Tim van Beeck studied Mathematics at the University of Göttingen, receiving his B.Sc. in 2021 and his M.Sc. in 2023. Since 2024, he has been pursuing a PhD in Mathematics at the same institution under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Lehrenfeld. During his doctoral studies, he has spent extended periods as a visiting researcher at University College London with Prof. Erik Burman and at the University of Oxford with Prof. Patrick E. Farrell.

Tim’s research interests lie in the numerical analysis of finite element discretisations of partial differential equations, in particular for time-harmonic wave propagation. His work is motivated by applications in helioseismology, which probes the interior of the Sun through oscillations observed at its surface, and nematoacoustics, which studies sound propagation in anisotropic nematic liquid crystals. He has also worked on structure-preserving discretisations in other settings, including unfitted finite element methods, the axisymmetric Stokes problem, and flows on surfaces.