Univ.-Prof. Dr. Caroline Geiersbach

CV

Education

PhD, Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University of Vienna (2016 – 2020)
Thesis title: Stochastic Approximation for PDE-Constrained Optimization under Uncertainty

Master's in Applied Mathematics (Dipl.-Ing.)
Vienna University of Technology (2014 – 2016)

Bachelor's in Technical Mathematics
Vienna University of Technology (2010 – 2014)

Academic Positions

University Professor
University of Klagenfurt (2025-present)

Assistant Professor (tenure track)
University of Hamburg (2024-2025)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Weierstrass Institute (2020 – 2024)

Research & Teaching Assistant
University of Vienna (2016 – 2020)

Teaching Assistant
Vienna University of Technology (2013 – 2016)

Scientific Activities

Member of Editorial Board
- Computational Optimization and Applications (2022 – present)
- Set-Valued and Variational Analysis (2023 - present)

Peer Reviewing
For journals Mathematics of Operations Research, Informs Journal on Computing, Optimization, Operations Research Letters, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Computational Optimization and Applications, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Journal of Differential Equations

Conference Organization
- Local organizer for EUCCO 2025
- Co-organizer of WIAS Days 2023
- Local organizer for FBP 2021

Section/Minisymposium Organization
- Focus Session "Optimization under uncertainty" at EUCCO 2023 (with Aswin Kannan)
- Section S19 "Optimization of differential equations" at GAMM 2023 (with Olga Weiß)
- Minisymposium "Algorithms for stochastic optimization models beyond convexity" at DMV Annual Meeting 2020 (with Rüdiger Schultz)

Professional Development

Certification in higher-education teaching (KHK Zertifikat Hochschuldidaktik) by the Kärntner Hochschulkonferenz
Completed in June 2026, a total of 125 hours and 5 ECTS credits.