Christopher Straub

I am a researcher at the AI-augmented Simulation group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen (Germany). I am leading the institute’s research activities on scientific machine learning, focusing on

• physics-informed machine learning and its industrial applications,
• methodological improvements of physics-informed neural networks.

My work on physics-informed neural networks and operators spans diverse industry-relevant applications, including semiconductor process simulations, lithography, and plastic deformation.

I have a background in mathematics, where I obtained my PhD in March 2024 under the joint supervision of Gerhard Rein (University of Bayreuth) and Mahir Hadžić (University College London). My doctoral research was focused on the analysis of partial differential equations from galactic dynamics using mathematical and numerical methods.