Harald Garcke
Harald Garcke (born June 5, 1963 in Bremerhaven) is a German mathematician and professor at the University of Regensburg. Career and important results Garcke studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bonn and finished his PhD 1993 as a student of Hans Wilhelm Alt (''Travelling-Wave-Lösungen als Realisierung von Phasenübergängen bei Gedächtnismetallen''). 1993/94 he was post-doc with Charles M. Elliott at the University of Sussex and from 1994 he was scientific assistant in Bonn where he finished his habilitation in 2000 (with the habilitation thesis ''On mathematical models for phase separation in elastically stressed solids''). In the year 2001 he got offers for professur-positions at the Universities Regensburg and Duisburg. Since 2002 he is full professor at the University of Regensburg where he was dean of the Mathematics department from 2005 to 2007. Garcke works on nonlinear partial differential equations, free boundary problems, phase field e ...
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Garcke
Garcke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian August Friedrich Garcke (1819–1904), German botanist * Emile Garcke (1856–1930), German-British electrical engineer and entrepreneur * Harald Garcke Harald Garcke (born June 5, 1963 in Bremerhaven) is a German mathematician and professor at the University of Regensburg. Career and important results Garcke studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bonn and finished his P ...

Academic Staff Of The University Of Regensburg
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 387 BC, established what is known today as the Old Academy. By extension, ''academia'' has come to mean the accumulation, d ...
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