Peter Benner

Peter Benner (born May 25, 1967) is a German mathematician specialized in dynamical systems and numerical analysis.

He was managing director at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, Germany.

After graduating from high school in 1986 at the Freiherr vom Stein Gymnasium in Betzdorf, Benner studied mathematics with a minor in economics/operations research at the RWTH Aachen University from 1987.

[3][4] In 2010, Benner was appointed director and scientific member at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems.

[5] He began research there with his specialist group Computational Methods in Systems and Control Theory at the Max Planck Institute on May 1, 2010.