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HGS MathComp - Where Methods Meet Applications

The Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS MathComp) at Heidelberg University is one of the leading graduate schools in Germany focusing on the complex topic of Scientific Computing. Located in a vibrant research environment, the school offers a structured interdisciplinary education for PhD students. The program supports students in pursuing innovative PhD projects with a strong application-oriented focus, ranging from mathematics, computer science, bio/life-sciences, physics, and chemical engineering sciences to cultural heritage. A strong focus is put on the mathematical and computational foundations: the theoretical underpinnings and computational abstraction and conception.

HGS MathComp Principal Investigators are leading experts in their fields, working on projects that combine mathematical and computational methodology with topical research issues. Individual mentoring for PhD candidates and career development programs ensure that graduates are fully equipped to take up top positions in industry and academia.

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30.10.2026
13:30
Theory & Methods
STRUCTURES Jour Fixe: AI in Science: Communiy Discussion
Talk

Speaker: Felix Joos • David Maibach • Ullrich Köthe • Heidelberg University
Location: Physikalisches Institut • Großer Hörsaal • Philisophenweg 12, 69120 Heidelberg
Registration: No registration required
Organizer: STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence
ECTS: not yet determined
The STRUCTURES Jour Fixe is the central meeting point of STRUCTURES. Its talks cover the entire scientific breadth of STRUCTURES and aim at all members.

For more information, please visit the event website.

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming research across multiple scientific disciplines – and opinions on how to engage with it vary widely. This Jour Fixe
is dedicated to an open discussion in our community on the impact that AI has
on science and scientists.
Felix Joos (mathematics), David Maibach (physics) and Ullrich Köthe
(computer science) will share brief insights into their personal, discipline-
specific experiences with AI in research. Right after that, it is your turn to
discuss questions like: How do you perceive the usage of AI in science? Which
AI tools do you use? Which chances, risks and challenges do you see? Which
structural changes are already happening or do you expected in your field?
We look forward to hearing your perspective and experience – whatever your
stance on AI may be!
 
06.11.2026
13:30
Theory & Methods
STRUCTURES Jour Fixe: The formal semantics of general 'computing' processes (and how this connects to modeling multiscale dynamical systems in general)
Talk

Speaker: Herbert Jaeger • Groningen University
Location: Physikalisches Institut • Großer Hörsaal • Philisophenweg 12, 69120 Heidelberg
Registration: No registration required
Organizer: STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence
ECTS: not yet determined
The STRUCTURES Jour Fixe is the central meeting point of STRUCTURES. Its talks cover the entire scientific breadth of STRUCTURES and aim at all members.

For more information, please visit the event website.
 
10.11.2026
17:15
Theory & Methods
Lieseberg Colloquium: Photoredox catalysis with flavins, deazaflavins and their anions
Colloquium

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Radek Cibulka • University of Chemistry and Technology • Prague, Czech Republic
Location: Hörsaal West • Im Neuenheimer Feld 252, 69120 Heidelberg
Organizer: Institute of Organic Chemistry
ECTS: not yet determined
Im Rahmen der Lieseberg-Kolloquien werden Vorträge von Wissenschaftlern/innen aus allen Bereichen der chemischen Forschung gehalten. Die Vorträge finden während des Semesters in der Regel dienstags um 17:15 Uhr im Hörsaal West INF 252 statt (Abweichungen sind in dem Veranstaltungsprogramm vermerkt); ab 17:00 Uhr wird Kaffee und Gebäck serviert. Die Lieseberg-Kolloquien werden von Dr. Tobias Morack koordiniert.

The use of catalysts in an excited state enables a range of chemical transformations that are not accessible by conventional methods. Photoexcitation generates strongly oxidising and reducing agents, which can serve as valuable alternatives to hazardous or costly reagents. Flavins and deazaflavins, prominent natural chromophores (e.g. riboflavin), are characterised by several stable redox and excited states. Consequently, flavin-based photocatalysts are well suited to drive various redox reactions. Recent results from our group and others have shown that flavin species can act as reducing agents, with reducing capabilities comparable to sodium.
In this presentation, the rational design of flavin- and deazaflavin-based systems for photoreductions will be discussed. These systems are based either on a conPET process involving excited flavin radical anions, anionic flavin species and solvated electrons. Applications will be demonstrated, including the generation of phenyl radicals from aryl fluorides, chlorides and bromides, followed by coupling reactions, as well as reductive detriflylation and detosylation. Reductive power of flavin radicals also allows flavin regeneration via solvent (acetonitrile) reduction
in oxidative processes.