Department of Mathematical Sciences

Research projects

Research projects with external funding.

Three new mathematical research projects are launched with DFF support

The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) supports this year three researchers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences with grants of between two and 2.9 million DKK.

New research project about statistical inference

The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) supports the development of new robust statistical methods for analyzing large and complex volumes of data. Professor Susanne Ditlevsen is to lead the four-year research…

Novo Nordisk supports research in mathematical biology

Mathematical tools and methods can lead to breakthroughs in medical research. That’s recognized in the Novo Nordisk Foundation, who is funding another research project at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Five new Marie Curie Fellows

The Department has been awarded five of the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships. Congratulations to the five postdoc fellows and their mentors.

Carlsberg Internationalisation Fellowship to MATH PhD

PhD Kevin Aguyar Brix is on his way to the University of Wollongong in Australia, where he will continue his research in the project “Fine structure of C*-algebras associated to topological dynamics”.

World leading mathematicians to solve mysteries at the interface of geometry and topology

An array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics lie at the intersection of geometry and topology. With a 60 million kroner grant from the Danish National Research Foundation to establish a new research…

Marie Curie grant to Simon Gritschacher

Simon Gritschacher, postdoc at the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation, has won the competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, which he will carry at our department.

International postdoctoral grant to Martin Speirs

The Independent Research Fund Denmark is investing just under DKK 22 million this year in 16 younger researchers' careers and original ideas, which have the potential to grow significantly in an international research…

DKK 2.8 million for research into extreme value theory

Professor of Insurance Mathematics Thomas Mikosch has received a grant from the Danish Free Research Foundation (DFF) for the project "A large deviations approach to heavy-tailed time series".

Understanding Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Elisenda Feliu, associate professor in mathematics, receives a 1.3 million DKK research grant for the project “Understanding bistability underlying acute and chronic infections in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa“.

Funding

The Department’s research projects have received funding from (among others):

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carlsberg Foundation
Danish National Research Foundation
European Research Council
Independent Research Fund Denmark
Innovation Fund Denmark
Lundbeck Foundation
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (EU)
Novo Nordisk Foundation
VILLUM Foundation