Dr Alexander Wittig
Associate Professor in Astronautics

I am interested in interdisciplinary research, supported by my broad background as a physicist and mathematician. I apply dynamical systems theory through innovative numerical methods, such as high-order Differential Algebra methods, numerical optimization, and high performance computing, to a variety of problems in physics, astronomy, and astronautics.
I am fascinated by evolving systems of all sizes, from protons in particle accelerators, satellites in space, to entire planetary systems, and light around black holes. All of these can be studied using modern numerics, dynamical systems theory, and high-performance computing.
I am currently a lecturer in astronautics at the University of Southampton. Before that, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Concepts Team at the European Space Agency, and in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano where I was an experienced researcher in the AstroNet-II Marie-Curie network.
I received a dual PhD in Mathematics and Physics in 2011 and an MSc in Physics in 2007 from Michigan State University.