Personal Details
Full Name: Timo Frank Sprekeler
Birth: 1996 in Dortmund, Germany
Citizenship: German
Academic Positions
08/2024--Present: Assistant Professor of Mathematics (tenure-track), Texas A&M University, US
08/2021--07/2024: Peng Tsu Ann Assistant Professor of Mathematics (not tenure-track), National University of Singapore, Singapore
10/2020--03/2021: Stipendiary Lecturer in Mathematics, Keble College, University of Oxford, UK
Education
10/2017--07/2021: DPhil in Mathematics, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in PDEs, University of Oxford (Keble College), UK
Thesis: Finite element approximation of elliptic homogenization problems in nondivergence-form.
Advisors: Endre Süli, Yves Capdeboscq
10/2016--07/2017: MASt in Mathematics [Part III of the Mathematical Tripos], University of Cambridge (Trinity College), UK
Grade: Distinction. Thesis advisor: Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
Afterwards (07/2017--09/2017): Summer intern in the CCIMI at the University of Cambridge, advised by Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, José A. Carrillo, and Lisa M. Kreusser
10/2013--08/2016: B.Sc. in Mathematics, TU Dortmund University, Germany
Grade: 1.0 (highest). Thesis advisor: Ben Schweizer
Academic Awards
01/2024: Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2023, National University of Singapore
01/2023: Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2022, National University of Singapore
2017--2021: Clarendon Fund and Keble College Sloane Robinson Scholarship, University of Oxford
07/2017: Examination Prize and Senior Scholarship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
11/2016: Award for best overall grade among Math students of year group, TU Dortmund University
2015--2016: Deutschlandstipendium (’Germany Scholarship’)
Journal Articles
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Talks
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Teaching
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Supervision
Prathik Kannan: Undergraduate research student (TAMU), 2025
Ivan Tan Yong Hong: Honours year project (NUS) resulted in paper published in SIAM Undergraduate Research Online [pdf], co-advised with Delin Chu and Johannes J. Brust, 2024
Jensen Chan Jie Sheng: Honours year project (NUS), 2023
Yuuka Foo Xiao Ying: Honours year project (NUS), 2023
Wenqian Yu: MSc thesis (NUS), 2022-2023
Service
Reviewing: I have reviewed manuscripts for the following journals: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Journal of Scientific Computing, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
Outreach:
01/2025--Present: Mentor for talented high school students participating in PReMa (Program for Research in Mathematics) at Texas A&M University
03/2025: Mentor for Mentoring Month 2025 at Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Examination: Examination of honours year projects and MSc dissertations at NUS: Yu Liang Lim (AY21/22), Ivan Tan Yong Hong (AY22/23), Ding Wang (AY22/23), Marcus Lai (AY23/24)
Organization:
Minisymposium "Recent advances in finite element methods for nonlinear PDEs and applications" at SIAM TX-LA Sectional Meeting 2025, Austin
Undergraduate summer school "Modeling and Simulation with PDEs" (May 2025), Texas A&M University
Minisymposium “Recent Advances in Numerical Homogenization” at SciCADE 2024, Singapore
NUS Mathematics Department retreat 2023, Singapore
Admissions: Involved in undergraduate admissions interviews (Keble College) and marking of admissions exams at the University of Oxford (2018--21)
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), Mandarin (basic), French (basic)
Computer Skills
LATEX, MATLAB, C++, FreeFem++, FEniCS, Netgen/NGSolve
Other
2024--Present: Member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
2009--2020: Member of European Society for Memory Sports “MemoryXL”. Notable results (in age group): 6th at World Memory Championships 2012, 2nd at German Championships 2008
2016--2021: Representing Cambridge/Oxford University in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) badminton matches
08/2016--09/2016: Participation in the course “Academic Development and Training for International Students”, University of Cambridge Language Centre