Felix Brandt

Assistant Professor (RTPC) of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics

University of Southern California

University Park Campus

3620 South Vermont Ave.

Kaprielian Hall

Los Angeles, California 90089

Office: KAP 416B

Email: fbrandt(at)usc(dot)edu 

Hey there!

Since August 2026, I have been an Assistant Professor (RTPC) of Mathematics (postdoctoral position) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Southern California, where I am working with Prof. Igor Kukavica.  

This fall, I am teaching two sections (39550 MWF from 1-1:50 pm and 39535 MWF from 2-2:50 pm) of MATH-225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations. All relevant course material can be found in Brightspace. My office hours this semester will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 pm, or by appointment.

From February 2025 through August 2026, I was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley, where my mentor was Prof. Sunčica Čanić, and I was supported by a postdoc scholarship of Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (German National Academy of Sciences). My postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley was recognized with the 2026 Postdoc Achievement Award. Until January 2025, I was a research associate in the DFG Research Unit FOR 5528  at TU Darmstadt, where I obtained my PhD in May 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Matthias Hieber.    

My research interests lie in applied analysis, nonlinear PDEs and mathematical fluid dynamics. The applications that I am working on mainly concern fluid-structure interaction problems and geophysical flows.

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