Mathematical Institut for Machine Learning and Data Science
Chair for Geomatics and Geomathematics

Contact details:

• Telefon: +49 841 937-29211
• E-Mail: nadja.ray(at)ku.de

Visiting address:

Room: GEOG-104
Hohe-Schul-Str. 5
85049 Ingolstadt

Postal address:

Nadja Ray
MIDS, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Auf der Schanz 49
85049 Ingolstadt

One of Professor Nadja Ray’s key research areas is multiscale modeling of reactive flow and transport in porous media. She also collaborates closely with geoscientists to gain a deeper understanding of the structural dynamics of soils. As the microstructure of soil has a direct impact on its macroscopic behavior, a major focus of her work is to bridge the gap between these two scales.
Because soil structure is not static, but constantly, multiscale modeling in this field faces particular challenges. 

Soil plays a critical role in matters of energy, sustainability, climate, and environmental protection. Mathematical modeling offers a foundation for numerical simulations addressing, for instance, water and nutrients transport through soils or the interaction between plant roots and soils.

Professor Dr. Nadja Ray studied mathematics with a minor in theoretical physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). She earned her doctorate at FAU in 2013 and completed her habilitation there in 2020. Her dissertation was awarded the Dr.-Klaus-Körper Prize by the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM). Furthermore, the Faculty of Sciences at FAU recognized her outstanding academic achievements with the Faculty Women’s Award and the FAU Habilitation Prize.