Alexandra Holzinger

I am a postdoctoral research associate and member of the Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDEs at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford in the group of Prof. José Carrillo. Additionally, I am a Stipendiary Lecturer at The Queen's College, Oxford.

In 2025, I got selected as a 2025-2028 member of the European Mathematical Society's Young Academy (EMYA).

I finished my PhD studies (sub auspiciis) in June 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Ansgar Jüngel at TU Wien with focus on rigorous mean-field derivations of partial differential equations. During my PhD studies I was member of the VSM (Vienna School of Mathematics) and the doctoral school Dissipation and Dispersion in Nonlinear PDEs.

I received my BSc and MSc degrees in Technical Mathematics with focus on Applied Mathematics (especially Partial Differential Equations) from TU Wien in 2016 and 2019 respectively. 2017/18 I did parts of my master studies at ETH Zurich.

Research Interests

I am particularly interested in the study of nonlinear partial differential equations and their derivations from interacting particle systems.

So far, my research focuses especially on mean-field limits and the analysis of non-local PDEs and non-linear PDEs.

I am especially fascinated about applications of mean-field techniques to biology or neuoscience.

If you are interested in my research, feel free to contact me: alexandra.holzinger[AT]maths.ox.ac.uk

Talks

Recorded talks: In July 2024, I gave a talk at the Mittag-Leffler Institute about Mean-field convergence in relative entropy and fluctuations for moderate regimes. A video can be found here: https://www.mittag-leffler.se/activities/ewm-ems-summer-school-kinetic-theory-arising-from-mathematical-biology/

Upcoming talks:

8-12 December 2025: New horizons in well-posedness of stochastic differential equations (Workshop), Lorentz center, Leiden, Netherlands.

Recent invited talks:

31st July 2025: Mathematical Biology: Analysis and Applications 2025, University of Warsaw, Poland
4th July 2025: AG Analysis-Probability seminar, MPI Leipzig, Germany (invited by Benjamin Gess and Felix Otto)
7-11 July 2025: New Perspectives in Nonlocal and Nonlinear PDEs (Workshop), Anacapri, Italy
24th April 2025: Seminar on modeling and computational mathematics, University of Arizona, US
3rd April 2025: Games, Mathematics and Statistics seminar at LUISS University, Rome, Italy
20th January 2025: OxPDE Seminar talk, University of Oxford, UK
5th December 2024: Bath Analysis Seminar, University of Bath, UK
23rd September 2024: Workshop on Many facets of Kinetic Theory, ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Edinburgh, UK
18th September 2024: Dynamics Seminar, Amsterdam Center for Dynamics and Computation, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

Teaching

The Queen's College, Oxford University: I have been teaching the following courses (2023-2024):

Differential Equations 1 (undergraduate)
Multivariable Calculus (undergraduate)
Fourier and PDE Analysis (undergraduate)
Integral Transformations (undergraduate)
Numerical Analysis (undergraduate)

TU Wien: I have been responsible for the exercise classes of the following courses:

WS2022/23 & WS2021/22: Mathematics 1 for Electrical Engineers, TU Wien
SS2022 & SS2020: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, TU Wien
SS2021: Calculus of Variations, TU Wien
WS2020/21 & WS2019/20: Partial Differential Equations, TU Wien

Please find more informations on the courses at TU Wien in TISS.

During my Bachelor and Master studies I was a teaching assistant for the following courses:

Analysis for Computer Scientists, TU Wien
Algebra for Computer Scientists, TU Wien

Awards

In June 2023, I received my Phd as PhD sub auspiciis praesidentis (hightest distiction for an academic degree in Austria, awarded to about 0.9% of all PhD Students), you can find articles about my ceremony (9th of October 2024) here: TU Wien News ASC News
In 2024, I was awarded the Hannspeter-Winter Award for my PhD thesis (over all technical subjects), you can find an article here: TU News
I received the Best Paper Award of TU Wien 2023, see the article here: ASC News

Outreach

In April 2024, I got interviewed by Der Falter (Austrian weekly newpaper) as an example of a sucessful women in science, you can find the article (page 26/27) here (in German): Falter Article

My contact details:

E-mail: alexandra.holzinger[AT]maths.ox.ac.uk,

Address: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

Room: S2.56

Affiliation: University of Oxford, UK

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