Niklas Kolbe
Interim Professor At Chair Of Mathematics For Uncertainty Quantification
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolNiklas Kolbe is an applied mathematics researcher and interim professor specializing in uncertainty quantification, with eight years of postdoctoral and research experience across Germany and Japan. His work bridges mathematical modeling and numerical simulation, focusing on hyperbolic conservation laws, finite volume and Lagrangian methods, and PDE analysis applied to biological systems such as cancer and stem cell dynamics. He has led development and numerical analysis of high-resolution schemes, adaptive mesh techniques, and stochastic models for cell-specific responses, combining theory with production-quality code in C, Julia, Python, Matlab and Java. Known for translating complex biological questions into rigorous computational frameworks, he has contributed to traffic and coupled-conservation models as well as JSPS-funded cancer simulation projects. Based in Aachen, he brings both deep analytical insight and practical software craftsmanship to interdisciplinary teams. Beyond academia, his international path (Mainz → Kanazawa → Aachen) reflects adaptability and a talent for cross-cultural research collaborations.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics (major subject), computer science, economics (minor subjects), Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics (major subject), computer science, economics (minor subjects) at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
English, French, Russian, German, Japanese
Github Skills (39)
earth-movers-distance10
ghostscript10
matlab9
scanning9
pdf8
statistics8
linux7
hypothesis-tests7
systems-biology7
julia6
stochastic-differential-equations5
hypothesis-testing5
bash5
simulation-framework5
fftw4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nklb/wasserstein-distance
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
Compact Matlab code for the computation of the 1- and 2-Wasserstein distances in 1D
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 11 pushes in 6 months
matlabwasserstein-metricstatisticsmit-licenseoptimal-transport
nklb/remove-blank-pages
Mar 2018 - Jan 2025
Bash script to remove (almost) blank pages from a PDF file
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 11 months
bashpdfblank-pageghostscriptlinux
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