Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rolf Hermann Krause

July 2001 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat. with Highest Distinction) "summa cum laude'' in Applied Mathematics, Free University Berlin, Department of Mathematics and Informatics

10/1996 Diploma in Mathematics ("sehr gut'')

10/1990 -10/1996 Study of mathematics at the Free University Berlin

Since 04/2009 Chair for Advanced Scientific Computing, Director of the Institute for Computational Science (ICS), Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano

11/2003-03/2009 Professor (C3) for Scientific Computing/Numerical Simulation at the University of Bonn, Institute for Numerical Simulation

01/2002-10/2003 Assistant lecturer at the Free University Berlin, Department of Mathematics and Informatics

06/1998-12/2001 Scientific assistant at FU Berlin within a DFG project on the efficient numerical simulation of frictional contact problems

10/1996-05/1998 Scientific assistant at the University of Stuttgart, Member of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 404 “Multifield Problems in Solid and Fluid Mechanics”

1993 - 10/1996 Student assistant at the Zuse Institute Berlin

• Chair for Advanced Scientific Computing, Director of the Institute for Computational Science (ICS), Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano

• Zuse Fellow (ZIB Berlin)
• Taylor & Francis prize for “Innovative Contribution to Theoretical Biomechanics/Biomedical Engineering”, 8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomed ical Engineering, Porto, 2008
• 2008 offer for W3-professorship in Scientific Computing from the university of Mainz, not realized

• Participation in the Swiss HP2C-initiative “High Performance and Productivity Computing” (core group at ICS, Lugano)
• snf project ReAct “A Decomposition Approach for the Numerical Solution of Frictional Contact Problems in Nonlinear Elasticity”
• Project ASIL (Advanced Solvers Integrated Library) in the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany) call “
• HPC-software for scalable parallel computing”, 01/2009 - 12/2011
• PhD scholarship M. Walloth: “Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Visco- Elastic Materials”, since 10/2008; Bonn International Graduate School in Mathematics
• BMBF-Project “Entwicklung bionischer Strömungssensoren für hydrodynamische Messsysteme nach dem Vorbild des Seitenliniensystems der Fische” with Prof. Dr. H. Bleckmann, University of Bonn and Manfred Lacher, Stiftung Caesar.
• Ford University Research Program: “Advanced numerical algorithms to improve high nonlinear crash simulation with multi-body contacts and friction”
• Project with Siemens on the prediction of material fatigue: “Life Expectancy in extreme temperatures”
• Industry project on the multiscale modeling of frictional phenomena in cooperation with Prof. Dr. F. Schuricht, University of Dresden
• Project “High Performance Approach to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy” together with CardioCentro Lugano and the University of Maastricht in the initiative "Ticino Life Sciences"
• Project "Multiscale computational study of linear and hyperbranched polymers for biomedical applications" together with A. Danani, SUPSI, Lugano, in the initiative "Ticino Life Sciences"