About

Patricio Farrell is a mathematician specializing in numerical methods for science and engineering. He leads the research group Methods for Innovative Semiconductor Devices at WIAS Berlin, where his work bridges mathematical theory, simulation, and real-world applications.

His core research focuses on structure-preserving numerical methods for drift-diffusion-type systems, with applications ranging from next-generation semiconductors and perovskite photovoltaics to neuromorphic switching materials.

Patricio serves as vice chair of KOMSO, the Committee for Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, and is a scientific ambassador for Brain City Berlin. Together with his team, he develops the open-source simulation tool ChargeTransport.jl, which is used in both academia and industry. He was named one of Capital's Top 40 under 40 and contributes as a science journalist.

CV

• Research group leader in mathematics, WIAS Berlin
• Vice chair, Committee for Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Optimization (KOMSO)
• Privatdozent & Habilitation, Freie Universität Berlin
• Visiting professor at various institutions, including SISSA, Inria Lille & the University of Florence
• Tenured staff member, WIAS Berlin
• Fixed-term professor, Hamburg University of Technology
• Research associate, WIAS Berlin
• PhD, University of Oxford
• Diplom, University of Hamburg and University of Bath

Funded projects

• Associate team together with Inria Lille: Analysis of Robust Numerical Solvers for Innovative Semiconductors in View of Energy Transition (ARISE)
• Research group Numerical methods for innovative semiconductor devices (€1,000,000)
• Associated partner within Excellence in Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELence)
• PI within the MATH+ projects:
  • PaA-1: Electronics of Nanostructured Perovskite Devices (€140,000)
  • A2-10: Electro-Mechanical Coupling for Semiconductor Devices (€140,000)
  • IN-11: Identifying and Efficiently Computing Band-Edge Energies for Charge Transport Simulations in Strained Materials (€70,000)
  • IN-B3: Understanding doping variations in silicon crystals (€70,000)

Activities

• Vice Chair of KOMSO, building a new vision, mission and structure for applied mathematics community
• Editor of Open Mathematics (De Gruyter)
• Scientific ambassador for Brain City Berlin
• Mentor within Berlin Mathematical School and WIAS
• Member of SIAM, KOMSO, ECMI as well as the ECMI special interest group Modeling, Simulation and Optimization in Electrical Engineering