Jakob Zech
Room 1/207
Im Neuenheimer Feld 205
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

jakob.zech@uni-heidelberg.de
+49 6221 5414504

About

I am a Professor at the Institute for Mathematics at Heidelberg University. Moreover I am affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing. Before moving to Heidelberg in April 2020, I was a postdoc at MIT in the group of Youssef Marzouk. In 2018 I completed my PhD at ETH Zürich with Christoph Schwab.

Research

My research lies at the interface of the mathematical theory of machine learning and Uncertainty Quantification. A central theme is the development and analysis of algorithms for high-dimensional approximation and integration, building on ideas from approximation theory, optimization, neural networks, and transport-based methods.

Short CV

Since 9/2025	Professor at Heidelberg University
4/2020 - 8/2025	Assistant Professor at Heidelberg University
4/2019 - 3/2020	Postdoctoral fellow at MIT (SNSF fellowship 184530)
7/2014 - 3/2019	PhD in Mathematics at ETH Zürich
9/2012 - 6/2014	MSc in Applied Mathematics at ETH Zürich
10/2008 - 3/2012	BSc in Technical Mathematics at TU Wien