Felix Knöppel
	Mathematician and researcher with expertise in differential geometry, discretization methods, and mathematical visualization, specializing in applications for computer graphics. Over 10 years of research experience, including a PhD and postdoctoral research, with a track record of contributing to high-impact publications, innovative visualization algorithms, and
interdisciplinary collaborations.
Former Projects
Publications
     - with Yousuf Soliman, Marcel Padilla, Oliver Gross, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Going with the flow
 ACM Trans. Graph. 43, 4 (July), 57:1–57:12, 2024
 
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        Random zero currents of sections of Hermitian line bundles over compact Riemannian manifolds
 preprint, 2023
 
- with Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder, Yousuf Soliman
 Rolling spheres and the Willmore energy
 preprint, 2023
 
- with Oliver Gross, Yousuf Soliman, Marcel Padilla, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Motion from Shape Change
 ACM Trans. Graph. 42, 4 (July), 107:1–107:11, 2023
 doi>10.1145/3592417
- with Marcel Padilla, Oliver Gross, Albert Chern, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Filament Based Plasma
 ACM Trans. Graph. 41, 4 (July), 153:1–153:14, 2022
 doi>10.1145/3528223.3530102
- with Yousuf Soliman, Albert Chern, Olga Diamanti, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Constrained Willmore Surfaces
 ACM Trans. Graph. 40, 4 (August) 112:1–112:17, 2021
 doi>10.1145/3450626.3459759
- with Albert Chern, Franz Pedit, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Finding conformal and isometric immersions of surfaces
 In: Hoffmann T., Kilian M., Leschke K., Martin F. (eds)
 Minimal Surfaces: Integrable Systems and Visualisation. m:iv 2017, m:iv 2018, m:iv 2018, m:iv 2019.
 Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 349. Springer, 2021
 [arXiv:1901.09432 [math.DG]], doi>10.1007/978-3-030-68541-6_2
- with Albert Chern, Franz Pedit, Ulrich Pinkall
 Commuting Hamiltonian flows of curves in real space forms
 In Integrable Systems and Algebraic Geometry –
 Proceedings in honor of Emma Previato's 65th birthday,
 LMS Lecture Note Series 158, 291–328, Cambridge University Press, 2020
 [arXiv:1809.01394 [math.DG]], doi>10.1017/9781108773287.013
 
- with Marcel Padilla, Albert Chern, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 On bubble rings and ink chandeliers
 ACM Trans. Graph. 38, 4 (July), 129:1–129:14, 2019
 doi>10.1145/3306346.3322962
- with Albert Chern, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Shape from metric
 ACM Trans. Graph. 37, 4 (July), 63:1–63:17, 2018
 doi>10.1145/3197517.3201276
- with Albert Chern, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Inside fluids: Clebsch maps for visualization and processing
 ACM Trans. Graph. 36, 4 (July), 142:1–142:11, 2017
 doi>10.1145/3072959.3073591
- with Albert Chern, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder, Steffen Weißmann
 Schrödinger's smoke
 ACM Trans. Graph. 35, 4 (July), 77:1–77:13, 2016
 doi>10.1145/2897824.2925868
- with Ulrich Pinkall
 Complex line bundles over simplicial complexes and their applications
 Advances in Discrete Differential Geometry, 197–239, Springer, 2016
 [arXiv:1506.07853 [math.DG]], doi>10.1007/978-3-662-50447-5
- with Keenan Crane, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Stripe patterns on surfaces
 ACM Trans. Graph. 34, 4 (July), 39:1–39:11, 2015
 doi>10.1145/2767000
- with Keenan Crane, Ulrich Pinkall, Peter Schröder
 Globally optimal direction fields
 ACM Trans. Graph. 32, 4 (July), 59:1–59:10, 2013
 doi>10.1145/2461912.2462005
Teaching
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        Visualization in Mathematics
        (Winter '10,
         Summer '12,
                '13,
                '15,
                '16,
                '17,
		'18,
		'19,
    		'20,
		'21)
    
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        Differential Geometry I
        (Summer '11,
                '14)
    
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        Differential Geometry II
        (Winter '11,
                '12,
                '14,
                '15,
                '16,
                '17,
                '18,
    		'22)
    
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        Complex Analysis I
        (Summer '12)
    
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        Complex Analysis II
        (Winter '13,
		'19,
		'20)
    
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        Student Seminar
        (Summer '15,
                '16,
                '17,
                '18,
		'19,
    		'20,
		'21
         Winter '15,
                '16,
                '17,
                '18,
		'19,
		'20,
                '21)
    
Lecture Notes
Talks
Misc