory for elliptic and parabolic equations and systems, maximal parabolic regularity, and global-in-time existence for nonlinear problems. I also work on nonlinear dispersive equations and on optimal control theory in general.

Career. Diploma and PhD (2017) in mathematics at TU Darmstadt, supervised by Stefan Ulbrich. From 2017 postdoc at RICAM in Linz, Austria, in the group of Karl Kunisch. Since 2021 Assistant Professor (W1) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, associated with the chair of Enrique Zuazua. Since October 2026 substitute professor for Mathematical Modelling at TU Clausthal. More in my CV.