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
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