Address:
Prof. Dr. Timo de Wolff
Institut für Analysis und Algebra
AG Algebra
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Universitätsplatz 2
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Office: Room 525
Phone: +49-(0)531-391-7503
E-mail:t.de-wolff(AT)tu-braunschweig.de, and
applied_algebra(AT)tu-braunschweig.de.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-1389.
Secretariat: Silke Thiel, Room 603
Phone Secretariat: +49-(0)531-391-7552
E-mail Secretariat: s.thiel(AT)tu-braunschweig.de.
Photo credits: Die Junge Akademie / Jenna Dallwitz

I am the head of the research group on Applied Algebra at the Department of Mathematics of the Technische Universität Braunschweig. In the years 2025 to 2027, I also serve as the department head for the mathematics department.

In the years 2019 - 2024 I was an elected member of the German Young Academy -- Die Junge Akademie (Class 2019; my profile at the JA). In the academic year 2022/23, I served as the chair of Die Junge Akademie (and was a member of the board in the years 2021/22 and 2022/23). Here you can find the press release.

In the years 2017 - 2023 I was a member of the Emmy Noether Program of the DFG, leading a project on "New Certificates of Nonnegativity and Their Application in Science and Engineering".
Before I came to TU Braunschweig, I held positions at the Technical University Berlin, the Texas A&M University, the Saarland University, and the Goethe University.

Here you can find my CV.

You can find further information about our research, publications, and acitivities on our Group Website.

Furter information on my publication are also available on Google Scholar and ArXiv.

Office hours: By appointment

How to reach me

• General Inquiries: Please write to applied_algebra(AT)tu-braunschweig.de read by me and our secretary Silke Thiel at TUBS. General matters, which neither personal nor confidential should go here.
• Personal / Confidential Inquiries: Please write to t.de-wolff(AT)tu-braunschweig.de read by me alone.

Editorial, Organizatorial, and Committee Work

I am an associate editor for the SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry.

I am member of the advisory board for the MEGA conference series.

In 2020 - 2026 I am member of the advisory board for the ICMS conference series.

Joint with Martin Winter, and Matthias Himmelmann I am organizing a workshop on Positivity, Convexity and Computation in Rigidity Theory. It will take place at TU Braunschweig at February 26 27, 2026. It is supported by the SPP Combinatorial Synergies. Here you find the poster.

Last Update: October 2nd, 2025