Alexander Heinlein
Assistant Professor Numerical Analysis at Technische Universiteit Delft
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAlexander Heinlein is an assistant professor of Numerical Analysis at TU Delft with eight years of research and academic experience specializing in numerical methods for PDEs, domain decomposition, multiscale discretizations, and high-performance scientific computing on CPUs and GPUs. He develops both the theoretical foundations and practical implementations of solvers for challenging problems involving complex geometries, highly heterogeneous coefficients, and multiphysics coupling, and has applied his work across international research centers including multiple visits to Sandia and the University of Washington. Recently he has been expanding into scientific machine learning, bridging traditional HPC methods with data-driven approaches to accelerate and enhance simulations. His career blends sustained academic leadership—coordinating data and simulation science—with hands-on code optimization for modern architectures, reflecting a rare combination of rigorous analysis and production-oriented implementation.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat., Mathematik, Dr. rer. nat., Mathematik at Universität zu KölnMathematik, Mathematik at Universität Duisburg-Essen, Standort EssenDiplom-Mathematiker, Mathematics, Diplom-Mathematiker, Mathematics at University of Duisburg-Essen
Github Skills (48)
algorithms10
lists10
hpc10
trilinos10
scientific-computing10
fenics8
hpc-applications8
snl-applications8
diffraction8
structural-engineering8
modeling-tool8
computational-science7
simulation7
continuation7
chemical-engineering7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
searhein/Trilinos
Sep 2017 - Mar 2024
Primary repository for the Trilinos Project
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 327 pushes in 6 years 7 months
trilinos
FEDDLib/FEDDLib
Oct 2020 - May 2021
FEDDLib (Finite Element and Domain Decomposition Library) – C++ finite element library based on the open source package Trilinos with interfaces to solver packages in Trilinos (e.g., FROSch) and assembly routines from AceGEN.
Contributions:16 reviews, 2 commits, 8 PRs in 7 months
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